People Advisor

Crewe Source: WhatJobs

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Overview

In this role you help drive people-focused support across the Radius Group, partnering with managers to deliver practical, compliant HR guidance. You’ll manage a varied caseload on attendance, performance, wellbeing, and policy matters, while ensuring accurate data and policy improvement. You’ll work closely with the People Services team to build manager capability and support a fast-growing, inclusive organisation. This is a hands-on generalist role with broad impact on the employee experience and legal compliance.

Pay / Benefits

friendly culture
fast-growing, agile and innovative
empowerment to pursue continuous improvement
inclusive and diverse workplace
DEI networks and wellbeing programs

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day people advice and coaching to managers and employees.
Manage a varied caseload covering absence, performance, conduct, wellbeing, and employee queries.
Support managers with long-term absence cases, including welfare meetings, occupational health referrals, return-to-work planning, and capability processes.
Advise on family-friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave.
Own your caseload, delivering a high-quality, timely service and escalating complex matters when required.
Attend formal people meetings as a representative and note-taker.
Maintain accurate people data in HR systems and champion data quality across People Services.
Review and improve people policies, processes, and documentation to ensure best practice and legal compliance.
Support and coach People Associates, acting as a point of escalation and sharing knowledge to build capability across the team.
Contribute to wider People projects such as engagement surveys, Investors in People, and initiatives aligned to our People strategy.

Key requirements

Solid knowledge of UK employment law with experience handling a wide range of people matters.
CIPD qualification is desirable but not essential.
Proven experience working in a generalist HR or People Advisor role within a commercial environment.
Confidence managing multiple priorities and a varied workload.
Strong attention to detail with experience using HR systems and working with data.
Clear, confident communicator who can influence, coach, and build trusted relationships.
A collaborative team player who supports the development of others.
Accountable, resilient, and solutions-focused when challenges arise.
Adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-moving, evolving organisation.
Motivated, energetic, and committed to continuous improvement.