HR Advisor, based Leeds (West Yorkshire)

Overview

In this HR Advisor role, you will provide practical employee relations guidance within Farnell’s HR Service Centre for the UK, Ireland, and Nordics. You’ll support managers, drive compliant outcomes, and contribute to HR projects in a global business. The position blends case handling with policy improvement in a fast-paced environment. You’ll work closely with cross-functional colleagues to enhance employee experience and HR processes. This role offers hybrid working from Leeds and exposure to diverse HR disciplines in a global company.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Pension scheme with company contributions matched up to 8%
• Simply Health medical cash plan
• Vision care plan
• Life assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme

Responsibilities

• Provide professional advice to managers and HR partners on employee relations matters, ensuring policy and legal compliance
• Support HR initiative work across organizational, people, policy, and process improvements
• Coach managers through ER activities to achieve compliant outcomes
• Manage ER cases (investigations, disciplinary, grievances, performance, absence)
• Advise employees and managers on HR policies and procedures
• Maintain accurate case records and documentation
• Support HR projects and collaboration across the wider HR team
• Contribute to developing and improving HR processes and ways of working
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across the business
• Occasional travel within the UK as required

Key requirements

• Good knowledge of UK employment law in employee relations
• Experience managing ER cases from start to resolution
• Ability to work independently with good judgment
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Proactive and customer-focused approach
• Experience with HR or case management systems (advantageous)
• CIPD qualification or equivalent HR experience (advantageous)

• Excellent communication
• Influencing and stakeholder management
• Proactive and customer-focused
• Strong problem-solving
• HR/case management systems (advantageous)
• Knowledge of UK employment law (ER focus)

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