HR Advisor

HR
Location: Blackpool, Lancashire
Salary: Competitive
Permanent | Full-time

This is an excellent opportunity for a confident HR professional to take on a varied generalist position, providing commercially focused HR advice and supporting managers across the full employee lifecycle.

Working closely with the Group HR Director, you will play an important role in managing employee relations, ensuring legislative compliance and driving improvements across HR policies, procedures and people practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide professional HR advice and guidance to managers on UK employment legislation, company policies and best practice.
• Independently manage employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, absence and performance management cases.
• Support formal investigations, hearings and consultation processes.
• Prepare investigation reports, meeting documentation, outcome letters and employment contracts.
• Advise on organisational changes, restructures and reorganisation projects.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and probation processes.
• Review, develop and implement HR policies, procedures and documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve HR processes and employee experience.
• Support learning and development, employee engagement and organisational development initiatives.
• Produce HR reports and analyse workforce data.
• Support trade union consultations and maintain positive relationships with recognised representatives.

About You

• Extensive experience in a generalist HR Advisor position.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and its practical application.
• Proven ability to independently manage complex employee relations cases.
• Experience advising and influencing managers at different levels.
• Confident producing professional HR documentation and correspondence.
• Strong organisational, analytical and communication skills.
• CIPD Level 5 qualified or equivalent professional experience.
• Manufacturing, engineering or unionised environment experience would be advantageous.

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary.
• 33 days' annual leave, increasing to 38 with service.
• Flexible working arrangements and flexitime.
• Performance-related bonuses.
• Private healthcare and health cashback plan.
• Pension and life insurance benefits.
• Free on-site parking.
• On-site gym and subsidised café.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Professional development and study support.
• Long-term career progression opportunities.

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm, with flexitime available.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced HR Advisor looking to join an established organisation in a varied, hands-on role with genuine scope to influence and improve HR practices.