Senior HR Advisor

Senior HR Advisor | Blackpool | £22,500 | Part Time | 20 hours | Permanent

The Role

Trostan Dene is supporting an expanding national business based in Blackpool in finding a part-time Senior HR Advisor to join their team. They are seeking an enthusiastic, organized and detail-oriented HR professional to provide day-to-day HR support and make operational HR decisions within delegated authority. Their people are at the heart of everything they do, and they’re looking for a proactive person to help us build on the strong foundations they already have. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys taking ownership, spotting opportunities to improve, and working closely with managers to make the company a great place to work.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver day-to-day HR support and operational HR decisions within delegated authority, escalating higher-risk matters to the Finance and Administration Manager with a clear recommendation.
• Ensure compliance with UK employment law and UK GDPR, maintaining accurate, confidential personnel records and responding to subject access requests within statutory time limits.
• Prepare monthly starter, leaver and change information for payroll, and administer the pension scheme, including auto-enrolment, re-enrolment and support for the annual pay review.
• Manage recruitment and onboarding, including job specifications, right-to-work and pre-employment checks, employment contracts and new starter induction.
• Advise and support managers on conduct, capability, absence and grievance matters, and manage absence in line with company policy, including occupational health referrals.
• Conduct workplace investigations and produce evidence-based reports, and chair first-stage disciplinary and grievance hearings.
• Administer family leave (maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental) and manage flexible working requests through the statutory process.
• Support probation reviews, appraisals and the annual performance cycle, and process leavers, including exit interviews and references.
• Keep the employee handbook and HR policies up to date, draft new policies for approval, and produce HR reports on headcount, turnover and absence.
• Identify training needs, track mandatory training, brief managers on HR policies, and promote wellbeing, staff engagement and fair, inclusive HR practices.

What We’re Looking For

• Working towards CIPD Level 5 as a minimum
• Recent experience in a HR generalist position
• Sound working knowledge of UK employment law, ACAS codes and UK GDPR
• Discreet, fair, organised, comfortable making and owning decisions

Package& Benefits*

• Salary: £22,500 for 20 hours a week (£43875 FTE)
• Office based
• 31 days holiday including bank holidays (3 to be used for Christmas close down) – pro-rata
• Extra day holiday for each 5 years’ service
• 20 hours to be worked flexibly during office hours: Monday – Thursday 9am – 5pm, Friday 9am – 4pm
• Pension scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Free on-site parking
• Regular team building events

Interested? Please reply with your up-to-date CV and we’ll be in touch if you’re short listed.