HR Advisor Remote
Job description
Job Title: HR Advisor (M&A)
Location: Remote working with occasional travel required (field-based). We ideally seek candidates in the Midlands area but may consider other locations.
Sector: HR
Hours:35 per week
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum, plus car allowance and excellent benefits.
We are seeking an HR Advisor who is passionate and committed to achieving positive results through people and is excited to join us in building our people capability to deliver future growth goals. The HR Advisor will work within the M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) team in a varied role at a truly exciting time.
Job Summary:
· The successful candidate will provide exceptional HR service to our newly acquired companies, coach and support line managers to develop high-performing teams and deliver an excellent customer experience to both internal and external customers.
· You will provide support to line managers to manage employee relations cases effectively, onboard employees, ensure proactive recruitment and support ongoing personal development, talent and succession planning, acting as the first point of contact for all M&A HR related enquiries.
· This role reports to the HR Business Partner (M&A) and is field based.
· The expectation is approximately 1-2 days travel per week, with the remainder of the work being remote/home-based. This may vary depending on meetings and projects.
Main Responsibilities:
- Deliver a high standard of employee relations support and case management, including coaching and guidance with disciplinary, grievance, performance management, re-structures, absence, occupational health, exit interviews, TUPE, and providing legislative updates.
- Understand and learn the newly acquired companies’ policies and processes and create a comparison plan to identify what can be learnt, changed, or incorporated.
- Align client groups with our company's HR policies & procedures and employee proposition through coaching and training.
- Support managers in developing high-performing teams and culture through assisting with recruitment.
- Work with M&A leads on people MI data, including weekly and monthly metrics.
- Support the M&A work streams and integrate colleagues into the company (contractually and procedurally).
- Support on harmonisation and integration, and brief managers on new terms and condition discussions.
- Work alongside the HR Coordinator to collate mapping data for harmonisation, generate contracts in line with business integrations, and support and audit immigration and right to work documentation to ensure we remain legally compliant.
- Work with operational teams to develop employee engagement plans and improve employee retention for each team, resulting in a demonstrable improvement in colleague engagement scores.
Skills and Experience:
- Demonstrable experience of managing complex employee relations cases and coaching line managers.
- Experience in supporting organisations with restructures, talent, and succession planning.
- Confident, articulate communicator – both orally and in writing; able to build relationships with all employees, from site-based colleagues to senior management.
- Experience in delivering training programmes in a classroom environment.
- Excellent organisational skills; able to manage numerous responsibilities at once.
- A good understanding of UK employment law and legislation.
- Competent in analysing data and using Excel.
Who are we?
We are an award-winning company, recognised as the UK’s Top Employer for the last five consecutive years by the Top Employers’ Institute.FirstPort is the UK’s leading residential property service provider, caring for 330,000 homes in England, Wales and Scotland, across 5,800 developments. With over four decades of experience and 3,300 employees, FirstPort works with developers, investors, freeholders and over 1,600 Resident Management Companies.
We hold a Five-Star Rating from the British Safety Council, the British Safety Council’s prestigious Sword of Honour, and are an accredited Safe Agent. We are members and belong to various associations, including the Property Ombudsman, the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA), the Association of Retirement Housing Managers (ARHM), and Property Managers Association Scotland (PMAS).
Why choose us?
By joining us, you will work with industry professionals who are committed to providing the highest levels of customer service while ensuring we put our people first.
The benefits of working with us can include:
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Company-matched pension
- Life assurance
- Enhanced parental leave policies
- The option to buy extra leave
- Discounted gym memberships
- Free parking and free fruit in offices
- The opportunity of growth and progression.
In addition to the core benefits, we also offer a range of exclusive discounts on extra benefits to help you and your family make the most of your money, safeguard your future and look after your health.
We’re committed to promoting diversity at FirstPort and recruit on merit. We are an inclusive employer that prides itself in being so diverse.
What’s next?
To start your application for this role we will ask you to upload your CV and answer a few questions. Our recruiters will work with our managers to review your CV. If unsuccessful you will be notified. If you meet the criteria for the role, we’ll be in touch to arrange a short telephone interview and our shortlist of candidates will be invited to attend interviews with the hiring manager.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Referral programme
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Remote
