HR Advisor - Part Time or Full Time

Divisional Part Time HR Advisors x 2 Part Time or 1 x Full Time
Salary: £32k-£36k DOE (+£4000 car allowance) pro rata for part time hours
Hours: 24 Hours Part Time/ 37.50 Hours Full Time / Monday to Friday
Job Type:

Permanent. Full Time or Part Time - Job Share considered
Location: Field Based + Home working -

Covering NW of UK
Driving Licence / Car is Essential for this role

++ Need to be based in the NW of UK++

The Role
Reporting to the Divisional HR Business Partner to support the People Strategy upgrading leadership capability of nursery management and teams, coaching for high performance by implementing robust policies and practices to build a strong people centric culture at Bright Horizons. Role models and develops a positive working environment promoting the core values of the organisation – HEART principles and Keeping Everyone Safe, supporting the delivery of excellent business results. This role is responsible for the management of all Employee Relations cases, identifying trends and keeping the Business Partners up to date with progress.
What We Can Offer You:
Our benefits include, but are not limited to:

Flexible working and holiday entitlements
Discounted childcare
Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks
Annual gala award evening
Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more
Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life

Why Bright Horizons?
We’ve been voted Great Place to Work for the last 17 consecutive years, as well as being awarded the newly created Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women 2022.
Our support functions enable our nurseries to deliver the best possible care and education to over 10,000 children across the UK. Through this support, our nurseries can deliver excellence – with 98% of our 300+ portfolio being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.
We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.

What You Will Be Doing:
First point of contact for all employee relations queries, ensuring prompt and effective resolution or allocation to the relevant HR area of expertise.
Providing detailed advice and coaching to managers, including performance. improvement plans, investigations, disciplinaries, performance management, and grievance policies and processes.
Supporting HR Consultants with high volume employee relations case management.
Utilising HR data to identify and focus attention on priority issues with settings.
Gathering evidence to support with disciplinary and grievance hearings.
HR administration, including the production of reports, contracts and references.
Support with training and coaching of Operations teams, to ensure high quality implementation of policies and procedures.
Taking responsibility for own personal and professional development, keeping current on legislative changes.
Track and close employee relation cases in line with agreed Service Level Agreements.
Identify trends and suggest process improvements and/or additional training requirements within the division.

What We Are Looking For:
Qualification in HR – CIPD (with evidence of CPD).
Experience managing a

high volume and complex employee relations caseload.
Experience working

multi-site

/ across a number of stakeholders at any one time.
Excellence

coaching skills , especially around people management processes.
Strong communication

and customer service skills.
Commercial awareness, and ability to translate policy into sound advice to keep the business safe and compliant.
Knowledge of E mployment Legislation, EU Directives,

and

R egulatory requirements.

Desired Experience:
Experience within a

HR advisory

role in the

nursery sector.

Bright Horizons are committed to creating inclusive environments where everyone has a sense of belonging and has the opportunity to contribute and thrive in meaningful and impactful ways. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. If you share our passion, values, and have most of the skills listed, we encourage you to apply – as you may be just what we are looking for! Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS. Some of our roles require specific qualifications by law, this will be highlighted as essential within the advert