Lead HR Advisor

Cardiff | Hybrid Working | 35 hours per week

Ready to take the lead in your HR career? If you're an experienced HR Advisor who loves building relationships, solving complex people challenges and wants to play a bigger role in shaping an organisation's people agenda, this could be exactly what you've been looking for.

We're partnering with a values-led organisation that's passionate about creating an exceptional employee experience. They're looking for a Lead HR Advisor to become a trusted partner to managers across the business, leading on employee relations while helping to drive positive change through wellbeing, engagement and people initiatives.

Why join?
A genuinely varied generalist HR role with real autonomy.

The opportunity to influence people initiatives while remaining hands-on.

Lead and support wellbeing, engagement and EDI initiatives that make a real impact.

Mentor and support junior HR colleagues while developing your own career.

Hybrid working with flexibility and a strong work-life balance.

Join a collaborative, supportive People team where your ideas will be valued.

What you'll be doing
Managing a varied employee relations caseload, including disciplinary, grievance, absence and performance matters.

Coaching and supporting managers to confidently manage people issues.

Supporting recruitment, onboarding and workforce planning.

Developing and implementing HR policies and continuous improvement initiatives.

Contributing to wellbeing, engagement and inclusion projects.

Producing HR reports and maintaining accurate HR records.

Building strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

Providing guidance and mentoring to junior members of the HR team.

About you You'll already be working in a generalist HR role and be ready to step into a position with greater responsibility and influence.

You'll bring:

CIPD Level 5 qualification.

Solid generalist HR experience.

Strong employee relations knowledge and experience.

A sound understanding of UK employment law.

Confidence coaching managers through complex people matters.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

The ability to manage a varied workload and build trusted relationships.

If you're looking for a role where you can broaden your experience, influence organisational culture and genuinely make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

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Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed