HR Advisor - Case Management

Are you looking for your next role in HR and have a keen interest in Employee Relations? Are you someone who thrives in finding solutions to help benefit others? Our full-time HR Case Advisor role based on site at Gloucester Business Park and could be the perfect opportunity for you!

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The opportunity

We're looking for an HR Case Advisor to join our HR Business Partner team and provide proactive employee relations support across the fleet. You’ll work closely with people managers to address business issues, spot trends, and share insights to ensure best practices are followed.

We value continuous improvement and encourage your input on processes to enhance stakeholder support. You’ll drive interventions, identify emerging issues, and collaborate with key functions like legal and trade unions to address people-related concerns.

This role will be based out of Gloucester Business Park, with 2 -3 days working in the office. This position may be permanent or a 2-year fixed term contract opportunity, with the potential to go permanent. Preferences will be capture during the recruitment process for consideration.

Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a competitive salary around £38,000 per annum, we offer a competitive benefits package, including a company pension scheme, and a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle. You’ll be appointed based on the parameters outlined in the Personal Contract agreement.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated. 

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.  

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments. 

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

What you will be doing

The key responsibilities for this role include:

• Providing proactive, professional HR advice and guidance
• Building effective working relationships with your stakeholders across the business, including Trade Union representatives, you will provide timely advice and guidance on a wide range of HR practices
• Both verbally and in written format, assisting managers across the business, aiding them in their understanding and implementation of our policies in relation to your employment case portfolio
• Assisting managers in informal and formal case meetings, including providing information and HR advice from initiation to resolution and escalating cases where appropriate
• Collaborating with managers and collating the required documentation to formulate hearing packs, or signposting managers to the correct templates and policies
• Attending formal case meetings, you will be responsible for taking appropriate notes and preparing relevant outcome documentation (case hearings may take place within a reasonable location)
• Maintaining up to date records and suggesting improvements, you will be proactive in your approach, presenting options for the manager to enact, providing feedback where applicable
• Utilising technology to track progress as well as record and maintain accurate case records which are accessible to those involved in the case
• Where there are points and elements of cases which increase risk to the individual and business, you will discuss appropriate action with the HR Business Partner Team and/or Employee Relations team providing early insight and offering options
• Briefing the HR team on the status of cases and approach being taken
• Supporting the wider community, you will provide valuable feedback and insight from your case work to enrich the data used in workshops, training, coaching and guidance to support development and growth
• Promoting and championing diversity and inclusion as fundamental elements of our culture.
• Work with HR teams to drive HR initiatives, supporting central offices and the wider business deliver People Plans.

Who you are

We’re looking for a CIPD Level 3 (or above) qualified HR professional, or someone working towards it, with demonstrable generalist HR experience. Previous experience in HR or employee relations and a strong understanding of employment law is essential.

You should be able to interpret data, use dashboards to spot trends, and maintain accurate HR systems. Experience engaging with a range of stakeholders, including senior leaders and trade union reps, is important. Strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and excellent organizational abilities are key. If you’re early in your HR career and interested in employee relations, we offer support for further development.

Closing date for applications: Monday 6th January 2025

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