People Advisor

Anderson Knight Recruitment is delighted to be supporting a leading organisation with the appointment of a People Advisor to join their busy and dynamic People Team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR professional to contribute to a progressive business where people are at the heart of what they do.

The role:
As People Advisor, you will play a key role in providing proactive HR support across the organisation, ensuring managers and employees are fully supported and people processes run smoothly. This is a hands-on and varied role covering the full employee lifecycle.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting managers with employee relations matters including investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, absence management, and performance issues.

• Coaching and influencing managers to develop leadership and people management capability.

• Managing maternity, paternity, probationary reviews, welfare, and return-to-work processes.

• Providing guidance on company policies, employment law and HR best practice.

• Leading on recruitment activity including interviews, offers, onboarding, and exit interviews.

• Delivering engaging inductions and supporting L&D initiatives.

• Preparing HR reports, maintaining HR systems, and supporting People projects.

• Assisting with Occupational Health services including health screenings and vaccination clinics.

About you:

• Excellent knowledge of UK employment law.

• Proven experience in a busy HR/People role with exposure to ER case management.

• Ideally CIPD qualified (or working towards).

• Strong communication and influencing skills with the confidence to coach managers.

• Organised, proactive and able to manage a varied workload effectively.

• Competent IT skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Experience in delivering or supporting L&D initiatives would be advantageous.