HR Advisor

HR Advisor (Employee Relations)
3 month FTC
Based in Sunderland OR Shiremoor with travel to each location for role
£38,000-£42,000 per annum (DOE) 

We are working with our client looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join the People and Change Team at Northern Powergrid on a 3 month fixed‑term contract, where you’ll provide a high‑quality, customer‑focused advisory service across a range of generalist HR activities with a strong focus on Employee Relations.

You’ll work closely with stakeholders across your directorate, providing pragmatic, solutions‑focused advice on policies, employment legislation, and people processes. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact while building strong relationships across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide a customer centric people advisory service for an agreed directorate(s) across all generalist activities complying with legislation and internal policies/guidance including and not limited to: resourcing, recruitment and selection, performance management, absence management and employee wellbeing, terms and conditions of service, discipline and grievance, organisational change and learning and development.
• Respond effectively to customer enquiries; provide guidance and support, manage escalated challenges/queries with resolution in accordance with policies, procedures and processes.
• Coach and guide People managers to effectively manage employee relations issues including sickness absence (short term and long term), performance management, discipline and grievance.
• Support the performance management within the directorate, specifically provide 1-1 coaching/guidance for managers to identify and develop talent or poor performance and guide/support development/performance improvement plans for the identified employees complying with relevant policies and best practice.
• Provide input to and support the implementation of directorate specific projects, change management programmes and working groups as and when required.
• Provide timely and accurate input to ad hoc managed environment requirements e.g. management reports (weekly, monthly) and use People metrics to identify people related issues for specific business area to facilitate management of these issues to support continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain collaborative and productive working relationships with assigned directorate, partners, colleagues and trade union representatives.
• Provide first line of support to People Business Partner.

Skills, Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications

• Full clean driving license
• Significant generalist experience in a large, complex organisation in an advisory/ business partner role
• Experience of partnering with a business area and working closely up to director level to provide input and support implementation of people plans
• Experience implementing change within an organisation
• High level competency with Microsoft IT packages
• Degree qualified in a relevant subject e.g. Human Resources / Business.
• Experience of working in a trade union recognised environment
• Experience of providing generalist support in a blue collar industry

If you feel you have relevant experience and want to know more about this position please contact Angela Sinton on 0191 255 7977 or email angela.sinton@pertemps.co.uk