HR Advisor

HR Advisor (Redundancy & Employee Relations)

Location: Brighton / Remote
Contract: Full-Time | Fixed-Term Contract (3 Months)

Help People Navigate Change with Confidence

Are you an experienced HR professional who thrives in challenging and fast-paced environments? We're looking for a proactive and empathetic HR Advisor to join a busy HR team on a short-term contract, supporting organisational change programmes and complex employee relations matters.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong redundancy consultation experience and a solid employee relations background who can provide practical, commercially focused HR support while maintaining a people-first approach.

The Opportunity

You'll play a key role in supporting managers and employees through redundancy consultation processes, ensuring a fair, professional, and compliant approach throughout. Alongside this, you'll manage a varied Employee Relations caseload, providing expert guidance on grievances, disciplinary matters, capability concerns, and workplace issues.

Working closely with stakeholders across multiple business areas, you'll deliver clear HR advice, maintain accurate records, and help drive positive outcomes during periods of organisational change.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead individual redundancy consultation meetings and support collective consultation activity.
• Provide guidance and coaching to managers throughout consultation processes.
• Coordinate consultation schedules, correspondence, and supporting documentation.
• Take accurate meeting notes and ensure agreed records are maintained.
• Respond to employee queries and direct individuals to appropriate support services.
• Manage a varied Employee Relations caseload, with a particular focus on grievances.
• Support disciplinary, capability, ill-health and performance management processes where required.
• Assist managers with investigations, hearings, documentation, and outcome recommendations.
• Ensure all employee relations activities are handled in line with policy, procedure, and employment legislation.
• Maintain accurate case management records and documentation throughout.

You'll ideally have:

• A recognised HR qualification (CIPD Level 5 or above) or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience supporting redundancy consultation processes.
• Strong Employee Relations experience, including grievance management.
• Knowledge of disciplinary, capability, probation, and performance management procedures.
• A solid understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience working within a fast-paced commercial environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to influence and coach managers at all levels.
• Strong organisational skills with exceptional attention to detail and record-keeping.

If you're an experienced HR Advisor available at short notice and looking for an opportunity to utilise your employee relations and consultation expertise, we'd love to hear from you.