About the job

Job summary

We are looking for a HR Advisor to join our HR Office at House of Lords. This is a position where you will work alongside Business Partners to provide expert HR advice and support to line managers and staff of the House of Lords on people matters. To empower mangers to lead on people matters with support and guidance where required. You will play a central role in the Business Partnering and HR Advisory team to ensure it effectively carries out core HR tasks to support the House of Lords.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys developing staff, working on initiatives and being the face of HR! If you have a positive, proactive approach to this, we would love to hear from you. This opportunity is hybrid with a mixture of working from home and onsite on the Parliamentary estate.

Job description

You’ll be accountable to:

• Advise on all employment policies, procedures and HR terms and conditions.
• Be responsible for and manage employment relation case from beginning to end.
• Provide first line advice and support to managers on aspects of employee relations including sickness absence and performance management, ensuring timely progression of cases in line with policies, employment legislation and best practice guidance. In cases of higher risk issues, the HR Advisor will escalate the matter to the HR Business Partner.
• Advise and support managers carrying out investigations.
• Work proactively with managers to monitor and identify employees who are accumulating sustained amounts of sickness absence and alert the line manager in aim of reducing sickness absence, in line with the sickness absence triggers and policies on long-term and short-term sickness absence management.
• Work with the HR Systems team to produce reports on HR activity (sickness, end of fixed term contracts) for use of analysing this data and working with line managers to ensure action is taken, as appropriate.

Person specification

What we’re looking for:

• Experience of providing proactive and accurate advice and guidance to managers on a variety of HR policies and procedures to a high standard.
• Experience of supporting and advising managers on a wide range of employment and people management matters.
• Experience of using HR IT systems and payroll systems.
• The successful candidate will have a CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) qualification or equivalent experience.

Benefits

Details of our employee benefits can be found at https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/lords/lordshro/employee-benefits/

What you’ll get in return:

• 30 days annual leave (increasing to 35 after one years’ service).
• Generous pension scheme.
• Discounts from well-known brands and retailers.
• Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme.
• The opportunity to witness history in the making!

Things you need to know

Selection process details

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please contact HLRecruitment@parliament.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.