HR Advisor

  • Morson Edge
  • Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
  • Mar 14, 2026
Contractor HR / Recruitment

Job Description

HR Advisor; 6 month contract; based in Cambridge; 37 hours a week; £22.00 - £23.00 PAYE dependent upon experience

We are seeking an experienced HR Specialist/HR Advisor to join our team within a fast-paced manufacturing environment for Marshall Land Systems based in Cambridge. This role will provide comprehensive, hands-on HR support to operational leaders, ensuring best practice and compliance across all employee relations matters.

Key Responsibilities:
- Leading and supporting formal consultation processes, including redundancy programmes
- Managing complex absence management cases
- Handling disciplinary and grievance procedures end-to-end
- Advising managers on employee relations, policy application, and employment law
- Supporting organisational change initiatives within an operational setting
- Promoting positive employee engagement and workplace culture

Skills/Experience:
- Proven HR experience within a manufacturing, engineering, industrial, or similar operational environment
- Strong background in consultation and redundancy processes (essential)
- Demonstrable experience managing disciplinary, grievance, and absence cases
- Confident working autonomously in a fast-moving environment
- Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment legislation
- CIPD qualified or working towards (desirable) or qualified by experience

The jobholder will be pro-active and able to multi-task and have experience of being able to liaise confidently with stakeholders at all levels. The role is working in a small, supportive tea. You will need to be able to manage complex ER queries and have good knowledge of the employee lifecycle.

Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.

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