HR Advisor Immediate Start

HR Advisor Immediate Start 6-Month Contract

Location: Outskirts of Wellington

Salary: Up to 35,000 DOE

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm (with some flexibility for the right candidate)

Why Join Through Office Angels? When you temp with Office Angels, you're more than just a candidate, you're part of our community. Alongside a fantastic assignment with a well-established national business, you'll enjoy:

• Weekly pay
• Access to Boost, our exclusive benefits platform featuring discounts at hundreds of retailers, wellbeing resources, fitness content, recipes, mindfulness tools, blogs and videos
• Temporary Candidate of the Month awards
• Regular candidate lunches and treats
• Easy-to-use online timesheets
• Ongoing support from your own dedicated consultant

The role:

Are you an experienced HR professional looking for your next challenge? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same?

We're recruiting for a proactive and organised HR Advisor to join a highly successful national organisation based on the outskirts of Wellington. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role within the business, providing comprehensive support across the employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through to employee relations and payroll administration. Working closely with managers, employees, operational teams and senior leaders, you'll help ensure HR processes run smoothly, remain legally compliant, and continue to support a positive and engaging workplace culture.

This is a 6-month contract, so candidates must be available to start immediately and commit to the full duration.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR guidance and support to managers and employees on policies, procedures, attendance, conduct, performance and employment matters
• Assist with a variety of employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, absence management, capability, probation and wellbeing matters
• Maintain accurate employee records and HR systems, ensuring GDPR compliance at all times
• Support the full recruitment process, including advertising vacancies, coordinating interviews, preparing offers, conducting right-to-work checks and onboarding new starters
• Manage new starter administration, including contracts, inductions, training arrangements and HR system setup
• Prepare HR documentation, including contracts, letters, policies, meeting notes and employee communications
• Support monthly payroll administration by processing starters, leavers, salary changes, overtime, deductions and absence information
• Maintain training, induction and compliance records, ensuring mandatory requirements are met
• Coordinate employee engagement, wellbeing and internal communication initiatives
• Produce HR reports and assist with audits, including absence trends, headcount reporting, probation reviews and training records
• Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, onboarding materials, templates and ways of working

What We're Looking For

• Strong knowledge of UK employment law, HR policies and employee relations procedures
• Experience providing practical and commercially focused HR advice to managers and employees
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to work across all levels of the business
• The ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism
• CIPD Level 3 qualification or equivalent HR experience (desirable)

Next Steps: Please apply online or send your CV to (url removed). Alternatively, you can call Nicole on (phone number removed).

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