People Operations Advisor (80% FTE)

As the People Operations Advisor you will be the backbone of our People and Culture team as you use your passion and knowledge of people operations to provide the highest standards of support and guidance to employees, leaders and the People and Culture team.

Reporting to the Regional People Partner, you will be responsible for providing continual support and guidance at all key stages of the employee lifecycle, using your attention to detail and knowledge to create the best experience for all key stakeholders.

You will be the subject matter expert for pre-boarding, onboarding and enablement as you use your knowledge to support and guide employees and managers to create clear and structured plans that set employees up for success. In addition, you will support the workplace experience for our local office spaces.

The role will also require you to provide accurate and up to date basic employment law and immigration advice and guidance for areas including family related policies, employment contracts, employee benefits, performance management processes, career management and employee engagement.

Overall Accountabilities

Employee onboarding:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support creation onboarding plans preparing employment contracts.
• Ensure a seamless onboarding process by managing compliant background screening checks and new hire communications.
• Deliver engaging and informative onboarding sessions to new starters and support them throughout onboarding to ensure alignment with our expectations, attitudes, and strategic goals.

Workplace Experience:

• To own the workplace experience for our local office spaces in Manchester, ensuring workplaces are equipped with the right resources and environments that drive collaboration and team building.
• Work closely with People Partners to align workplace experience initiatives with broader organizational goals.

Compliance and Benefits:

• Provide basic immigration advice, making sure that right to work checks and associated administration is carried out to ensure compliance with regional regulations.
• To provide basic employment law advice for matters including basic terms and conditions of employment and family friendly policies.
• Oversee benefit enrollment processes, termination and change reporting, ensuring accurate and timely completion for all eligible employees.

People Support:

• Support employees and managers in explaining their entitlements, as well as guiding them through the appropriate HR systems and processes.
• Ensure effective cross-department collaboration and coordination across people operation tasks.

System Maintenance:

• Maintain internal HR systems and any relevant platforms, ensuring that all data is kept up to date, accurately reflecting the current status of employee records or organizational structures.
• Generate accurate HR reports for key stakeholders.

We’ll provide you with the opportunity to grow your expertise in an environment that supports you, your life and your career.

We’ll also offer you a competitive salary plus bonus, as well as the following benefits:

• ShareSave scheme - ability to purchase company shares on preferential terms
• Private healthcare
• Income protection and group life insurance
• Flexible / hybrid working options
• Family friendly policies, Health Cashplan and pension
• Please be aware it's 80% FTE opportunity