HR Advisor & Payroll Specialist

We are seeking a resolute and detail-oriented HR Advisor & Payroll Specialist to join our team. This role combines traditional HR advisory responsibilities with specialised payroll duties, ensuring our employees are supported and compensated accurately and timely.

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. HR Advisory:

• Act as a point of contact for HR matters, ensuring prompt resolutions, follow up and thorough close of action.
• Provide expert advice, guidance and support to managers and employees on company policies, procedures, employment law and best practices.
• Assist in the development and implementation of HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall business strategy.
• Manage employee relations issues, including conflict resolution, disciplinary actions, absence management, and performance management; ensure fair and consistence treatment.
• Support with performance appraisal process and training/development plans.
• Conduct HR-related training sessions and workshops for staff development.
• Support recruitment processes, including job vacancies, interviewing, and onboarding new hires including inductions and document recording.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records and HR databases, with careful consideration to GDPR.
• Ensure compliance with all UK employment laws and regulations.
• Support and maintain employee engagement and retention including working together with our union representatives.
• Work alongside Health & Safety to ensure employee wellbeing and workplace safety.
• Promote and support good employee mental health and stress awareness.
• Assist any organisational changes including restructure, redundancy and TUPE if required.
• Promote and encourage communication and confidentiality.
• Any other duties deemed suitable

2. Payroll Management:

• Ensure accurate payroll changes are applied by communicating consistently with mangers.
• Process and manage the company’s payroll system, ensuring accurate and timely payment of salaries/wages and all other remuneration.
• Calculate and process payroll deductions and adjustments in compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Work with our payroll service team to prepare and distribute payroll documents, reports and statements to employees, management, HMRC and auditors.
• Resolve payroll discrepancies and answer payroll-related inquiries from employees.
• Assist and answer queries for payroll auditing purposes.
• Collaborate with the Finance department to ensure accurate financial reporting and reconciliation of payroll accounts as per our internal processes.
• Stay updated on changes in payroll laws and regulations to ensure compliance.

COMPETENCIES:

• Interpersonal effectiveness – A team builder with good communication skills and a capacity to engage audiences across all levels.
• Leadership – Capability to manage conflict and change effectively.
• Perseverance – Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up even in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Building trust – A strong team player exhibiting a proactive approach, contributing to a positive and purposeful team climate, sharing knowledge, and supporting the team achievement of targets and goals. Ability to act with discretion and treat confidential information appropriately.
• Judgement – Good observational, analytical, and investigative skills.
• Empowering others – Is committed to the continuous development of self and others by keeping up to date and sharing knowledge, encouraging new ideas, seeking new opportunities and challenges, open to innovative ideas and developing new skills.
• Personal efficiency – Ability to create accountability and to lead by example.
• Conflict Management – Addressing and resolving conflicts within teams, and between teams using business acumen knowledge and skills.
• Analytical and critical thinking skills

EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• CIPD Level 3 or equivalent HR qualification desirable.
• GCSE Grade C and above in Mathematics & English.
• Proven experience as an HR Advisor or similar role, with a strong understanding of UK Employment Law, best practices, and HR principles and practices.
• Experience in payroll processing and management.
• Proficiency with MS Office suite.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficiency with payroll software.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal

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