HR Advisor Business Services Projects 12m FTC

About the role

The HR Advisor – Business Services Projects will report to the Senior HR Business Partner and support the delivery of people initiatives, HR projects, and change activity across Business Services. Working with managers and HR colleagues, the role coordinates activity, tracks progress, and provides practical, commercially focused HR advice.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of HR and business projects across Business Services.
• Coordinate project activity, maintain action plans, and track progress against milestones.
• Use people data and insights to support reporting, decision-making, and project outcomes.
• Prepare clear updates and materials for stakeholders and project governance.
• Support people strategy, change, and continuous improvement initiatives across the HR function.
• Provide proactive, timely, and high-quality HR support across the employee lifecycle, including performance management, family leave, secondments, flexible working, absence management, and wellbeing.
• Support managers with employee relations matters, including disciplinary and grievance issues, working with specialist teams where appropriate.
• Coach and guide managers on talent management, engagement, succession planning, and performance management.
• Support cyclical HR activities, including performance reviews, budget planning, and the annual reward cycle.
• Build trusted relationships across Business Services and provide practical, commercially focused HR advice.

About you

Experience requirements

• Strong current generalist HR knowledge and experience supporting a broad range of employment and employee relations matters.
• Experience supporting HR projects, change initiatives, or process improvement activity.
• Demonstrable business partnering skills, including coaching, influencing, and stakeholder management.
• Commercial and pragmatic approach, with sound judgement, analytical capability, and attention to detail.
• Experience using people data to inform decisions and monitor progress.

Skills and behaviours

• Confident and impactful stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain HR practice clearly and accessibly.
• Strong organisational skills and confidence managing competing priorities.
• Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Collaborative, proactive, and solutions-focused, with a commitment to high-quality service delivery.

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
• Flexible, hybrid working policy
• Generous bonus scheme
• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
• Holiday exchange scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced parental leave
• Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010