Shaping our business’ future as a HR Advisor:

This role is a permanent role, with travel to client sites in Kendal. North &West Cumbria as required. You will be working from home on days when you are not required to be on site. 

The HR Advisor will deliver the full range of professional human resource services to education clients, producing work of the highest possible standard while with complying with employment legislation and statutory regulations, policies and procedures and in accordance with client contracts.

You will be responsible for the provision of employee relations HR advice to education/school/academy and Multi Academy Trusts. The application of HR policies and procedures, conditions of service and employment law to reinforce the clients' effective employee relations and resourcing. This includes the provision of remote support and where required attendance and support at meetings, trade union consultations, hearings and appeals and preparation of letters and reports in relation to a range of HR issues.

What you’ll be doing:

• Delivering the full range of professional human resources services to clients, producing work of the highest possible standard, while complying with employment legislation and statutory regulations, policies and procedures, and in accordance with client contracts
• Providing quality advice and guidance on high risk HR casework
• Providing an accurate and timely remote HR service, responding to telephone and email enquiries and supporting HR cases, ensuring accurate and timely recording of information – this will be delivered remotely and onsite as required
• Delivering and supporting with HR projects
• Providing virtual and onsite support for clients as required, including advising at meetings, hearings, appeals, investigations.
• Building relationships with client groups to help identify opportunities to develop and grow the business,

What we’re looking for:

• Previous experience within HR and ER casework – essential
• Experience working in Education sector
• Up to date knowledge, understanding and practical application of employment legislation and issues including diversity in employment.
• Experience of managing discipline/grievance/capability/redundancy/ absence issues.
• Flexibility in terms of travel to client site as needed – own car essential
• Team player

About HR Solutions

Capita HR Solutions helps employers to maximise the performance of their HR functions from core transactional services, through to complete organisational transformation. We meet the HR service needs of our clients by listening to the challenges they face and working with them to create an approach that suits their business, culture and people. From simple transactional services through to organisational transformation, we use a flexible approach to maximise the performance of HR functions and drive greater efficiency for businesses. Join us here and you’ll be transforming HR operations around the country.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you will do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

All interviews, assessments and background checks will continue to take place online, to completely remove the need for face-to-face contact. All Capita colleagues who can work from home should do so; and where it is not possible for colleagues to work remotely, we have taken important steps to protect those working from Capita’s offices. Social distancing, enhanced hygiene and safety measures are already in place at all Capita locations that are open to protect our colleagues and manage the risk of COVID-19. The welfare of our people is of paramount importance to us, and we’re doing everything we can to keep our colleagues and customers safe during this time.

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.