HR Advisor

Our People Team is passionate about creating an exceptional employee experience. We take pride in our own work and collaborate to navigate through busy peaks and growth phases. With a shared commitment to empowerment, we inspire each other to excel and collectively achieve team goals. We are fanatical about propelling the business forward through initiatives, policies and processes that support talented teams business-wide in reaching their full potential.

As HR Advisor you will support the office teams to follow Company HR processes within the employee lifecycle, if employees are seeking advise and support you will be the person on speed dial. You will use your exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills to manage and complete a multitude of tasks, gaining satisfaction from 'getting the job done' to a high standard and making a positive impact. You take pride in your professional approach to handling sensitive and confidential matters, utilising your emotional intelligence and balanced mindset to resolve HR matters.

You will be an ambassador for continuously improving the employee experience for the office business group through using your initiative to identify and suggest where efficiencies can be made within processes, opportunities to enhance quality of support and L&D opportunities.

You'll be based at our stunning Head Office in Banbury, Oxfordshire three days per week (Tuesday-Thursday), with the freedom to work from home for the remainder of the week. This may flex up from time to time dependant on business needs.

BEHIND THE BRANDS

We're a family-run, entrepreneurial company with an exciting pace of life and a bright and friendly team. We are passionate about creating stunning products with a personal touch and innovating our business behind the scenes. We value creativity, collaboration and integrity.

HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE

• Adhering to Company policies and procedures, internal HR processes, legislation and ACAS best practice at all times


• Providing comprehensive advice, support and guidance to employees and line managers on all HR matters throughout the employee lifecycle whilst balancing both the needs of employees and the business


• Coaching, mentoring and empowering line managers to confidently take ownership of all areas of people management, performance management and absence management


• Providing proactive support to employee relations cases from start to end through coaching and advising managers to ensure that they act in line with employment law, Company policies and procedures whilst adhering to internal HR processes


• Supporting the HR Business Partners with employee investigations, grievances, capability, disciplinary matters and general meetings


• Escalating any high-risk cases to the relevant HR Business Partner in a timely manner to ensure best practice is followed


• Taking ownership of key employee lifecycle processes such as but not limited to; new starters, probation, absence, leavers from start to end, including capturing key data through regular reporting and escalating supportive suggestions to HRBP


• Conducting employee check in calls and exit interviews, sharing relevant feedback with department leaders along with supportive suggestions to aid continuous improvement


• Supporting the HR management team with periodic HR policy and process reviews to ensure they are efficient, fit for purpose, fully compliant and in line with any employment law changes


• Maintaining and continuously suggesting and implementing areas of improvement within the HRIS, ensuring its functions aligns and compliments Company policies and processes


• Maintaining and continuously suggesting and implementing areas of improvement within the Company's reward and recognition platform


• Developing good working relationships with key stakeholders across the business


• Ensuring consistent compliance with data protection laws and UK employment legislation in all situations


• Continuously seeking ways to educate teams and management on best practice through supporting L&D initiatives from identifying and suggesting training needs to champion policies and procedures through to creating and rolling out training


• Taking full responsibility for completing administration tasks on time with high attention to detail and accuracy


• Conducting maternity risk assessments and supporting H&S initiatives where required


• Keeping up to date with the latest employment law, legislation and regulations to ensure compliance at all times, playing an active role in your own development by keeping informed via ACAS, CIPD, reading industry news, employment law updates etc


• Supporting the wider HR team with projects and innovation
  
  CIPD Level 5 or above or qualifying experience


• Experience of working in a HR team and working knowledge of employee relations processes


• Excellent organisation with ability to prioritise and work efficiently to complete a variety of tasks


• Ability to work confidently without line manager present on site


• Good knowledge of GDPR laws and comfortable handling confidential information


• Knowledge of current employment legislation and understanding of how it is applied in practice


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels, with the ability to handle sensitive conversations in a tactful and professional manner


• A positive, approachable attitude


• Diligent attention to detail


• Emotionally intelligent, resilient and remains calm under pressure


• Strong initiative, quick learner with ability to apply learnings to different HR scenarios


• A logical thinker who enjoys finding solutions and driving continuous improvement


• Good working knowledge of Microsoft suite


• Ethical, with strong initiative


• Respects confidentiality
  
  Joma Jewellery was founded in 2008 by Katie and Geoff Loxton, since then we have gone from strength to strength, launching Katie Loxton in 2015 and growing our business beyond the UK. We know that part of that growth comes from the fact that we take diversity and inclusion very seriously. We strive to be the best in our field, and we know that happens by hiring a diverse team and encouraging everyone to be their authentic selves when working with us. We don't hire based on cultures, preferences, or personalities - it's what you bring to the team that counts.


We are always striving to improve our way of working to be more inclusive, diverse and equal, including encouraging all team members to bring their ideas to the table as we know this is key to our continued success.

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• A salary of £30,000 - £35,000 DOE


• 25 days holiday rising to 27 with length of service, plus bank holiday


• A broad benefits package including our staff favourite - a very generous staff discount across both our brands. See all of our benefits on our careers portal


• Opportunities to make an impact as well as learn and develop further


• An innovative and friendly workplace with a team we're proud to be part of. Find out more about us and our culture on our careers portal