HR Advisor – Full Time

Overview

Salary: Excellent Salary + Company Car + Bonus + Benefits

Are you an experienced, confident HR Advisor? Does the opportunity to work across a region appeal? Would you like to work autonomously whilst also being a key member of the HR team?

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters.  We want to get to know you.  If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.

We are looking for an enthusiastic HR Advisor to join our newly created Scottish business supporting the HR Manager. This role will be based in Glasgow but will travel across the central belt (Glasgow and Edinburgh areas) and up to the Caledonian region around Inverness. Whether you live closer to Glasgow or Edinburgh or perhaps Paisley, East Kilbride, Bargeddie, Lanark, Livingstone, Broxburn, Falkirk or Stirling this could be a great role for you!

This new opportunity will provide a range of HR support to local and newly formed management teams in all areas of HR supporting the roll-out and implementation of policies, people initiatives and participating in project groups as required. This is a hybrid role based out of our Glasgow office combining travel across the Lowlands of Scotland and the Caledonian region with some home working too.

Your background does not necessarily have to be from the same industry as we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Reporting directly to the HR Manager, the HR Advisor will be responsible for supporting Managers across the whole range of generalist HR requirements including the talent agenda, with a focus on talent management and succession planning and driving initiatives to create an inclusive and diverse workforce.

As HR Advisor you will also be responsible for:

• Ensuring compliance with employment law and company policies and procedures providing managers with advice in respect of employee relations issues
• Supporting managers in the management and improvement of employee performance
• Assisting in the management of short and long-term absence, balancing the welfare of employees and the needs of the business to identify solutions and remedies
• Supporting the Resourcing team to ensure a diverse and inclusive workforce including coaching and supporting managers in interviewing
• Participating in project teams across the wider HR function
• Using available metrics and trends to make informed decisions across a wide range of HR areas
• Ensuring all HR processes are optimised to drive efficiencies and improve cost control
• Contributing to the wider HR team to ensure that best practice is shared/processes aligned
• Supporting managers succession planning and talent management including the development of Graduates, Higher Apprentices & Apprentices
• Ensuring that all absence and sickness is managed and recorded correctly by line managers, in line with Company Policy and provide HR KPI reports and management information as required
• Contributing to health and wellbeing programmes across the business and visit our sites to participate in Health and Safety activities

The role will form part of a National HR Team, ensuring that through collaborative working that best practice is shared and the wider Tarmac people agenda is driven forward.

 

The ideal candidate for the role of HR Advisor will be CIPD qualified or working towards an accreditation for Associate level membership and will possess working knowledge of Employment Law along with the ability to implement this in practical situations.

Suitable candidates for the role of HR Advisor will also have:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and be IT literate
• Proven stakeholder management skills at all levels
• Ability to coach, influence and challenge appropriately
• Confidence in analysing dashboard reports and using data to drive decision making
• Resilience and flexibility to work both autonomously and as part of a team
• Curiosity and a desire for self development and discovering more about our complex business
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong time management skills

This is a mobile role and a company car is provided so full UK driving licence is essential.

 

Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Job Reference: tarmac/TP/114/5608