HR Advisor Fixed Term Contract
CMS are recruiting for a HR Advisor (8m FTC) to join our Human Resources team to ensure the delivery of a high-quality and responsive HR business partnering service across the firm. This role can be based from either our Glasgow, Edinburgh, Sheffield or Bristol office.
About the Role
Key responsibilities:
• To provide proactive, timely and high-quality generalist HR support across all aspects of the employee lifecycle including performance management, family leave, secondments, flexible working applications, absence management and wellbeing support.
• Supporting the business across all areas of HR and employee relations for example disciplinary and grievance issues
• Coaching and guiding line managers across a wide range of people issues such as talent management, engagement, succession planning and performance management.
• To support cyclical HR activities such as performance reviews, budget planning and the annual reward cycle.
• Work with colleagues across the wider HR Function to drive innovation and continuous improvement, creating and revising policies, procedures and processes that reflect best practice.
• Supporting the delivery of key people projects and other ad hoc initiatives as required.
About You
Key requirements:
• Strong current generalist HR knowledge, able to manage and lead on a broad range of employment issues
• Confident and impactful stakeholder management skills
• Commercial approach, demonstrating sound judgement, good analytical skills, strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrable business partnering skills including coaching and influencing.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to articulate best practice HR in a practical and accessible manner, both face to face and in writing.
• Flexible mindset able to adapt to change and take others with you.
• Able to build relationships across the business based on trust, respect and service delivery.
• Able to thrive in a fast paced and changing environment, strong organisational skills and confident managing different priorities.
What’s in it for you?
We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:
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.
If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.
Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.
Are you a MENA-based business seeking investments abroad, or a multinational looking to enter, establish or grow your business interests in the dynamic markets of MENA? With our lawyers based throughout the key regional commercial centres, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria and Turkey, CMS MENA has the resources and expertise to support all aspects of your business.
If you’re looking for new markets, investment opportunities, implementation of new strategies or have a dispute to resolve, we have specialist teams of over 125 lawyers on the ground to help across some of the region’s most exciting economies. Our local knowledge and business savvy approach means we give you both commercial and legal insight to make the most of the opportunities in the region. Our sector focus gives us a comprehensive understanding of our clients’ businesses and markets and allows us to constantly deliver sound and commercially relevant advice from any of our offices We focus on relationships, not deals, and we are considered more approachable and accessible than many of our competitors. Our clients tell us that they like working with us and that we’re often seen as the human face of the law.
International law firm CMS has over 5,000 lawyers in 79 locations worldwide to help organisations thrive in changing times. Through our technical rigour, strategic expertise and deep focus on building long-term partnerships, we are committed to putting our clients and their business success first.
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