Permanent Senior HR Advisor-Regional Location: Multi-site (with monthly travel to Dagenham and Norfolk)Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days in the office, 2 days from home. An excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional who thrives in fast-paced, operational environments? Do you enjoy making a real impact and bringing fresh ideas to improve how things are done?We’re working with a growing, forward-thinking, sustainable organisation that is expanding rapidly and investing in its people function. This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior HR Advisor to play a key role in shaping and strengthening HR practices across the business.This is a hands-on, operational role where you will be trusted to deliver, influence, and continuously improve. The organisation is keen to bring in someone who can challenge the status quo, suggest improvements, and help drive a modern, effective HR function.The RoleReporting in to the Head of HR, you will take ownership of day-to -day HR operations while supporting wider people initiatives. You will act as a trusted advisor to managers, managing complex employee relations matters and ensuring consistent, compliant HR delivery across multiple sites.Key Responsibilities
- Lead on employee relations casework, including disciplinary, grievance, performance, and absence management
- Provide practical HR advice and coaching to line managers in a blue-collar environment
- Support the delivery of HR operations, ensuring efficiency, consistency, and compliance
- Contribute to HR projects, change initiatives, and continuous improvement, bringing ideas and solutions
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and workforce planning activities
- Ensure HR policies are applied consistently and support ongoing policy development and improvement
- Maintain accurate HR data, reporting on trends such as absence and turnover
- Liaise with external stakeholders, including Occupational Health and legal advisors
- Play a key role in promoting a positive, engaged, and safety-focused culture
About You
- CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent experience)
- Strong experience in employee relations and case management
- Background as an HR Advisor within a blue-collar environment (e.g. industrial, manufacturing, production, logistics)
- Able to operate effectively in a multi-site role with monthly travel to Dagenham and Norfolk
- A pragmatic, solutions-focused HR professional who can manage competing priorities
- Confident advising managers and influencing decision-making
- Someone who is proactive, ideas-driven, and keen to improve processes and ways of working.
Why Join?
- Be part of a sustainable and environmentally focused organisation making a real impact.
- Join a business that is growing and evolving, with opportunity to shape HR practices
- Enjoy a flexible hybrid working model – 3 days in the office and 2 days from home
- Work in a visible and influential role, partnering closely with leadership
- Opportunity to bring your ideas to life and drive meaningful change
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