HR Advisor

Join Grandir UK at an Exciting Time of Growth

As Grandir UK continues to grow, we're investing in our People Team to ensure we provide the very best support to our nurseries, colleagues, children and families. As part of this growth, we have recently established a dedicated Employee Relations team which has created an exciting opportunity within our HR team for a HR Advisor to focus on delivering high-quality, proactive, operational HR support to our nurseries.

This is a true generalist HR Advisor role, offering the chance to partner closely with Nursery Managers and business leaders across the employee lifecycle. With specialist Employee Relations support available from the ER team for casework, you'll have greater scope to focus on coaching managers, driving engagement and retention initiatives, supporting attendance and probation management, analysing people data, building leadership capability and delivering meaningful people focused improvements.

This role offers a unique opportunity to make a real difference. By supporting and developing our managers, you'll directly contribute to creating positive working environments that help our teams thrive, ultimately ensuring we continue to deliver outstanding experiences and outcomes for the children in our care.

This is initially a fixed term contract but with the view to the role becoming a permanent position.

What You'll Be Doing

As a trusted HR Advisor you will:

• Support the Regional HR Business Partner in delivering the HR strategy and key people initiatives across the region specifically around retention and engagement.
• Provide professional, practical and timely HR advice and support to Nursery Managers across a group of nurseries and our Support Office functions, ensuring People matters are managed fairly, consistently and in accordance with Grandir UK policies, procedures and employment law.
• Be the trusted first point of contact for people related queries, providing practical HR advice, coaching, training and hands-on support to develop managers'
• Build strong relationships with nursery teams through regular site visits, HR cafés, cluster meetings, and coaching sessions (expensed travel to London approx. once per week)
• Lead and support the end-to-end probation process, coaching managers to deliver effective probation reviews, address performance concerns and make informed employment decisions
• Take ownership of attendance management within your regions, using data-driven insights to proactively identify absence trends, coach and support managers to improve attendance and employee wellbeing, while providing guidance on formal absence management processes to ensure cases are managed consistently and in line with company policy and employment legislation.
• Respond to HR queries and provide accurate, pragmatic advice across the full employee lifecycle.
• Support HR projects, audits, policy reviews, acquisitions, and TUPE activities.
• Assist with employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, and conduct cases when required.
• Coach and support managers to produce clear, professional and high-quality people management documentation, including meeting notes, investigation records, outcome letters and performance-related correspondence.

What We're Looking For

We're seeking an HR professional who combines strong HR knowledge with a practical, people-focused approach. We are really looking for a proactive HR Advisor that wants to learn, grow and develop!

Essential Skills & Experience

• Previous experience in a generalist HR Advisory role
• Strong understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Demonstratable experience in supporting attendance management, probation reviews, performance management and employee retention activities
• Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting HR data and producing meaningful insights
• Excellent communication, organisation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• CIPD Level 5 qualified (or working towards qualification)

Up to £35,000 depending on experience

25 days holiday + bank holidays

A wellbeing day

50% childcare discount in our nurseries

Enhanced family friendly policies