HR Advisor

Job Title: HR Advisor / Generalist – 7-Month FTC (Potential to Extend)
Location: Surrey Mostly Remote – 1-2 Days per Month in Office + Ad Hoc
Salary: circa £45,000

About the Role
We are looking for an experienced HR Generalist to join a well-established organisation on a 7-month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of extension. You’ll be working as part of a collaborative HR team, supporting a variety of head office functions and providing expert HR advice across all levels of the business.

The Opportunity
Reporting to the HR Manager, you will deliver high-quality HR support across the employee lifecycle, from onboarding to ER casework, while also preparing key HR data and reports for senior stakeholders. The role is best suited to someone proactive, commercially aware, and confident working independently without the need for close supervision.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert HR advice on employee relations (ER) matters, ensuring compliance and protecting business interests.
• Coach and support managers to resolve people issues informally where possible.
• Manage onboarding, maternity leave, flexible working requests, and other lifecycle processes.
• Attend disciplinary and grievance meetings, and lead or support investigations.
• Collate HR lifecycle data and prepare professional reports and presentations for leadership.
• Submit accurate payroll data to deadlines.
• Deliver occasional HR-related training to managers and teams.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

Skills & Experience

• Proven HR Generalist experience, ideally within a mid-to-large sized organisation.
• Confident advising stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong ER experience and ability to guide managers through challenging situations.
• Commercial mindset with problem-solving focus.
• Skilled in PowerPoint and confident presenting HR data.
• Detail-oriented with experience in payroll data preparation.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.

Please quote 51772 when calling Theo Saunders at Alexander Lloyd or email them at tsa@alexanderlloyd.co.uk. This is only one of many vacancies we are handling, Alexander Lloyd Human Resources Recruitment Solutions is the leading recruiter for HR Director, Manager, Business Partner, Learning & Development, Internal Communications, Talent Acquisition and Reward opportunities across Surrey, Sussex, Kent and London.

Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from one of our consultants you have not been shortlisted for this role. Please continue to check our website www.alexanderlloyd.co.uk for any other roles which may be of interest.