The Senior HR Advisor plays a critical role in providing expert HR guidance, supporting the Firm in achieving its objectives through effective people management. Acting as a trusted advisor, the role involves delivering high-quality HR solutions, managing employee relations, and implementing HR policies to ensure compliance and engagement.
We are looking for someone who enjoys a challenge, is comfortable with ambiguity and thrives working in an environment of changing priorities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Acting as the first point of contact for a dedicated business area, providing expert advice on all stages of the employee lifecycle and associated policies, procedures and employment law.
- Supporting managers with employee relations cases including attending formal and informal meetings, advising on performance management, disciplinary, grievance, absence management, capability and flexible working.
- Identifying trends and designing pragmatic and commercial solutions.
- Working with the HR Business Partners to identify cases with significant risk and escalate as appropriate.
- Supporting managers with the implementation and oversight of reasonable adjustments.
- Analyse HR metrics and provide insights to inform decision-making and improve HR effectiveness.
- Assist the HR Business Partner with cyclical people activities.
- Actively reviewing our processes and procedures and identifying areas for improvement.
- Work independently and support on key HR project activity.
Knowledge, skills and experience
- This role has a strong employee relations focus, so an interest in this area of people practice is an advantage.
- Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practices.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships.
- Ability to manage and resolve complex employee relations issues effectively.
- Strategic thinking with problem-solving abilities.
- Strong organisational and project management skills. Ideally with line management experience
- Experience in coaching and influencing senior stakeholders.
- Data analysis and HR reporting skills.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of HR trends, employment law, and industry best practices.
- CIPD Level 5 or Level 7 qualification is desirable but not essential
- Proven experience in an HR advisory role within a fast-paced environment.
- A client service-focused approach with an excellent eye for detail and a concern for quality and accuracy.
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion, integrity, and sensitivity.
- Flexible, adaptable, and proactive approach to changing priorities and business needs
Your Team
The HR team consists of the HR Business Partners, Reward, Recruitment and Organisational Development, with specialists in Learning and Development, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing and Sustainability. Making sure everyone thrives during their time at TLT is the focus of our HR team’s work every day. We provide strategic and operational support to our leaders and teams and our HR specialists make sure our people are skilled, creative, valued, motivated, flexible and committed, working in a culture that enables them to perform at their very best.
The HR Business Partner team consists of Senior HR Business Partners, HR Business Partners, HR Advisors and a HR Operations team.
About TLT
Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022.
Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.
Our Benefits
We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.
At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.
TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on Recruitment.Operations@TLT.com
