Posted 15 August, 2026
HR Advisor
Ashley Kate HR & Finance
Southend-on-Sea, ENG, GB
Full Time
Job Description
HR Advisor | Southend | £40,000 | Hybrid working – 3 days office, 2 days home
\nWorking as part of a supportive HR team, you’ll partner with managers across the business and provide practical, commercially focused advice.
\nYour responsibilities will include:
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- Coaching managers through ER matters, including absence, disciplinary, grievance and performance cases \n
- Building strong relationships with managers and becoming a trusted point of contact \n
- Supporting organisational change and workforce planning \n
- Using people data to identify trends and recommend improvements \n
- Contributing to engagement, reward and wider people initiatives \n
- Supporting HR projects that improve both the employee and manager experience \n
- Helping to strengthen HR processes, policies and ways of working \n
About you
\nYou’ll ideally bring:
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- Strong generalist HR and employee relations experience \n
- A sound understanding of UK employment law \n
- Confidence advising and influencing managers \n
- The ability to build credible relationships across a business \n
- Experience working with HR systems and people data \n
- A proactive, curious and solutions-focused approach \n
This role will suit someone who wants to understand how a business operates, not just deliver transactional HR support. You’ll be comfortable asking questions, offering a different perspective and taking ownership of your development.
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