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Date Added: Tue 17/03/2026

HR Advisor

Bristol, UK
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Company: REED

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: £42,000 - £45,000 per annum, Inc benefits

Are you an HR professional who loves bringing clarity, consistency, and great employee experiences to life across global teams? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where no two days are the same? If so, this could be your next exciting step.

I'm looking for a confident and proactive HR Advisor to help shape my clients people experience across the UK and US. This role sits at the heart of their global People function, ensuring their managers and teams are supported with expert HR guidance, fair processes, and clear, values-driven policies.

You’ll be the go-to person for employee relations, HR policy development, and people process improvements, championing a culture where employees feel supported, empowered, and able to do their best work.

What you’ll be doing

You will:

  • Develop and update HR policies based on legislation, best practice, and business needs
  • Prepare and process contracts, salary changes, promotions, and condition updates
  • Ensure employee data accuracy in partnership with the HR Coordinator
  • Monitor key people metrics (turnover, sickness, vacancies) and use insights to drive improvement
  • Oversee compliance with data protection and documentation standards
  • Manage visa and sponsorship processes
  • Lead contractor onboarding including Right to Work and IR35 checks
  • Support onboarding and off-boarding, including running exit interviews and analysing trends

Managers will look to you for expert guidance on all employment matters, from day-to-day queries to more complex employee relations cases.

You will:

  • Provide confident, pragmatic advice on policies, employment terms, and people challenges
  • Support ER processes including probation, disciplinary, grievance, performance, and sickness
  • Help prepare documentation, attend formal meetings, and ensure accurate case handling
  • Contribute to staff survey design and use feedback to improve our people practices
  • Partner with L&D to deliver training on HR policies and key topics
  • Keep leaders informed on legislative changes and best practice
  • Collaborate with our external HR consultants for local expertise and large-scale initiatives

You’ll play an active role in their People function, sharing updates, supporting wider HR initiatives, and communicating clearly across the business.

You will:

  • Provide People updates to senior leadership where needed
  • Support wider HR and culture initiatives
  • Contribute to team reporting and continuous improvement

They are committed to your development. You’ll work with your Line Manager to build your personal development plan and access training, mentoring, and coaching, including support from our external HR partners.

Who we’re looking for

Someone who is:

  • Confident providing HR advice in a multi-site or multi-country environment
  • Skilled at interpreting employment legislation and applying it pragmatically
  • Organised, detail-driven, and comfortable managing multiple priorities
  • Able to build trusted relationships at all levels
  • Passionate about creating fair, inclusive, people-centred workplaces
  • Curious, proactive, and ready to be part of a collaborative global team

If you’re excited by the idea of helping shape the people experience across a dynamic, creative, global design organisation, we’d love to hear from you!

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