HR advisor, part time x2

HR advisor, part time x2

Issue Date: 11 August 2025
Closing Date: 25 August 2025
Position Ref: NJ 1395
Location: Flexible within the UK. Home-based, blended or fully office based (from our offices in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh or London).
Hours: Part time – 20 hours per week – flexible on working pattern within core working hours (Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm)
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum (depending on experience). Part-time salary calculated pro rata.

The team

The HR Centre of Excellence is a vital support function, serving as a foundation for the organisation’s success. Our role is to listen, support, advise, and empower our people throughout the entire employee lifecycle, ensuring an inclusive and equitable experience for all.

We believe our people are our greatest asset, and we’re committed to making everyone feel they belong, are included, and can thrive. From recruitment to offboarding, we create pathways for growth, development, and the full realisation of potential.

We don’t just talk the talk – we walk the walk. We’re constantly challenging ourselves to be the best professionals we can be, contributing to making Energy Saving Trust a fantastic place to work. Our values guide us, and we maintain an open and honest culture.

Successes are celebrated, and lessons are learned. We’ve built a culture of openness and vulnerability, allowing each team member to bring their whole self to work every day.

The role

At Energy Saving Trust, the HR advisor plays a key role in delivering expert guidance and support to both management and employees, ensuring HR practices align with legal requirements, company policies, and business goals.

Partnering with an HR business partner in a designated client area, you’ll act as a critical liaison between managers and employees, addressing workplace challenges, promoting a positive culture, and driving organisational success. This role is vital in supporting our HR function, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, encouraging a productive, engaged, and thriving work environment.

What you’ll do

• Provide expert HR guidance on key areas such as sickness absence, performance, grievances, and disciplinary actions, using a coaching approach where possible. Ensure compliance with legal requirements and internal policies while fostering a positive, supportive workplace.
• Drive successful onboarding and induction processes, gathering feedback to improve employee retention and reduce turnover.
• Advise on HR policies and procedures, ensuring compliant and solution-focused hearings with thorough follow-up.
• Analyse and present feedback to HR business partners, offering data-driven insights and actionable solutions for continuous HR improvement.
• Stay ahead of HR trends and legal developments, continuously evolving strategies to keep our HR approach innovative and forward-thinking.

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrated experience as an HR Advisor or in a similar HR role.
• In-depth knowledge of employment law, HR best practices, and industry trends.
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

For more information, please see the job description: JD- HR advisor- NJ 1395

Applications close noon, midnight, 25 August 2025. Interviews are intended to be held week commencing 25 August 2025.

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

. We will ask for your personal details, work history and a supporting statement. Applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.

In your supporting statement please explain how you meet the essential areas in the job description. Applications submitted via email or without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Reasonable adjustments: If you think you may need additional support or reasonable adjustments made to any part of the recruitment process, please get in touch with [email protected] or call reception on +44 (0)20 7222 0101. We will do our very best to support you.

Flexible working: We offer a range of flexible working arrangements, including working from home, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and other arrangements. There is no need to justify your preferred working pattern and we encourage our people to work in whichever way helps them to perform at their best.

We will be happy to discuss this and our blended working model at the interview stage with you.

Please note, that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this post. To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

Diversity and inclusion
Energy Saving Trust is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can be themselves, with support to be their best.

We strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with Energy Saving Trust.