HR Advisor - Fixed Term

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

5/2/2025

Job Description

Wood is currently recruiting for a HR Advisor to support the UK Operations team on a temporary basis for a period of 11 months, with potential to be extended beyond this. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role in a dynamic and diverse environment, apply now for the position of HR advisor. You will be part of a team that is committed to excellence and innovation in people management and development. The preference would be for this position to be based in Aberdeen or Stockton, on a hybrid basis.

The HR advisor will ensure a positive employee experience and take accountability for managing queries effectively and closing out each in a timely manner, by providing advice, support and guidance across the full HR spectrum. The role provides a variety of generalist HR services necessary for the entire employee life-cycle including recruitment, selection, assignment, motivation, training and development of qualified employees for their area of the business.

Responsibilities

• Provision of advice and support to key stakeholders on HR policies, procedures and employment legislation, including; performance management, capability, discipline and grievance
• Act as a focal point for all stakeholders regarding any issues relating to conditions of employment, salary, benefits and employee relations
• Proactively case manage more complex live employee relations issues
• Provide guidance and assist with redeployment/redundancy projects
• Conduct exit interviews
• Support and assist all HR projects Participates in the resourcing process, discussing requirements with line managers, and conducting interviews for priority/key roles
• Assists in career development, discussing career paths with line managers and recommending suitable candidates for promotion
• Supports proactive people development, discussing career paths and development needs with line managers, providing guidance on development and performance interventions, and recommending suitable candidates for promotion or training
• Investigates and resolves day-to-day employee relations problems, either directly or through advice to line management
• Investigates and advises both management and employees on personnel matters, preparing briefing papers as required
• Collect and manipulate data sets and analyze trends and arising issues
• Supervises the preparation of supporting paperwork.
  
  

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree qualified in HR related or business management qualification - preferred
  
  

Job Specific Experience

• Knowledge of people practices and applicable legislative frameworks
• Experience of dealing with industrial and employee relations issues
  
  

Knowledge Of

• Business performance and how it can deliver and add value to its customers
• Awareness of external factors
• Changing regulatory environment
  
  

Experience Of

• Supporting safety delivery and continuous improvement
• Supporting the achievement of performance targets
• A commitment to continuous learning and development
  
  

Ability To

• Generate trust and credibility
• Deliver a customer-focused climate
• Focus on improving safety standards and behaviors
• Deal with a high volume workload and prioritise
• Manipulate data sets and analyse to spot trends and arising issues
• Influence and obtain buy-in from local teams
• Promote change
• Understand and represent alternate views ensuring the recommended solution support the Group approach/view
  
  

Personal Attributes

• Excellent customer service skills
• Consistently model the group’s values
• Energy and compassion
• Connect and establish effective working relationships
• Has a service orientation to internal clients, being responsive to needs, effectively managing= expectations
• Will work to achieve required standards
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Work effectively across different cultures
• Agile and receptive to change