Senior Human Resources Advisor

Interim Senior HR Advisor

Location: Nottingham and Knaresborough — regular travel between both sites required

Contract: Fixed-term 6 months with opportunity for permanent| Immediate start

The opportunity

Pelsis is looking for an experienced, immediately available Interim Senior HR Advisor to provide hands-on HR support across our Nottingham and Knaresborough sites during a period of organisational and workforce change.

This is a broad operational role combining day-to-day HR delivery with stakeholder partnering, coaching and advice. You’ll work closely with site leaders, managers and employees, taking ownership of employee relations, HR administration and payroll coordination while helping deliver changes to working arrangements.

Previous experience implementing annualised hours schemes is essential. You’ll bring practical experience of employee consultation, changes to shift patterns and contractual working hours, and translating agreed changes into accurate employment documentation and payroll instructions.

The environment is fast-paced and priorities can change quickly. We need someone confident, resilient and decisive, who can quickly establish credibility, constructively challenge stakeholders and follow through on actions while maintaining a fair and considered approach.

How you’ll make an impact

• Deliver workforce change: Support the implementation of annualised hours and changes to shifts, working hours and terms and conditions, working closely with operational leaders to balance business requirements with employee considerations.
• Support consultation: Coordinate individual and collective consultation where required, prepare clear employee communications and contractual documentation, and help managers handle questions and concerns.
• Take ownership of employee relations:

What you’ll bring

• Strong HR generalist experience in a Senior HR Advisor or comparable operational HR role.
• Proven experience implementing annualised hours schemes, including consultation, contractual changes and coordination with payroll.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, factory, distribution or similar operational environments.
• Significant employee relations experience and strong practical knowledge of UK employment legislation.
• Experience delivering workforce change involving shift patterns, working arrangements and terms and conditions.
• The confidence to advise and influence stakeholders, handle difficult conversations and challenge constructively.
• A hands-on approach, with equal willingness to manage complex employee matters and detailed HR administration.
• Experience coordinating payroll inputs and checking payroll-impacting changes.
• Strong organisation, attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities across two sites.
• Resilience, sound judgement and the ability to work independently and maintain momentum under pressure.

CIPD Level 5 or above, or equivalent relevant experience, would be welcomed. Previous experience supporting multiple sites, working with outsourced payroll and taking ownership of an interim assignment would also be beneficial.

Ready to make an immediate impact?

If you bring strong operational HR experience, have successfully implemented annualised hours and are available to start immediately, we’d like to hear from you.

Please include your availability and a brief outline of your experience implementing annualised hours with your application.