HR Advisor - FTC

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Leeds, United Kingdom time type:
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** What We'll Bring:
** We Are Trans Union:
Trans Union is a major credit reference agency, and we offer specialist services in fraud, identity and risk management, automated decisioning and demographics. We support organisations across a variety of sectors including finance, retail, telecommunications, utilities, gaming, government and insurance.
** What You'll Bring:
** We’re looking for an HR Advisor with strong Employee Relations expertise to join our team for a 11-month fixed-term maternity cover contract from early May 2026. Flexible working options: 4 days or full-time.

This role is all about Employee Relations casework, work permits and compliance—you’ll lead on performance and wellbeing cases, provide expert advice to managers, and ensure a smooth, compliant process across a regulated environment. Alongside ER, you’ll manage compliance, risk, work permits, and partner closely with our central People Services team to keep UK and European requirements on track.
** Day to Day You’ll Be:*
* * Lead on Employee Relations for your client group – provide expert advice across cases including flexible working, sickness absence, and performance management.
* Build strong relationships with managers and colleagues, delivering exceptional service and proactive support.
* Partner with People Services – own the operational relationship, act as escalation point, and ensure SLAs and in-market requirements are met.
* Drive compliance and risk management – ensure FCA SMCR adherence, manage HR risk register, and maintain the HR Business Continuity Plan.
* Manage work permits and sponsorship compliance in partnership with third parties, ensuring accurate record-keeping.
* Monitor quality and process improvement – review SOPs, conduct spot checks, and recommend improvements.
* Produce reports and MI, support audits, and track workload through to resolution.
* Support wider HR initiatives – acquisitions, policy reviews, and specialist projects.
* Stay ahead of legislation and regulatory changes, adapting processes and documentation as needed.
** Essential

Skills & Experience:

*** Solid UK HR and employment law knowledge;
* Some employee relations experience, gained through a variety of cases.
* Relevant experience in an HR Generalist, Shared Services or HR Compliance role, covering the hire to retire lifecycle;
* Ability to be a self starter and independently manage workload in a fast-paced environment, escalating or seeking guidance where required;
* Knowledge of GDPR legislation;
* Excel, reporting and analysis skills to allow you to produce, manipulate and interpret data;
* Experience in reviewing and improving policies and Standard Operating Procedures;
* Experience in owning and managing HR risks and compliance activities;
* Knowledge of work permits and immigration requirements (preferred);
* Experience of working in a regulated and/or global organisation (preferred)
** Impact You'll Make:
** At Trans Union you will be joining a friendly, forward thinking global business.  As well as an excellent salary and bonus scheme or commission scheme (if joining our sales teams) our benefits package comes with:
* 26 days’ annual leave + bank holidays (increasing with service)
* Global paid wellness days off + a bonus day off to celebrate your birthday
* A generous contributory pension scheme + access to the Trans Union Employee Stock Purchase Plan
* Private health care + a variety of physical, mental and financial fitness wellbeing programmes such as access to mindfulness tools
* Access to our diversity forums and communities so you can get involved in causes close to your heart
** Trans Union – a place to grow:
** If there’s something on the list of essential / desirable skills that you can’t quite tick off, don’t let that put you off applying. We are open to exploring training and development opportunities for the right candidate to ensure you are successful.  We know imposter syndrome is real, lets confront it so we can continue to grow and thrive together
** Flexibility at TU:
** We recognise that our…