Advisor - Maternity Cover

Company description

Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) is a world-famous creative agency that makes jaw-dropping, thumb-stopping, eye-opening work for brands across the globe. Founded in London in 1982, we now have offices in New York, Los Angeles, Stockholm, Mumbai, Singapore, and Shanghai. Our first ad for Levi’s showed a black sheep travelling in the opposite direction to a flock of white ones. That’s where we got our logo and our guiding philosophy: when the world zigs, zag.

Why? Because it’s easy to zig, to go with the grain. It feels safe. It feels like the sensible thing to do. It feels safe. It feels possible. But the greater risk is failing to stand out. We believe in the power of difference to make a difference.

Our goal is a simple one: make the best work in the world. That’s where you come in. We need rebels, dreamers, thinkers, mathematicians, makers, artists, visionaries, doers, observers, the different and the unreasonable. We need Black Sheep. People who want to make the hearts flutter and minds do flips, who can change businesses and culture. People who want to make a difference, come here for something different.

Here at BBH we believe in the power difference - zagging, going against the grain, not accepting the status quo. It’s how we change brands and businesses.

We’ve been doing it since 1981. We’ve made the public laugh, cry and their hearts flutter; we’ve made endlines, headlines, history, celebs and number ones in the charts - all to help our clients win at what they do. The secret to all of that is one thing: BBHers.

The People Advisor plays a vital role in ensuring our People team runs smoothly, is visible across the agency, and remains approachable, proactive and trusted. You will provide high-quality HR support across BBH, acting as a go-to advisor for employees and managers while ensuring our processes are consistent, efficient and aligned with employment legislation.

This is a maternity-cover position, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a creative, fast-paced environment.

• Provide timely, high-quality HR advice to managers, supporting early and effective resolution of complex or sensitive employee relations issues.
• Advise and coach managers on the application and interpretation of HR policies, ensuring consistency, accuracy and alignment with employment law.
• Act as a trusted partner to employees and managers, addressing day-to-day HR queries covering performance, probation, sickness, pay and general staff matters.
• Support the People Business partner and Senior Talent Partner in complex meetings, including formal note-taking.
• Manage sickness absence processes, ensuring appropriate action, documentation and support for staff returning to work.
• Support performance improvement, disciplinary, grievance, and capability processes where required.
• Facilitate the probation process, including successful completions, extensions and exits.

• Deliver reliable, compliant handling of HR matters in line with policy, legal requirements and best practice.
• Partner with managers to support employee relations, performance management, resourcing and overall staff management.
• Work closely with Re:
  
  Sources, our outsourced provider, maintaining smooth operational delivery.
• Support monthly payroll processes and provide guidance on pay and benefit queries.
• Manage maternity, paternity and Shared Parental Leave (SPL) processes.
• Support organisational change activity, including restructures, redundancy and redeployment processes.

• Maintain accurate employee data across HR systems (Career Settings and others), ensuring all changes are recorded promptly.
• Proactively monitor and report on sickness, holiday usage and other people data to the People Business Partner and Senior Talent Partner.
• Support Gender Pay Gap reporting.
• Ensure all HR documentation and casework complies with GDPR.

• Support the wider People team in rolling out new initiatives and embedding people strategies across the organisation.
• Build strong, collaborative…