HR Generalist

Berry Recruitment are NOW hiring for a committed and experienced Senior HR Advisor to work for a company in Oxford on a fixed term maternity cover contract.

Role: Senior HR Advisor

Location: Oxford

Hours: 37.5 per week

Policy, Governance & Employee Relations

• Review, update, and maintain organisational policies, ensuring compliance with current UK employment law, regulatory requirements, and best practice.
• Lead scheduled policy reviews, coordinating stakeholder input and managing timely approval and publication.
• Develop clear supporting materials (e.g., guidelines, templates, FAQs) to facilitate effective policy implementation.
• Provide expert, first-line HR advice and guidance to Line Managers and employees on day-to-day matters including policy application, absence management, conduct, and performance.
• Develop, refine, and support procedural timelines and documentation for formal ER cases (investigations, disciplinaries, grievances) to promote consistency and fairness.
• Coordinate the full end-to-end recruitment process.
• Partner with hiring managers to facilitate end-to-end interview processes, ensuring objective candidate evaluation and a positive candidate experience.
• Ensure an effective and engaging induction experience for all new starters to support smooth business integration.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date recruitment and onboarding records, trackers, and key metrics.
• Maintain and update employee records within the HR Information System (Workday), ensuring absolute data integrity and full compliance with GDPR.
• Track and maintain accurate training records, monitor completion rates, and assist with compliance reporting.
• The ability to be highly effective with HR data is essential, including using Workday/Google suite to extract, manipulate, and analyse employee data to generate reports, identify trends, and inform management decisions.
• Organisational Development & Project Support.
• Support strategic HR initiatives and business projects, including organisational change; contribute proactively to continuous improvement of HR systems and processes to enhance efficiency and the overall employee experience.
• Build trusted, professional working relationships across the business through confident and supportive communication.

• CIPD Level 5 qualification (or working towards) preferred or equivalent experience.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Demonstrable experience in supporting or managing a range of employee relations cases (e.g., disciplinaries, grievances, absence).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the proven ability to build credibility and trust at all organisational levels.
• Highly proficient in using data to maintain records and report on HR metrics (e.g., Workday).
• Must be willing to work in multiple locations.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification we have listed. If your experience looks a little different but you think you can add value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

For more information and to apply, contact the Oxford branch of Berry Recruitment (phone number removed) or click ‘Apply Now’ to submit your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.