HR Advisor

Looking for a role where you can step in quickly, make a real difference to managers and employees, and use your HR expertise to add value from day one?
Are you an HR professional who enjoys being trusted to handle complex employee relations issues, advising managers with confidence and pragmatism, and ensuring fair, legally compliant outcomes in a fast?moving operational environment?
Do you thrive in an HR role where you are visible, hands?on and embedded within the business supporting site?based teams, building credibility with managers, and adapting your approach to the realities of a project?driven workforce?

The Opportunity
This opportunity has arisen to support a busy, operationally focused business during a period of ongoing project delivery and workforce activity. The role offers a 6?month HR Advisor assignment ideal for a confident HR professional who enjoys providing practical, commercially aware HR support and building strong relationships with managers and employees.
You will play a key role in advising on employee relations matters, supporting consistent application of HR policies, and ensuring compliance with UK employment legislation and ACAS guidance. This is a highly hands?on role, offering exposure to site?based work forces, varied casework, and the chance to influence positive people practices within a dynamic environment.

Your duties and responsibilities will be:

• Provide proactive, day?to?day HR advice to managers and employees
• Act as a first point of contact for employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, capability, conduct and absence
• Lead and support formal investigations, including evidence gathering, note?taking and report writing
• Coach and support line managers on best?practice HR and ER approaches
• Support disciplinary, grievance and appeal hearings, including preparation and attendance
• Ensure compliance with HR policies, ACAS guidance and UK employment legislation
• Support recruitment activity to enable timely filling of vacancies
• Maintain accurate, confidential HR records and case documentation
• Provide HR support across multiple sites, responding effectively to operational demands
• Promote positive employee relations, engagement and wellbeing initiatives

You will have the following qualifications & experience:

• CIPD qualified (Level 3 or above), or working towards
• Proven experience in a generalist HR or HR Advisor role
• Practical, hands?on experience managing employee relations casework
• Sound knowledge of UK employment law and ACAS best practice
• Confidence working with managers in an operational or site?based environment

It s great if you also have the following

• Experience with in construction, engineering, infrastructure, manufacturing or other site?based sectors
• Exposure to redundancy, restructuring or organisational change
• Experience supporting multiple sites or projects
• Ability to balance advisory work with operational priorities

The setting for the role:
This role operates within a site?based, project?driven environment, requiring flexibility, strong relationship?building skills and an ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities. You will work closely with managers and employees across locations, combining on?site support with advisory and administrative HR responsibilities.

Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we ll do our best to accommodate.

Millbank operates as both an Employment Agency and an Employment Business.