HR Advisor

HR Advisor

Manchester/Hybrid - Usually 3 days in Manchester per week, must be flexible if required

Welcome to Destination Sport Group, our unique global sports travel business offers our partners the very best in everything they need in order to succeed. We are proud to have 7 market leading sports travel companies in our Group, helping millions of customers to enjoy sport.

To learn more about us visit our website - www.destinationsport.com

Our HR Team delivers a range of HR services, covering the full employee life cycle supporting employees not only in the UK but in the US, Europe, New Zealand and Australia.

As the business continues to grow, we are now looking for a HR generalist with the ability to deliver high quality HR advice to staff and managers in relation to all aspects of the employee lifecycle ensuring compliance with policies, employment law and regulations. Supporting a selection of our business areas, you will manager our HR Coordinator and take ownership for your allocated business areas.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional to take on a role that combines involvement in key HR projects whilst ensuring operational efficiencies and developing the HR team offering.

As part of this varied hands on role, you will;

• Build relationships and support your allocated business areas, this will include some of our international businesses

• Utilise and build relationships with our outsourced providers to enable you to effectively support our employees outside of the UK

• Own and manage the end-to-end caseload of complex Employee Relations  issues,  including disciplinaries, grievances, appeals, sickness, performance management, and redundancies

• Deal with maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave processes and queries.

• Support with structural changes, such as restructures or TUPE transfers, while ensuring compliance with consultation requirements.

• Draft contracts and manage the HR coordinator to ensure new starters are successfully onboarded

• Act as the first line of expert advice for all managers and business leaders in your areas ensuring they adhere to our HR policies, and relevant employment legislation

• Work alongside the HR Director to ensure our policies remain compliant with changing UK employment laws and best practices.

• Partner with our training team and help with the development of our HR management training modules.

• Offer ad hoc training, and advice to line managers to support them in handling people issues independently and confidently

•  Create HR reports for your business areas reporting on key metrics including turnover, and sickness absence to identify trends and provide reports that inform management decision-making.

• Conduct monthly Absence Analysis and liaise with managers to work on any absence cases.

• Line Management of our HR Coordinator -  Overseeing their professional development and assigning work. 

• Deal with day-to-day HR queries through our HR inbox

• Analyse New Starter and Exit Interview Reviews.

• Have visibility of all employees ensuring their data is correct and we have the relevant documents in place

• Support the HR Director with a variety of HR projects and improvements

In return you will get the opportunity for progression, Access to a wellness hub with various discounts including discounted gyms, discounted tickets for a variety of sporting events, and hotels 

Requirements

• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent relevant experience

• Strong employment law knowledge

• Experience in developing policies and processes

• Hands on experience working within a HR role and a good understanding of HR Policy & Practice and current employment legislation

• Proven ability to consistently deliver within a fast-moving environment

• Passionate about developing their skills and growing with the business

• Proactive, with excellent attention to details

• The ability to build strong relationships with employees and line managers

• Experience working with HR systems

• Computer literacy - including good command of Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Word, and Outlook

• Experience managing projects and working on process improvements