HR Advisor

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs.
We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor's top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.
Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.
About the business unit
We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.
Responsibilities include:

• Strong focus on the management of a wide range of ER cases to include performance management, grievances, disciplinaries and providing sound advice to managers and employees on HR policies, procedures and legislation.


• Driving talent management activities across the unit


• Building key stakeholder relationships


• Managing wellbeing cases


• Responsible for providing data and tracking ER cases and absence management


• Supporting the design of training materials for the business


• Support the Senior People team through change management processes including restructure, redundancy, redeployment and consultation.


• Manage processes, provide advice and guidance on secondments, transfers, cross-border remote working requests and relocations and ensure a consistent and trackable approach.


• Assist with general cyclical activities such a salary reviews and bonus reviews including the analysis of associated data


• Supporting with the co-ordination of Learning and Development programmes


• Deputise for HRBP in their absence


• Make a positive contribution to the development of guidelines for people processes, attend and participate in appropriate meetings and forums.


• Ad hoc projects


• Assisting with the production of data/papers for Board meetings, We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
Agile working
Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.


• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.


• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.


• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.


• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.


Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.


• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.


• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.


• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.


• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
  
  Highly experienced and excellent knowledge of managing a range of employee relations cases in accordance with UK legislation to include grievances, disciplinaries, performance management, absence management, redundancies.


• Can do, proactive and positive attitude with the ability to motivate self.


• Excellent analytical and numeracy skills with the ability to analyse and interpret complex data and people information.


• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to quickly build effective, collaborative relationships with the people team and other colleagues across the business.


• Good organisation and prioritisation skills with the flexibility to adapt to changing priorities.


• Comply with Data Protection and General Data Protections Regulations (GDPR) and ensure the security of employee information in accordance with legislation and best practice.


• Ability to communicate routine and complex information clearly at all levels recognising the importance of attention to detail and confidentiality


• Good IT skills, including proficiency in HR Systems, and Microsoft Office


• CIPD qualified (or desire to work towards level 7)


Desirable

• Experience within an engineering or consultancy environment
  
  A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.


• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service.


• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.


Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.


• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.


• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.


Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.


• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.


Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.


• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.