HR Advisor

Job Introduction

Sodexo have an excellent opportunity for a HR advisor to join our busy team based in Portsmouth. 

Our people are vital part of our organisational success, supporting our site managers with employee relations and employee engagement, along with building rapport with other company services will be vital to this role. With the support of our HR Business Partner this role is a key position within our government segment, and will offer the opportunity to work on a variety of contracts. 

To be successful in this position you should have a good background in generalised HR with a wealth of experience within ER case management, evidence of supporting line managers and fantastic people skills. Would suit someone looking for development into a HR Business partner role. 

Our wealth of experience partnering Government Agencies means we are able to transfer best practices from the corporate sector to create better working environments in the public sector. We bring services that increase employee engagement, wellbeing and productivity to the public sector to help support government to deliver on its promised outcomes while reducing costs. Our goal is to improve service outcomes and increase overall value to the taxpayer.

Role Responsibility

• Provide local advice on complex ER matters and coach managers appropriately with the support of the HR business partner.
• Build strong working relationships with our central HR team and on site managers.
• Assist managers with identifying talent, creating succession plans an on going recruitment.  
• Be an advocate for Diversity and Inclusion.
• Collaborate with the HR team to deliver the HR calendar of events throughout the business, including pay review, bonus, performance conversations and ratings, talent management, employee surveys, recognition events (Star of the Month, Spirit of Sodexo, Long Service etc) and apprenticeships.
• Understand challenges that business managers face, report on key HR metrics and support the HR business partner to identify trends and help influence progress and performance.
• Promote best practice across the business.
• Focus on continuous professional development including keeping up to date with employment legislation changes.
• Support HR strategy by working proactively in assigned working groups as agreed within personal objectives.

The Ideal Candidate

• HR generalist experience and good understanding of all aspects of employment legislation 
• Proven record of managing and supporting a wide range of ER cases
• Good numerical, interpersonal and communication skills, must be able to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication  
• Strong stakeholder management skills and demonstrable experience of coaching  
• Self-managed, well organised, responsive and able to work under pressure 
• Able to demonstrate working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook) 
• Able to demonstrate attention to detail and adherence to standards  
   

Package Description

£35,000 - £37,000 per annum

Bonus Scheme

Flexible Benefits - Health insurance, buy and sell holiday

Training and Development opportunities 

Reward and Recognition scheme 

Health and Wellbeing Incentives

Matched Pension scheme 

Working hours - Monday - Friday, flexible working considered 

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more

All offers are subject to security clearance

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their age, disability, gender, transgender, marital or family status, race or ethnicity, religious belief of sexual orientation are welcome to and included within our business. We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process