HR Advisor

The Day-to-Day

• Overseeing all Employment Relations matters, including discipline, grievance, performance capability and change management processes.
• Take full ownership of ill health capability / long term sickness procedures and occupational health referrals within business area.
• Act as the first point of contact for line-managers within your remit and take ownership for handling and resolving HR queries / issues raised by line managers and employees respectively.
• Provide robust written and verbal HR advice to stakeholders, prepare case related documentation, and ensure the correct and consistent application of HR policies and procedures across the business whilst adhering to procedural timescales.
• Work closely with line-managers and department heads within the business, to ensure a consistent approach to people management and compliance.  Forming collaborative relationships across all levels of the business.
• Support the Head of HR in reviewing and implementing new HR Policies & Procedures, in line with changes to relevant employment legislation, coach and support line-managers to ensure these are embedded across the business.
• Strive towards continuous improvement of HR processes and Company practices within business areas, ensuring that the HR service delivery meets the requirements of, and can adapt to, the changing needs of a rapidly developing business policies and rules.
• Working with the L&D team to regularly assess the training and development needs of line-managers in the business area – create and deliver targeted HR management training to reduce skill-gaps and improve manager knowledge.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of Employment Law and developments in HR best practice.
• Oversee all recruitment activity.

AEO

All duties to be undertaken with reference to Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) procedures and work instructions.

The Person

• Someone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to create good strong working relationships with operational managers and employees.
• A compassionate and people focused individual.
• CIPD qualified level 5 with 3 years plus experience.
• You will be forward thinking, innovative, solution focused and resilient.
• You will be confident working autonomously using your own initiative and prioritising, whilst recognising the value and importance of collaborative working and being a good team player.
• Willingness to travel and work from other sites.
• Experience of restructuring, TUPE and change management beneficial

About the Company

Denholm Good Logistics is an award-winning freight forwarder and logistics provider, providing shipping solutions to small medium and large growing companies. Established for many generations and steeped in maritime history, the key to our success is not just our industry knowledge but our highly skilled and experienced people, who are dedicated to providing a first-class service to our customers.

With offices strategically positioned at major ports throughout the UK, as well as internationally in the USA, Türkiye and China, the business boasts a diverse team of employees.

Career progression and development of our people is key to our continuous growth and success. At Denholm Good Logistics, we ensure our employees have access to development opportunities through our structured learning and development agenda, and ensure skill sets and career aspirations continually evolve, along with a focused people strategy that supports employee engagement.