Junior HR Advisor

Junior HR Advisor - HR Operations
📍 Lichfield | 🕒 Fixed Term Contract for 12 months, 37.5 Hours per Week
Join Our HR Operations Team
We're looking for an organised, detail-focused and customer-centric Junior HR Advisor to join our HR Operations team. This is an exciting opportunity for an HR professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and has a passion for compliance, governance and delivering an exceptional colleague experience.
As a key member of the HR Operations team, you'll be the first point of contact for a wide range of HR operational queries, supporting managers and colleagues across the business while ensuring compliance with employment legislation, Home Office requirements and regulatory standards. [Junior HR...Operations | Word]
This role offers excellent exposure to a diverse range of HR activities, making it ideal for someone looking to develop their HR career within a supportive and progressive environment.
What You'll Be Doing
As Junior HR Advisor, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the smooth delivery of HR operational processes. Key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the first point of contact for the HR Operations team, managing and responding to employee and manager queries through the HR inbox.
• Providing guidance and support on a variety of HR processes including:
  • Right to Work compliance
  • Sponsorships and immigration matters
  • Family-friendly policies and leave
  • Contractual changes
  • Regulatory registrations
  • DBS and compliance checks
• Maintaining accurate employee records and HR systems, ensuring all documentation is processed in line with company procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Supporting payroll-related administration, including contractual changes, overpayments and repayment arrangements.
• Coordinating family-friendly leave processes, including maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Administering employee benefits and reward programmes such as pensions, private medical insurance, life assurance and long-service awards.
• Supporting the management of the Skilled Worker Sponsorship Licence, including Certificates of Sponsorship and visa-related processes.
• Conducting and maintaining Right to Work checks and monitoring visa compliance requirements.
• Managing DBS, PVG, NMC, SCW and SSSC processes, including renewals and compliance monitoring.
• Supporting sensitive employee matters including Death in Service processes and overpayment recovery.
• Building strong relationships with managers, colleagues and key stakeholders across Payroll, Recruitment, Finance and external agencies.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives, helping to enhance HR policies, systems and operational processes. [Junior HR...Operations | Word]

About You
We're looking for someone who combines strong HR administration and advisory skills with a passion for compliance and attention to detail.
You'll ideally have:
Essential Experience & Skills

• Previous experience within an HR Operations, HR Administration or HR Advisory role.
• Knowledge of HR transactional processes and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting managers and employees with HR queries.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience working within a large, fast-paced organisation.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel. [Junior HR...Operations | Word]

Experience in One or More of the Following Areas

• Right to Work legislation and compliance
• Sponsorship and UK immigration processes
• DBS or PVG checks
• Family-friendly leave processes
• Social Care compliance and regulatory requirements [Junior HR...Operations | Word]

Desirable

• CIPD qualification or currently working towards CIPD accreditation. [Junior HR...Operations | Word]

Why Join Us?
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your HR career within a supportive team environment, gaining exposure to a broad range of HR operational and compliance activities. You'll work with experienced HR professionals, build specialist knowledge in regulatory compliance and make a real impact on the colleague experience across the organisation.
If you're an organised HR professional looking for your next challenge and want to build expertise in HR Operations and compliance, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and take the next step in your HR career.