- Immediate start
- 6-Month Fixed-Term Contract (with potential for extension)
- Hybrid / Remote Working
- Up to £45,000 pro-rata
- Access to a wide range of benefits including pension, retail & leisure discounts, free bus travel
Stagecoach Group is seeking an experienced and commercially minded People Advisor to join our People Team on an interim basis for an initial six-month contract, with the potential for extension. Supporting a large, operationally focused and highly unionised business, you will play a key role in delivering our people agenda by providing expert advice and guidance across a broad range of employee relations and people-related matters.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys partnering with operational stakeholders, and can quickly build credibility by delivering pragmatic, business-focused solutions.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Providing practical, commercially focused advice, coaching and guidance to managers on a wide range of people-related matters.
- Managing a varied and complex employee relations caseload, ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant outcomes.
- Supporting managers through disciplinary, grievance, absence management and performance-related processes.
- Building strong working relationships with operational and functional leaders across the business.
- Working closely with People Partners and Senior People Partners, escalating cases and seeking support where appropriate.
- Contributing to the delivery of key people initiatives and business priorities during a period of organisational change.
- Ensuring HR policies and procedures are applied consistently and in line with employment legislation and best practice.
What You’ll Need
- Proven experience working as an HR Advisor, People Advisor, or in a similar generalist HR role within a large and complex organisation.
- Experience operating within a unionised environment, including supporting employee relations activity.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation, with TUPE experience or knowledge highly desirable.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence at all levels.
- A pragmatic, solution-focused approach and the confidence to work independently.
- CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience within transport, logistics, manufacturing, utilities, or another operationally focused environment would be advantageous.
Why Join Stagecoach?
This is an opportunity to make an immediate impact in a busy, evolving organisation. You’ll work closely with leaders across the business to navigate complex people challenges, support operational success, and contribute to key business priorities during an important period of change.
You’ll be joining a supportive and collaborative People Team that values practical solutions, partnership working and continuous improvement, while benefiting from flexible hybrid or remote working arrangements.
Stagecoach is proudly an inclusive employer, striving for a culture where everyone can be themselves and where all the differences people bring are truly appreciated. We welcome applications from all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, beliefs, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, or age.
If you’re an experienced People Advisor looking for your next interim challenge, we’d love to hear from you.
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