Fólk Recruitment is partnering with a well-established organisation in Leeds to recruit a Senior HR Advisor with a strong focus on Employee Relations and TUPE activity.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys managing complex ER casework, supporting organisational change, and ensuring best practice across all people matters. Reporting into the Head of HR Operations, you’ll play a key role in providing commercially focused HR support while helping to drive a positive employee experience across the business.
The Opportunity
As a trusted HR advisor to managers and stakeholders, you’ll lead on a broad range of employee relations matters, providing expert guidance and practical solutions to support business objectives while minimising risk. You’ll also play a significant role in managing and supporting TUPE transfers, organisational change programmes, and consultation processes, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and best practice.
This is a highly visible role requiring strong relationship-building skills and a hands-on approach, with employees and managers encouraged to work closely together through a predominantly office-based culture.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage complex employee relations cases, including disciplinaries, grievances, absence management, capability, performance, and workplace conflict.
- Provide expert advice to managers on employment law, HR policy, and best practice.
- Lead and support TUPE transfers, including due diligence, employee consultations, and transition planning.
- Support organisational change initiatives, restructures, and redundancy consultation processes.
- Coach and develop managers to improve people management capability and confidence.
- Ensure policies and procedures remain compliant with current employment legislation and organisational requirements.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and wider employee lifecycle activities as required.
- Contribute to People & Culture projects aimed at improving engagement, culture, and operational effectiveness.
About You
We’re keen to speak with HR professionals who:
- Have substantial experience handling complex employee relations casework.
- Possess excellent TUPE knowledge and experience supporting business transfers or organisational change programmes.
- Hold CIPD Level 5 as a minimum and have an excellent understanding of UK employment law and current HR best practice.
- Enjoy building strong stakeholder relationships and being visible within the business.
What’s on Offer?
- Salary of £40,000–£45,000 DOE
- Opportunity to take ownership of complex ER and TUPE activity.
- Exposure to business transformation and organisational change projects.
- 4 days per week in the Leeds office and 1 day working from home.
- A varied role with genuine opportunity to influence people practices and organisational culture.
For more information, please contact Jonathan Kirby on 07845 742391 or apply using the link below.
This vacancy is being advertised by Fólk Recruitment Ltd, an employment agency, in accordance with the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of race, sex, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or age.
