HR Advisor
- ID
- 2026-3232
Overview
Role: HR Advisor
Location: Shoreham, West Sussex - On-site
Role ID: 2025-3232
Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.
Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.
The role
This is a site-based position with flexibility for part-time hours (either 4 full days or 5 shorter days). As the reporting manager is remote, the successful candidate must be confident working independently and making decisions when required.
- Provide HR expertise to the business and address a wide range of associated people matters in accordance with best practice methodology, internal compliance and legal requirements.
- Effective management of ER cases, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability, flexible working.
- Monitoring case load to understand key trends and implement interventions to address issues and drive improved performance.
- Responsible for understanding policies and processes, providing guidance and advice to managers, employees and HR colleagues.
- Support the design of HR policies, projects, methodologies and solutions that encourage greater co-ordination and consistency.
- Support the execution of change programmes and other HR strategic initiatives across the business.
- Coach line managers to drive improvements in team management and employee engagement.
Role Autonomy
The role holder works independently with occasional supervision and has scope for innovation. They are empowered to make decisions within their area of expertise.
Problem-Solving Element
Adopts a methodical and logical approach to problem-solving, including issues that may be complex or lack precedent. Collaborates closely with colleagues to ensure efficient resolution while fostering a cooperative working environment.
Knowledge and Complexity
Highly skilled with advanced knowledge of relevant systems, processes, regulations, and compliance requirements. Holds appropriate qualifications and understands how the role fits within the wider business. Provides guidance and support to less experienced team members.
Accountability
Takes ownership of assigned projects, ensuring accuracy and attention to detail while adhering to strict procedures and compliance standards.
Leadership
Communicates confidently and clearly in both formal and informal settings. Leads by example and demonstrates professionalism in all interactions.
Key Competencies and Experience
Essential
- Experienced in the range of people practices across the employee lifecycle to enable effective management of people processes.
- Commercially aware, with an understanding of the impact of good people management upon business results.
- Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams and Sharepoint.
- CIPD qualified to level 3 or equivalent.
Desirable
- CIPD qualified to level 5 or equivalent.
- Change management process and application experience.
Working here
You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.
We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.
Work life balance
We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.
Benefits
We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.
Next steps
Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.
Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.
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