People Advisor - Watford (Surrounding Region)

People Advisor - Watford (Surrounding Region)

Regional Multi Site Role - Travel Required

Want to be the best you can be? It's what drives us too.

Working with our People Team as a People Advisor you will be a key part of the organisation and supporting empowerment and capability of our leaders and colleagues. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills.

As part of a successful, global automotive group, you’ll broaden your experience across our wide portfolio of stores and brands. And with the right support from us, you’ll be able to progress as high as you can aim.

What we can offer you

• Enjoy 33 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) to rest and recharge

• Save money every day with our exclusive retail discounts

• Drive a great deal with discounts on new and used cars, plus servicing offers

• Plan for the years ahead with our company pension scheme

• Balance home and work with our industry-leading family-friendly policies designed to help you spend more time with the people that matter

• Commute for less with our cycle-to-work scheme

• Prioritise your wellbeing with dedicated support for you and your family

• 24/7 access to healthcare professionals, ensuring you get the expert advice you need quickly and easily

• Make a difference with a paid day to volunteer in your community

• Invest in your future with our company share purchase plan

• Earn financial rewards when you refer a friend to join the team

• Keep learning and growing with our training and development opportunities for everyone.

• Life assurance with the option to increase cover

• We’re open to flexible working options – just ask

What you’ll do day to day

• Manage contact into the People Team from managers and colleagues, these may be via Teams, email or phone, providing a first point of contact service. This could involve providing information and advice or triaging to another member of the People Team.

• Manage, support, and coach managers through a volume and variety of employee relations cases effectively at any one time ensuring a fair, pragmatic and consistent approach is applied across the business.

• Coach and support managers to improve people management capability including all formal processes, contractual obligations, terms and conditions, policies etc.

• Offer impartial advice, support and guidance to colleagues regarding the application of our people processes and initiatives

• Be able to support conflict resolution via mediation.

• Ensure that all correspondence in relation to the above meets Company values and standards and external legal obligations and is recorded appropriately and in line with GDPR standards.

• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with People Business Partners, providing updates on cases, and advising on potential issues or trends arising to support the long-term people strategy and agenda

• Identify and contribute to continuous improvement within the People Team around our People advice and wider service offering.

• To support implementation of any change programmes and other organisational changes as appropriate

Helpful skills and qualifications

Don’t worry about ticking off every single skill here − if you care about delivering great experiences as much as we do, we want to hear from you.

• Proven experience as an HR Advisor or in a similar HR role.

• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.

• Strong organisational and time management skills.

• Proficiency in HR software and Microsoft Office Suite

• CIPD (or working towards) qualifications desirable

Be part of something big

Group 1 Automotive is on an exciting growth journey. We are home to over 7000 colleagues dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, with 114 dealerships in the UK, representing 21 brands at the forefront of automotive retail.

But you don’t need to love cars to work with us - just need to share our mission to create outstanding and trusted experiences for our customers, our partners, and our people

Our Values

At Group 1 Automotive we pride ourselves on our five core values that are incorporated in all we that do.

Respect - Integrity - Transparency - Teamwork – Professionalism

These are the principles that every member of our team lives by, whether that be business functions, customer interactions, how we interact with the local community and even how we view each other in the team