HR Advisor - South Buckinghamshire

HR Advisor - South Buckinghamshire


People Advisor

 

GLL is the UK's largest leisure operator and one of the largest social enterprises with over 350 leisure centres, a libraries division, children's centres, spas and events venues throughout the country. We make community spaces and services accessible and affordable for the communities that we serve. Our success has seen us grow year on year since our inception in 1993.

 

We are currently looking to recruit a full time (40 hours) People (HR) Advisor to join our People Team.

 

This role will assist the People Business Partner who supports our facilities across the West, South West and Wales. You will be based at our High Wycombe office, with occasional travel to or work from our centres as and when required.

 

This is an exciting time to be joining GLL People Team. You will be at the forefront of ensuring our staff are supported as we all work to build our business and teams; promote our social enterprise ethos, and get more people more active more often.

 

The People Advisor is a hands on role so as well as being an important part of the People function you will also provide practical support in general office administration. With our diverse workforce you'll be able to experience new challenges and have the opportunity to test your skills on a regular basis. You will be required to work closely with the People Business Partner and local Partnership and General Managers, providing comprehensive advice and guidance on all people-related matters. You will be responsible for assisting with recruitment and retention activities, advising managers on absence, employee relations cases, and building excellent working relationships with stakeholders. In addition, you will be required to support the People Business Partner with the administrative management of Employment Tribunal cases; fulfilling GLL's Regional objectives; and delivery of our 'people plan' including resourcing, learning and development and workforce engagement.

 

It goes without saying that you'll be both approachable and professional while demonstrating the ability to build trust and good working relations with managers and employees alike. You'll need to be fully CIPD-qualified with excellent communication, written and numerical skills as well as proficient in Microsoft Office applications. Previous experience of providing HR support in the areas above within a large, diverse workforce would be ideal.

 

In return, we offer a range of benefits that you'd expect from the UK's largest leisure provider:

• Discounted membership at our leisure centres across the UK
• The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we're run
• Society Social Events
• o Discounted Villa in Portugal and Ski Chalet in Bulgaria
• Ongoing training and development to help you to be the best
• Career pathway
• Pension schemes
• Ride to work scheme

If you're looking to develop your experience in a wide range of HR disciplines and work within a friendly and supportive team, we would love to hear from you.

 

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Closing date: 22 May 2022 

 

For further information about this role, please email Janet.davenport@gll.org

 

All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location. To be shortlisted for the role, internal applicants will need to demonstrate their commitment to GLL by becoming a Society member where eligible.

 

About Us

GLL is the UK's largest leisure and cultural services provider and one of the first and largest leisure social enterprises. Our aim is to get more people, more active, more of the time whilst making leisure and community facilities accessible and affordable. We partner with local authorities to run leisure centres, swimming pools, libraries, children's centres, spas, event