HR Advisor

Job Title:              HR Advisor  
Location:              Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation:    £36,000 - £45,000 + Benefits
Role Type:            Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                SF60680

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a HR Advisor at our Warrington site.

The Role
As a HR Advisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will work collaboratively with senior colleagues to develop proactive and innovative interventions that will help shape best practice and drive forward the people plan. 

Day-to-day, you’ll be the first point of contact for all employee related queries.  

• Provide advisory guidance and coaching on employment law policy 
• Identify complex ER cases and escalate where neccessay 
• Act as lead for absence management, working with line managers to conduct welfare meetings and find suitable resolutions
• Support line managers to find effective resolutions to all formal processes 
• Record and collate all ER casework and ensure records are kept up-to-date

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements 

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview. 

Experience required of the HR Advisor  

• Previous experience in a relevant HR role
• Experience of working in ER in a unionised environment 
• Understanding of employment law and legislation 
• Excellent written and verbal communication 
• Ability to develop strong relationships 

Qualifications for the HR Advisor

• CIPD Level 5 qualified preferred 

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date:    07/02/2025

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