HR Advisor

We are looking for HR Advisors on a fixed-term basis until July 2025.   These roles are available immedately.  Full or part-time hours are available (0.5-1 FTE).

The roles offer the opportunity for hybrid working, with an average expectation of 2 days per week presence on campus. 

The roles 
This is an exciting time for the University of Exeter; our people and the contribution we all make is central to the shared endeavours of our institutional Strategy 2030 which aims to deliver innovations for a world that is greener, fairer and healthier. 

We are looking to appoint HR Advisors who are passionate about providing exceptional HR support and advice.  We will support you to thrive in a fast-paced environment where your HR expertise is valued and developed. 

We need you to provide comprehensive and pragmatic HR guidance to line managers and employees across the University on all aspects of HR.  Working alongside our HR Partners, you will play an integral role in helping our managers drive high performance and positivity across their teams while ensuring a key focus on staff health and wellbeing.    

We anticipate you will join us with:

• Proven, recent experience of working in a fast-paced generalist HR role, including advising on disciplinary, grievance, and performance issues etc.
• Resilience and the ability to work well under pressure. You will have demonstrable ability to plan, prioritise and organise your own work effectively in a demanding environment.
• The ability to work effectively with others in a team environment and able to act with diplomacy in sensitive situations and maintain confidentiality.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

Further information
We would be delighted to answer any questions to help establish that this HR Advisor role is the right job for you. To find out more, please get in touch with Stuart Thomson, HR Partner at: S.Thomson2@exeter.ac.uk   

Why our staff love working here

• Flexible working opportunities
• 39-41 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Actively inclusive organisation ensuring equality and fairness for all
• Leading parental leave initiatives
• Multiple wellbeing and health initiatives for staff
• Sustainability and the environment being at the heart of what we do
• Beautiful campus environment when working from either Exeter or Penryn
• Inspiring research that really makes a difference to the world

The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024).  

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. 

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