HR Advisor - 6 Month Fixed Term

Job Description

Dr. Martens is a globally recognisable and culturally influential British brand, with over 60 years of rich heritage. As brand custodians, we are lucky to work for a dynamic, thriving, and ethical business, with people from diverse backgrounds, who bringtheir true selves to work, and where anyone can grow their career. We are guided by three core values that are at the heart of everything we do: be yourself, act courageously, and show you care. They make us who we are and inspire us to push boundaries, embraceour individuality, and stand up for whats right. THE GIG We are searching for a HR Advisor to join us on a 6 month fixed term basis, in this role you’ll be responsible for providing an end to end best in class HR advisory service to a definedstakeholder group across our EMEA and Centre of Excellence Teams whilst making sure our people agenda stays centre stage. With employee engagement & inclusion front of mind, you’ll help to create an environment where all our people can thrive. At Dr. Martenswe champion individuality and want people to play to their strengths. We’ve listed below some key accountabilities for the role however if you don’t have experience across all these areas but can demonstrate your potential, we can support with on-the-job trainingto ensure you’re set up for success. As our HR Advisor, you will:

• Partner with HR Business partners, support people managers and employees to manage & proactively address all people matters across the relevant functions.
• Manage your ER caseload and provide expertise, support, coaching and advice to managers and employees; assisting with preparation and support for managers for investigations, disciplinary, appeals, grievances, absence management etc. You’ll be the mainpoint of contact but will have support from HR Business Partners as required on matters that require escalation.
• Using details provided by ER caseload, you will complete relevant training needs analysis (TNA), identifying ways to continuously improve people management skills and refine our policies.
• Support the HR Business Partners to deliver organisational change.
• Work closely with the wider HR Operations team to ensure all HR policies, procedures and paperwork are implemented and executed effectively and align with our culture.
• Potentially travel across our various sites.
• It goes without saying that everyone at Dr. Martens is part of a team. Everyone is expected to take on other duties as needed to respond to the needs of the business.

THE STUFF THAT SETS YOU APART Put simply, for this role the key things we’re looking for are:

• It’s not essential for you to have a degree or CIPD professional qualification, but we are keen you have a passion for HR and for creating a place to work where all our employees can thrive.
• You’ll have strong ER experience and be able to demonstrate strong commercial ER advice; you will be comfortable navigating & reducing risk.
• You’ll have a good understanding of UK employment legislation, if you have knowledge of other European Countries this could be beneficial too.
• You’ll be a confident user of the Microsoft Office packages and have experience of HR systems (we use Dayforce).
• You will be a strong administrator and have experience of this across the core employee lifecycle activities.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

• Hybrid working
• Welcome to the family free pair of Docs
• 65% off all Docs
• Award-winning ‘Buy As You Earn’ Dr. Martens share plan
• Private healthcare
• A dedicated culture team
• 2 paid volunteer days per year
• Amazing Camden Town based office with roof terrace overlooking Camden Market

Are you ready to fill your boots Apply now. At Dr. Martens, we are committed to creating an environment in which we can all be our best and bring our authentic selves to work. We encourage applications, regardless of race, colour, religion,gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, or disability. Diverse and inclusive teams have a positive impact on our brand; helping us to speak authentically to our consumers. We strive to developa business where our people can thrive and feel empowered to express themselves. Because we believe everyone should feel supported and included whatever their role in the Dr. Martens community. #LI-AH1