HR Generalist

OXFORD125696_1768582910

Salary Package: Negotiable
Location: Kidlington, England
Consultant: Kathy Rusher
Posted: 16/01/2026

Description:

Berry Recruitment are NOW hiring for a committed and experienced Senior HR Advisor to work for a company in Oxford on a fixed term maternity cover contract.

Role: Senior HR Advisor

Location: Oxford

Hours: 37.5 per week

Key Responsibilities of the Senior HR Advisor:

Policy, Governance & Employee Relations

• Review, update, and maintain organisational policies, ensuring compliance with current UK employment law, regulatory requirements, and best practice.


• Lead scheduled policy reviews, coordinating stakeholder input and managing timely approval and publication.


• Develop clear supporting materials (e.g., guidelines, templates, FAQs) to facilitate effective policy implementation.


• Provide expert, first-line HR advice and guidance to Line Managers and employees on day-to-day matters including policy application, absence management, conduct, and performance.


• Develop, refine, and support procedural timelines and documentation for formal ER cases (investigations, disciplinaries, grievances) to promote consistency and fairness


• Coordinate the full end-to-end recruitment process


• Partner with hiring managers to facilitate end-to-end interview processes, ensuring objective candidate evaluation and a positive candidate experience


• Ensure an effective and engaging induction experience for all new starters to support smooth business integration.


• Maintain accurate and up-to-date recruitment and onboarding records, trackers, and key metrics


• Maintain and update employee records within the HR Information System (Workday), ensuring absolute data integrity and full compliance with GDPR


• Track and maintain accurate training records, monitor completion rates, and assist with compliance reporting.


• The ability to be highly effective with HR data is essential, including using Workday/Google suite to extract, manipulate, and analyse employee data to generate reports, identify trends, and inform management decisions.


• Organisational Development & Project Support


• Support strategic HR initiatives and business projects, including organisational change Contribute proactively to continuous improvement of HR systems and processes to enhance efficiency and the overall employee experience.


• Build trusted, professional working relationships across the business through confident and supportive communication

About you:

• CIPD Level 5 qualification (or working towards) preferred or equivalent experience


• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.


• Demonstrable experience in supporting or managing a range of employee relations cases (e.g., disciplinaries, grievances, absence).


• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the proven ability to build credibility and trust at all organisational levels.


• Highly proficient in using data to maintain records and report on HR metrics (e.g., Workday)


• Must be willing to work in multiple locations

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification we have listed. If your experience looks a little different but you think you can role; value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!"

For more information and to apply, contact the Oxford branch of Berry Recruitment – 01865 777733 or click 'Apply Now' to submit your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age,