People Advisor (HR)

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a global ecommerce group operating beauty and sports nutrition businesses, including LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty.

What you will do

• Manage Employee Relations casework, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance, probation, flexible working, welfare, capability, and parental leave matters.
• Advise managers and employees on HR policies, procedures, UK employment legislation, and best practice.
• Coach managers on performance and people leadership while supporting investigations, hearings, and formal meetings.
• Lead engagement initiatives, onboarding activities, wellbeing, diversity, inclusion, and recognition programmes.
• Produce and analyse people metrics covering headcount, attrition, absence, engagement, and organisational data.
• Partner with Payroll, HR Administration, Recruitment, and the wider People team on employee lifecycle processes and organisational change.

Requirements

• Previous experience as an HR Advisor, People Advisor, or HR Generalist.
• Strong Employee Relations knowledge and experience managing a broad range of casework.
• Good understanding of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Experience coaching and influencing managers at different levels.
• Strong analytical, communication, organisational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Confidence using HR systems and Microsoft Excel, with discretion when handling confidential information.

Nice to have

• CIPD Level 3 or Level 5 qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Access to bespoke development programmes, upskilling opportunities, and broad exposure to HR projects and stakeholders.
• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a birthday day off, enhanced parental pay, compassionate leave, buy-back leave, and volunteer leave.
• Access to an in-house GP, a 24/7 Bupa Employee Assistance Programme, an on-site gym, and on-site physiotherapy.
• Salary sacrifice discounts on personal technology, a subsidised bus pass, staff discounts on hirify.global brands, and an on-site staff shop.
• Inclusive workplace with reasonable adjustments available during the recruitment process.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed in submission order where possible; a response is generally provided within 14 days.
• Reasonable adjustments can be requested if invited to interview.