HR Advisor

Pottermore Publishing

HR Advisor delivering generalist HR services and supporting employee relations for the Blair Partnership, a literary and entertainment agency. Acting as the first point of contact for HR matters across dedicated businesses.

Posted 7/26/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in employee relations management, UK employment law, and the end-to-end employee lifecycle. Proficient in stakeholder management, communication, and implementing HR solutions in a fast-paced environment.

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HR Advisory ExperienceEmployee Relations ManagementUK Employment Law KnowledgeCIPD Qualification (Level 3 or 5)Stakeholder Management

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Hard Skills

Employee Lifecycle ManagementPayroll ManagementOnboarding/Offboarding AdministrationPerformance Improvement ManagementData Analysis

Soft Skills

Relationship BuildingWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationProactive Problem SolvingMulti-tasking

Tools & Technologies

One Advanced (Clear Review)HR Management Systems

Certifications & Qualifications

CIPD Level 3CIPD Level 5

Industry Keywords

Creative BusinessEmployee BenefitsTraining ProgrammesPerformance Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Being the front-line HR representative for your dedicated business.
Advising managers on day-to-day people management, including navigating sensitive or challenging performance, HR or ER related conversations.
Managing employee relations cases for your business unit e.g.: sickness absence, flexible working requests and performance improvement.
Escalating more complex cases to the Head of HR.
Maintaining a working knowledge of UK employment law including any forthcoming changes, attending legal seminars and keeping on top of the relevant updates.
Overseeing the administration of the end-to-end employee lifecycle, supported by the HR Coordinator (HRC).
Including all associated onboarding/offboarding activity, and everything in-between.
Managing the monthly payroll submissions for your business/es, ensuring all changes are captured and deadlines adhered to.
Overseeing administration and management of benefits for all eligible employees.
Promoting our benefits amongst your employee group.
Overseeing the use of One Advanced (formerly Clear Review), our platform for Employee Check Ins and the giving and receiving of feedback, using the reporting function to support team management and optimal use of the system; delivering onboarding sessions for new users.
Using your internal network to ensure high employee participation rates amongst the staff in the businesses you support, sharing feedback and action plans with the relevant leads.
Collaborating with the wider HR team to support the delivery of our core annual training programmes, liaising with trainers and speakers, approving Purchase Requests (PRS) raised by the HR Coordinator and tracking spend against budget.
Identify unique learning opportunities for your business unit.
Responsible for a project area across the whole house of the business.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience operating as an HR Advisor in a fast-paced organisation.
A desire to work across the full generalist HR remit.
Experience managing a range of employee relations cases, varying in complexity.
Strong relationship building, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Able to prioritise, meet deadlines and multi-task.
Solutions-focused and practical, with an ability to spot inefficiencies, suggest improvements and follow through to make impactful changes.
Proactive, self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with key stakeholders and the wider team.
Nice to have CIPD qualified (Level 3 or 5).
Experience working in a creative business.
An interest in data/AI

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Salary
Company Bonus Scheme
25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays)
Progressive and inclusive policies around Carers, IVF, Menopause, Pregnancy Loss, etc.
Enhanced maternity leave (18 weeks at full pay) and paternity leave (2 weeks immediately after birth, and 10 additional days over the following 12 months, at full pay)
Group Pension Plan where we contribute 5%
Life Assurance of 4 times salary
Health Insurance (currently with Vitality)
Medicash Cashback Plan – dental, optical, physio and wellbeing benefits and much more.
Annual Creative Bursary to spend on the creative activity of your choice.
2 paid days off per year to spend volunteering and giving back to your favourite cause or community project.
Monthly Lunch & Learn events – hearing great stories from colleagues, clients and external speakers
Regular fundraising events to raise money for our charity of the year.
Seasonal company parties and team lunches
Subsidised on-site massages