Senior HR Advisor

The Senior HR Advisor acts at Quarto’s key operational partner, bridging strategic HR goals with day\-to\-day employee management. Responsible for providing excellent guidance to stakeholders, managing complex people matters, coaching line managers, ensuring compliance and supporting organisational change.

Main Responsibilities

• Support talent acquisition strategies and end\-to\-end recruitment, developing efficient and effective systems.


• Oversee the onboarding process, ensuring a positive experience for new joiners.


• Support early careers opportunities, including apprenticeships, internships and work experience.


• Provide expert advice on organisational policies and ways of working, ensuring fair and consistent outcomes.


• Manage complex people cases by supporting our people and providing advice and guidance to managers.


• Guide managers through the performance development cycle and performance improvement process, providing coaching on people management skills to build competency and confidence.


• Monitor people KPI’s and work with managers to identify trends and develop improvement plans.


• Provide support and advice to managers on long\-term and short\-term absence management, including overseeing all occupational health referrals.


• Oversee the monthly payroll process and ensure the integrity and accuracy of data, working closely with the Finance team.


• Identify and implement improvements to HR workflows and processes across the employment lifecycle.


• Ensure policies and procedures are in line with best practice and employment legislation.


• Support the Head of HR with change management projects, including reorganisations.


• Manage relationships with external suppliers, including employee benefits providers, ensuring best value across our range of benefits.


• Work with the Head of HR to drive employee engagement and monitor people health trends across a range of KPI’s.


• Support learning and development activity across the organisation, working with managers to identify needs and deliver solutions.


• Promote an environment of inclusion and belonging, supporting the leadership team to deliver DEI activities.


• Provide advice and guidance to the HR Officer and wider team.


• This list is not exhaustive, and the job holder may be asked to carry out other duties as reasonably required.

Key Performance Indicators

• Effective stakeholder relationships


• High quality, responsive HR service


• Effective HR and payroll processes


• Data integrity


• Meeting deadlines


• Value\-add, standout project/s to support business goals

Experience \& Qualifications

• Proven experience at HR Advisor or Senior HR Advisor level, with a strong HR generalist background.


• CIPD level 7 is desirable (Level 5 is a minimum).


• Hands\-on experience leading full range of people matters from grievance, discipline, capability up to redundancy consultation.


• Experience of overseeing payroll processes is desirable.

Skills, Knowledge, Attributes:

• Strong working knowledge of employment law and HR best practice


• Comfortable working in a fast\-paced commercial environment


• Strong customer focus with pro\-active and hands\-on approach


• High quality stakeholder management


• Ability to manage a diverse workload


• Outcome and solutions focused


• Exceptional communication skills


• Excellent attention to detail


• IT skills in MSOffice, Excel, reporting, HRIS.

Other requirements:

• Regular visits to our Brighton office

Pay: £50,000\.00\-£55,000\.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London SE1

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