Senior HR Advisor

Luxaviation UK is an award-winning and trusted provider of aviation services for business leaders, celebrities, government departments, and private individuals.

With a diverse fleet of business jets, Luxaviation UK is one of Europe’s largest executive aircraft charter operators. The company has been named Best General Aviation Operator in the Baltic Air Charter Association’s Excellence Awards six times and has received Gold Awards in the Executive Aircraft category from Buying Business Travel magazine.

Luxaviation UK is looking for part-time (3 days per week), standalone, HR generalist based in Stapleford Tawney, Essex.  The Senior HR Advisor is responsible for the provision of comprehensive HR services and guidance to managers and employees across Luxaviation UK in respect of all aspects of the employee lifecycle from recruitment to offboarding, ensuring compliance with UK employment law. 

Due to the location of our office, it is essential that applicants have a UK driving license and access to a vehicle to commute to our office.  

Key Responsibilities  

First point of contact with employees and managers for all HR processes and queries.  

Create, maintain and implement HR policies, procedures and template documents in line with employment law and best practice.  

Responsible for day-to-day administration and maintenance of the Bamboo HR system and personnel files, ensuring that information is accurate and up-to-date. 

Supporting managers with recruitment – advertising job roles and managing candidates using the Bamboo HR ATS. 

Responsible for conducting onboarding of new starters including creation and issue of contracts, compiling new starter data and managing the induction process. 

Oversight of the employee offboarding process including issue of termination documentation, updating systems and conducting exit interviews.    

Coordination of employee insurance plans. 

Creation and issue of contractual documents, change of terms and conditions, and all other employee paperwork as required.  

Provision of guidance and advice to managers and employees as required, including but not limited to disciplinary, grievance, absence management, maternity/paternity leave and flexible working requests to ensure issues raised are resolved in a timely and appropriate manner.  

Conducting investigations, taking minutes of meetings and making recommendations on appropriate action in accordance with employment law and Company procedures for all ER matters.  

Supporting management with organisation re-structures including TUPE, redundancy and acquisitions. 

Providing monthly payroll changes to the Accounts team. 

Maintaining all employee records and personal data in compliance with GDPR and the retention and deletion policies published by the company. 

Production of HR management information reports as required.  

Ad-hoc project work and duties as required.  

Person Specification 

Essential 

Experience of working in a stand-alone HR role, with the ability to work independently and prioritise own workload.

Ability to manage end to end HR management – both operational and strategic. 

HR administrative experience with exposure to a range of HR issues 

Experience of supporting managers with ER issues 

Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation and HR best practice 

Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships 

Excellent verbal and written communication and influencing skills 

Intermediate to advanced MS Office skills

Ability to create and implement policies and procedures 

Self motivated, professional, diligent, credible and delivery-focused 

Ability to deal with situations confidentially and sensitively  

Comfortable with working at pace whilst managing multiple priorities. 

Desirable 

CIPD Level 5 qualification or above 

Previous experience in the aviation industry