HR Advisor – Compliance Lead
Lichfield | Contract, full-time| £36,050 per annum
HR Advisor - Compliance Lead
Job Type: 12-Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Lichfield | Hybrid: 1-2 days in office
Salary: £36,050 per annum
Working Hours: Full‑time Mon-Fri, 8am–5pm (37.5 hrs)
A great opportunity for an experienced HR professional to lead a small team and drive high‑quality HR compliance across a large, fast‑paced organisation supporting colleagues. This role requires strong compliance knowledge, excellent organisational skills and proven experience coaching or managing junior HR team members.
Key Responsibilities
Skills & Experience
Essential
Job Ref: HP441
Hollyfield Personnel do not contact or write to unsuccessful candidates. If you have not heard anything from Hollyfield Personnel within 5 – 7 working days of your application, you should presume that your application was unsuccessful. By applying for this vacancy, you are giving permission for Hollyfield Personnel to contact you and retain your details.
Job Type: 12-Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Lichfield | Hybrid: 1-2 days in office
Salary: £36,050 per annum
Working Hours: Full‑time Mon-Fri, 8am–5pm (37.5 hrs)
A great opportunity for an experienced HR professional to lead a small team and drive high‑quality HR compliance across a large, fast‑paced organisation supporting colleagues. This role requires strong compliance knowledge, excellent organisational skills and proven experience coaching or managing junior HR team members.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop Junior HR Advisors, providing daily direction, coaching and escalation support.
- Act as SME for a specialist compliance area, offering clear, practical guidance to stakeholders.
- Manage core compliance processes including:
- Right to Work checks
- Sponsorship licence obligations
- DBS/PVG checks
- Fair Work Agency standards
- Professional memberships
- HR transactional compliance (family leave, contractual changes, benefits)
- Maintain accurate records, documentation and tracking for audits and reporting.
- Identify risks, strengthen controls and support governance activities.
- Contribute to process improvements and standardisation across HR operations.
- Build strong relationships with HRBPs and wider People Team colleagues.
- Provide policy and legislative advice, ensuring compliance requirements are understood and applied.
Skills & Experience
Essential
- Strong HR Operations background with compliance/governance focus.
- Knowledge of Right to Work, sponsorship/immigration, DBS/PVG or similar compliance areas.
- Experience guiding or supporting junior colleagues.
- Excellent organisation and ability to manage high‑volume workloads.
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to interpret legislation into practical advice.
- CIPD qualification.
- Experience coaching junior HR colleagues.
- Process improvement experience.
- Background in a regulated or large‑scale environment.
- Detail‑driven, analytical and accurate.
- Proactive, solutions‑focused and improvement‑minded.
- Strong communicator with the ability to influence and support others.
- Confident developing junior colleagues.
- Resilient, adaptable and committed to delivering a high‑quality HR service.
Job Ref: HP441
Hollyfield Personnel do not contact or write to unsuccessful candidates. If you have not heard anything from Hollyfield Personnel within 5 – 7 working days of your application, you should presume that your application was unsuccessful. By applying for this vacancy, you are giving permission for Hollyfield Personnel to contact you and retain your details.