People Services (HR) Advisor

Location: Slough (Hybrid role)

About QA:
We are specialists in technology – providing a comprehensive suite of talent and training services helping individuals and companies to be winners in the digital revolution. Over 290,000 people learned with us last year!

At QA, we are absolutely committed to breaking down barriers, eliminating discrimination and ensuring equal opportunities so that diversity can flourish here. One of our core values is that ‘our Diversity makes us stronger’ - we recognise that people from different backgrounds and experiences bring valuable perspectives and enhance the way we work at QA. As a market leader in the digital education, it’s our duty to drive diversity and inclusion not only for ourselves, but also the wider industry, the clients we serve and the communities in which we work.


The Role
As People Services (HR) Advisor you will support managers to provide a commercially focused People Advisory Service which drives employee engagement, development, productivity and retention, whilst managing employment risks  


Key Responsibilities

• Work with line managers to proactively manage all employee issues such as performance, grievances, conduct and capability including long term sickness engaging with external legal partners
• Support the Senior People Partners to manage the people aspects of organisational change e.g., restructures and TUPE activities
• Provide subject matter expertise in relation to right to work, immigration and visas in conjunction with our external legal advisers
• Contribute to the review and development of People policies and procedures in accordance with the employment law framework and support the implementation process across the business. 

Skills / Experience Required

• Significant experience of handling employee relations cases through to ET (employment tribunals) , in a performance driven environment
• Ability to identify wider employment related issues at an operational level and share information through reporting to enable wider People Team to work on a range of business focused solutions
• Ability to pro-actively ensure line managers take responsibility for outcomes consistently and remain results focused
• Experience of working across different business areas and managing multiple stakeholders

What QA can offer you?

• Career Development – 3 full training days from a wide range of courses
• Continuous performance development
• 2 days off for charity work
• Work for a company that promotes Wellbeing – Mindfulness classes, fitness classes, wellbeing campaigns throughout the year with QA's approved listeners
• Hybrid working

Equal Opportunities
At QA, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer,