Employment Law Advisor

Provision of fact sensitive, risk focused, high quality, commercially focused, accurate advice and support to unionised and non-unionised clients on the complete range of Employment Law and HR topics in accordance with relevant UK & ROI Employment Law requirements and our commercial contractual obligations, whilst also being capable of working in a concise and client friendly manner in a high transaction department. 

Key responsibilities 

Provide HR & Employment Law Advice:

• To provide our clients with best practice and legally compliant employment law/HR advice & guidance considering the facts, the law and where necessary a clients’ policies & procedures in a high transaction department
• Provide higher risk/commercially focussed employment law/HR advice & guidance
• Provide full HR & Employment Law support to those clients who source their whole HR department to us
• Ensure that accurate and relevant records are maintained of all advice given
• Support the telephone 24/7 365 Advice Line service out of business hours
• Assist and advise clients in their dealings with other external agencies such as ACAS, trade unions and regulatory bodies.

Deliver on-site HR & Employment Law services to clients on an ad-hoc basis:

• Conduct an array of on-site HR & Employment Law services & projects with clients, including but not limited to discussing and/or providing any documentation, discussing and/or providing updates to client documentation and provision of an array of special projects & training to the client & it’s staff from advising a client on conducting a particular Human Resources or Employment Law exercise to the provision of on-site Human Resources or Employment Law  training, to communicating changes in terms and conditions of employment to the workforce. 

Essential

• Suitable Degree relevant to Employment Law, CIPD or MCIPD. 
• Good knowledge and practical experience of advising clients in all aspects of HR & Employment Law in a high transaction department. 
• Ability to work autonomously but as part of a wider team. 
• Ability to influence at all levels. 
• Highly self-motivated and driven. 
• An excellent communicator, with strong oral, written and listening skills. 
• Strong Client facing skills and able to communicate and act at management level with a very credible presence. 
• IT literate with knowledge & experience of online and offline software covering email, word processing, spread sheets and presentation packages. 

Desirable 

• Law Degree with Legal Practice Certificate or Barrister Vocational Qualification. 

Part of the Zellis Group, Moorepay is a team of over 500 friendly professionals across four offices in Swinton (Manchester), Sheffield, Birmingham and Kochi (India). We’re passionate about making Moorepay a fantastic place to work for every single one of our colleagues. The average length of service at Moorepay is 12 years, which speaks for itself!

To help make Moorepay such a great place to work, we focus on three things in our company culture: mental health support, maintaining a healthy work/life balance, and equal opportunities and inclusion for all. 

Here’s what you’ll gain if you join our team: 

• A career packed with opportunity, in a stable and growing company.
• A comprehensive programme of learning and development.
• Competitive base salary.
• 25 days annual leave, with the opportunity to buy more. You’ll even get your birthday off as well!
• Private medical insurance.
• Life assurance 4x salary.
• Enhanced pension with up to 8.5% employer contributions.
• A huge range of additional flexible benefits across financial & personal wellbeing, lifestyle & leisure.