HR Advisor
Location: Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Salary: Upto £32,000 depending on experience
Hours: 40 Hours Per Week (Minimum 4 days a week on site)
About Kisimul
At Kisimul we’re dedicated to helping the people we support expand their life skills, abilities and experiences as part of our therapeutic community and meaningful life model. Our ethos is to put individual needs, values, aspirations and outcomes at the centre of everything we do providing holistic care and lifelong learning in a nurturing, supportive environment that encourages personal growth and development.
The Role
We are looking for an HR Advisor to join our People team, acting as a key link between the People Team and operational teams across the Kisimul Group. You will work closely with managers to support day-to-day HR operations and colleague wellbeing.
You’ll provide practical HR guidance to managers, helping them confidently manage employee relations, absence, wellbeing, and team processes.
You’ll spend time within the business, building strong relationships, supporting managers, and ensuring our people practices remain consistent, compliant, and people-focused.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct return-to-work meetings and support managers with follow-up actions and wellbeing conversations
- Carry out welfare checks and provide practical guidance on colleague wellbeing and support needs
- Coordinate absence management processes in line with company policy and procedures
- Lead and support absence review meetings, helping managers improve attendance and reduce absence levels
- Monitor absence trends and produce reports to support informed decision-making
- Support employee relations matters, including investigations, note-taking, evidence gathering, and meeting coordination
- Provide practical HR guidance to managers on formal processes, people matters, and day-to-day employee issues
- Coordinate inductions, interviews, and HR documentation to ensure a smooth colleague experience
- Track and support supervision and 1-to-1 activity across teams, encouraging consistency and quality conversations
- Maintain accurate employee records, ensuring HR systems and personnel files remain compliant and up to date
- Prepare documentation for meetings, hearings, and HR casework
- Support debrief sessions, capturing key learning and promoting continuous improvement
- Build strong working relationships with managers and operational teams to promote consistent, people-focused practices
What We’re Looking For
- Previous experience in a generalist HR role at Advisor level or similar
- Experience supporting absence management and employee relations casework
- Strong understanding of HR best practice and employment law
- Confident building relationships and working face-to-face with managers and operational teams
- A proactive, hands-on HR professional who enjoys working within the business
- Approachable, empathetic, and passionate about colleague wellbeing
- Able to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Resilient and confident when handling sensitive or challenging situations
- Excellent communication, organisation, and interpersonal skills
- High level of discretion, professionalism, and attention to detail
Desirable
- CIPD Level 3 or 5 (or working towards) is desirable
- Good working knowledge of HR systems and Microsoft Office
Benefits
- Genuine Career Development: Opportunities with transparent pay grades (find out more here – Kisimul | Autism, Learning Disability, Residential Care)
- Fully Funded Qualifications
- Blue Light Card: Which gives you access to discounts in over 15,000 venues UK wide
- Refer a friend: Earn up to £500 for every successful hire.
- Financial Benefits: Life Assurance of 1x your annual basic salary. Access to salary sacrifice pension scheme, withdraw a percentage of your wages as you earn them before payday with Stream. Access to Discounts from over 150 retailers.
- Health & Wellbeing: From access to an online GP, confidential telephone counselling, dedicated internal wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme that truly makes a difference.
- Flexible Working Patterns: We recognise that not everyone celebrates the same occasions, so colleagues have the option to work on bank holidays and take the time off at another point that’s more meaningful to them.
- Cycle to Work Scheme: Salary-deducted bikes to save money.
- Free DBS Checks: We cover the cost so you can start worry-free.
About Kisimul
Kisimul Group Ltd are a group of independent specialist schools and adult provisions providing exceptional residential care and award-winning education to children, young people and adults with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, severe and complex learning difficulties, global development delay and associated challenging behaviour.
We are proud to be awarded an outstanding company to work for as voted in our most recent companies employee survey
Kisimul is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment.
At Kisimul, we’re committed to creating a workplace that celebrates and welcomes diversity in all its forms. We believe that varied perspectives make us stronger and more innovative. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply — your unique background, perspective, and potential might be exactly what we’re looking for
All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check. If you’re ready to invest in your future and make a meaningful impact, apply today!
Whist the role will predominantly be 9-5, flexibility will be needed across evenings and weekends to ensure that the support to colleagues and management teams. This role can also be considered as a fixed term position for the right candidate.