Senior HR Advisor

This vacancy is a 12 month fixed term contract.

The leader in travel technology resources for travel suppliers, travel agencies, E-commerce sites and corporations worldwide has an immediate opportunity within the Langley Headquarters Office for a Senior HR Advisor.

The Senior HR Advisor will provide timely, effective, and business aligned generalist HR consultancy and advice which contributes directly to the achievement of the business strategies and goals. Specifically the role is accountable for providing HR services primarily to c.100 Finance employees.
The role will involve employee relations, recruitment an understanding of European law is an advantage but not essential.
* A proven track record of proactively and successfully managing employment events or issues.
* The jobholder must be capable of dealing with a variety of challenging issues under pressure and be able to support and champion local or corporate decisions.
* The jobholder must be able to deal with a variety of people issues at different levels within the organisation requiring excellent communications skills and the ability to influence and to gain trust and respect without direct managerial control.
* Customer service focused.
* Proven 2-way communication skills with the ability and credibility to build strong relationships and to operate at all levels are essential.
* Must be an English speaker. Knowledge of one or more European languages to business conversation level would be an advantage.
* PC literacy - the ability to use word processing, e-mail, Powerpoint and excel is essential.
* Previous experience of working with an HR Information System (Oracle) would be ideal.