HR Services Advisor

In this trusted role as HR Services Advisor, you will be dedicated to specific business areas, working in alignment with the ER team and HR Business Partners. The purpose of your role is to provide advice on the end-to-end employee life cycle, including the execution of business processes in Workday, general HR policy and legislative advice, and you will take accountability for the upskilling of leaders in day-to-day HR processes and tasks. This role is pro-active, and solutions focused, working as part of a wider team to deliver a high-quality service to our colleagues and leaders.

About us

Harrods is reimagining every aspect of the store to ensure we remain the world’s leading luxury emporium. People-led change is at the forefront of this transformation. We are driving forward high-profile, strategic HR initiatives and ensuring our people-related activity is executed exceptionally. The HR Services team sit at the very heart of this, providing a critical service and building trusted relationships with all our colleagues and leaders.

About you

You will be experienced across HR services and systems, with a depth and breadth of knowledge of all HR processes, with the confidence to coach and upskill leaders and colleagues to good customer outcomes. You will have credibility and the ability to manage and build relationships, both with your business area and senior members of the HR team.

You will be able to manage your case load, ensuring that all process and policy questions are owned and actioned timely and accurately. You will have the desire and ambition to develop yourself as a HR professional, becoming a super user in Workday and having detailed knowledge of HR legislation. You will be a champion of our Customer First strategy, with a full understanding of customer segmentation and how to deliver what is truly important to each customer of the service.

More specifically you will have:

• Solid communication skills, with the ability to coach, empower and upskill leaders.
• High attention to detail and can process high volumes of work at an exceptional standard.
• Be process and system focused, with a passion for efficiency and simplification.
• Customer First mindset with a depth of thinking that gets to the heart of customer needs.
• A CIPD qualification or be committed to working towards one.

Our promise to you

Culturally, we value difference and individuality. Your ideas and energy are going to shape every aspect of our people success in your division, but we’re not going to dictate how you achieve these results. Rather, we will give you the freedom to imprint your operating style on the role and help us create a remarkable, magical and memorable business for our customers.

As well as the support of a highly respected team of HR experts, you will find our business transformation creates a stimulating day-to-day environment and opens up a wealth of long-term career potential. Alongside this, you can look forward to an excellent package of benefits. This includes a company pension, flexible working, 22 days’ holiday and your birthday off, up to 33% in-store discount and a season ticket loan.

Uniquely You

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

If you want to know more our people and our culture, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, Facebook or Instagram

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