HR advisor

Hours: Part time, 21 hours and 45 minutes worked over a minimum of 3 days between the hours of 8am-6pm.

Contract length: Permanent

Salary: £21,000 (FTE £35,000)

Working pattern: Negotiable, minimum 3 days per week

Application deadline: 5pm, Friday 31 July 2026 (we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications).

Interviews conducted: TBC

Start date in role: ASAP

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Who we are

Brake is the national, acclaimed charity delivering the National Road Victim Service, a specialist, accredited, UK-wide support service for road victims, delivering case-managed care for anyone who has been bereaved or seriously injured in a road crash or who is supporting a road crash victim.

Not your average job

We need an HR Advisor to provide professional HR advice and operational support and training to managers and staff across the charity. This is a hands on role, taking responsibility for taking the lead with matters such as disciplinary, grievance, absence management, performance management to resolve inhouse where practical. The role will ensure that people management practices are fair, compliant with employment legislation, and aligned with the organisation’s values and mission. This role is key in supporting employee relations, recruitment, policy implementation, and organisational development initiatives within a collaborative and people-focused environment.

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What we offer

• A generous 35 days of annual leave (including bank holidays and 3-day shutdown period between Christmas and New Year, pro-rata for part-time working patterns)
• Birthday day off (taken any time)
• Enhanced sick pay and compassionate leave
• Death in service benefit
• Pension
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working
• A rewarding role with purpose
• Be part of a skilled, friendly team with an engaged Board of Trustees

What you bring:

Essential experience:

• Experience in working in an HR role with responsibility for managing and leading on HR related issues directly
• Strong demonstrable experience taking the lead in handling employee relations matters
• Demonstrable knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Experience in advising and supporting line managers

Essential skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and HR cases simultaneously, understanding the need to adhere to time scales to comply with HR law
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills
• Excellent attention to detail both verbal and written
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion

Desirable

• Experience in working in the charity or not-for-profit sector
• CIPD level 5 (or working towards)
• Experience supporting organisational change projects
• Experience in running a monthly payroll using Sage Payroll

Personal attributes

• Empathetic and approachable
• Driven to see tasks fully through to conclusion
• Values-driven and committed to charity’s mission
• Collaborative team player
• Able to influence and build strong relationships with stakeholders
• Able to proactively manage own workload and work fully remotely

About us

Brake is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We welcome your application whatever your background or situation. We particularly welcome applications from those who are part of the global majority, the LGBTQIA+ community or disabled. We are proud to be a disability confident employer. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it. So, if you have a passion for making a difference and share in our vision for a world where no one is killed on our roads, we would love to hear from you.

If you are seeking out a new challenge and think you have the skills, passion and commitment that we are looking for, we would be interested in hearing from you.

Submit your CV and a covering letter which clearly demonstrate you have what it takes to perform this challenging and rewarding role to recruitment@brake.org.uk.

We'd like to get to know the real you through your application, not an AI version. If you do use AI to write your cover letter, please check it and make sure it reflects who you are. We encourage cover letters in alternative formats such as videos or presentations.

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Questions? If you would like to discuss the role further, please get in touch, we'd love to chat.