ASOS Hiring for Senior HR Advisor – 6 month FTC at London Full Time

We’re ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you’re free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Job Description

Senior HR Advisor – 6 month FTC

Location: Greater London House, Hampstead Rd, London, NW1

Department: HR

Level: Implement

Reports to: HR Partner

The Role

This role will assist with implementing a proactive People Experience strategy with objectives that drive and support the delivery of our key strategic pillars. It will suit an existing Senior People Advisor or an experienced People Advisor who is ready to step up. This role would suit an individual who is used to working in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment, where change is constant and flexibility is vital for success. Through taking ownership for your business area and projects, you will have the opportunity to influence people initiatives across ASOS.

The Team

Here at ASOS we like to do things differently, and that includes our people agenda. We are the People Experience team, not just ‘HR’. Our mission is to ensure that the ASOS people experience is like no other. An experience that ASOSers love, where they learn, where they collaborate, where they embrace change and where they can be authentic, brave, creative and disciplined in everything they do.

What you’ll be doing;

Develop a solid understanding of your business area to identify strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities from both a commercial and People Experience Team perspective. You will also support the PX Partner in helping to identify people strategies as well as implementing frameworks and objectives that will deliver results in line with your business areas people plans, the ASOS Values and the People Experience strategic pillars

Work with the PX Partners to act as a knowledgeable Advisor on operational HR issues at employee and manager levels through the full People Experience lifecycle

Support the PX Partners in providing Managers with the right tools to ensure employee performance is optimised, identifying and facilitating appropriate interventions through the performance framework Develop and maintain strong and trusted partnerships with managers, providing constructive challenges as well as acting as a sounding board and advisor.

Support line managers with creative, tailored solutions to people challenges

Understand PX Team tools and policies, partnering with business areas to ensure best practice, whilst maintaining a pragmatic approach

Collaborate with PX Team centres of excellence to help support the successful delivery on all annual processes for your business area

Collaborate with PX Team centres of excellence to support the design and implementation of relevant initiatives and tools that meet business needs

Produce, analyse and share data to identify trends and assist with recommendations on how to address challenges and opportunities

Understand and identify areas of change within your business area and assist with managing these as effectively as possible

Take ownership of your role in driving the delivery of key People Experience Team projects and support the wider team with projects as directed by the Senior PX Partners or

Take a proactive approach to professional development for yourself and others, using internal and external networks and resources to advance and share knowledge

Act as a mentor for PX Administrators and Advisors, providing support and guidance where required

Be an ambassador for the People Experience team

What Success Looks Like;

Showing a passion for working as an HR professional within a creative environment

Responding in a timely manner to people requirements from the business

Thriving in a fast-paced environment, adapting to rapid change

Taking a hands on, proactive and solutions driven approach

Building trusted relationships and strategic partnerships with key stakeholders

Becoming a respected member of the People Experience Team and your client group leadership/ management teams, acting as a positive role model

Consistently generating new ideas and initiatives, being proactive in suggesting positive change

Developing a deep knowledge and understanding of your business area to provide day-to-day operational and developing your capability to provide longer term strategic support

Having clear and concise communication skills

Qualifications

We’d love to meet someone with;

Previous experience as a People Advisor in a fast paced environment

Experience in handling a wide range of employee relations cases,

Experience in building strong relationships with teams and stakeholders

Experience in actively contributing and driving forward key people initiatives and project work

Experience and confidence in challenging as well as supporting managers

Experience of applying best practice and a commercial outlook to people issues

CIPD qualified or willingness to study for CIPD

Fun, team player who works collaboratively for the success of the wider team

Deals with confidential information with tact and diplomacy, 100% discreet

Confident communicator, comfortable communicating with employees at all levels, flexing your style as necessary

Able to manage own emotions in the face of pressure, set-backs or dealing with provocative situations

Excellent organisational skills, always meeting deadlines

Highly numerate with good business acumen

Strong attention to detail

Able to build and maintain strong, meaningful relationships

Happy to deal with ambiguity, fluid situations and changing deadlines

Able to balance priorities with the ability to handle the day to day workload as well as projects

Considers the bigger picture as well as the detail

Additional Information

What’s in it for you

Competitive salary, pension, and private medical care scheme

Performance related bonus

Flex benefits allowance – which you can chose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits

25 days paid annual leave + an extra day for your birthday

Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)

We want our people to be whoever they want to be. That’s why we’re committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at ASOS, but how’re we doing it?

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy we are driving diversity, equity and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be, because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We’ve also recently been placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer List too.

There are safe space employee networks and we host a monthly DEI events series to help support and celebrate all of our people. We are constantly listening to our people, evolving, changing and taking a flexible approach to how we make ASOS truly inclusive.