HR Advisor

  • Morson Edge
  • Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
  • Feb 13, 2026
Contractor HR / Recruitment

Job Description

HR Advisor; 6 month contract; based in Cambridge; 37 hours a week; £22.00 - £23.00 PAYE dependent upon experience

We are seeking an experienced HR Specialist/HR Advisor to join our team within a fast-paced manufacturing environment for Marshall Land Systems based in Cambridge. This role will provide comprehensive, hands-on HR support to operational leaders, ensuring best practice and compliance across all employee relations matters.

Key Responsibilities:
- Leading and supporting formal consultation processes, including redundancy programmes
- Managing complex absence management cases
- Handling disciplinary and grievance procedures end-to-end
- Advising managers on employee relations, policy application, and employment law
- Supporting organisational change initiatives within an operational setting
- Promoting positive employee engagement and workplace culture

Skills/Experience:
- Proven HR experience within a manufacturing, engineering, industrial, or similar operational environment
- Strong background in consultation and redundancy processes (essential)
- Demonstrable experience managing disciplinary, grievance, and absence cases
- Confident working autonomously in a fast-moving environment
- Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment legislation
- CIPD qualified or working towards (desirable) or qualified by experience

The jobholder will be pro-active and able to multi-task and have experience of being able to liaise confidently with stakeholders at all levels. The role is working in a small, supportive tea. You will need to be able to manage complex ER queries and have good knowledge of the employee lifecycle.

37 hour working week with 3 days minimum on site.


Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.

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