HR Advisor (Part-Time)

Leeds city centre 16 hours per week £36,000 to £40,000 FTE (pro-rated to £14,400 to £17,300)

Sarah McKenna HR is exclusively partnering with Khalbros on this appointment.

A newly created part-time HR role at a growing Leeds-based business, offering genuine ownership of the HR function, real flexibility around how hours are worked, and the opportunity to shape an HR function during a period of significant growth.

What's on offer:

• 16 hours per week with a genuinely agile approach to how those hours are worked
• Hybrid working from an office in central Leeds
• £36,000 to £40,000 FTE depending on experience
• Cycle to work scheme, private medical insurance, and life assurance
• A friendly, open, and genuinely social team
• The chance to build an HR function from the ground up inside a business that is going places

The role

Reporting into the leadership team, you will own the full employee lifecycle across the group. You will be joining a well-run, stable business. Retention is excellent), line managers are engaged, and a retained consultancy sits in the background for complex employment matters. Your focus will be on bringing structure, consistency, and day-to-day confidence to how they manage their people.

Your responsibilities will include:

• HR compliance, contracts, DBS checks, and right-to-work administration
• Onboarding, probation management, and return-to-work processes
• Scheduling, attending, minuting, and formally following up on performance reviews
• Annual leave, sickness, and family leave administration
• Benefits administration across the cycle to work scheme, private medical insurance, and life assurance
• First-line apprentice support and administration
• Award applications on behalf of the business
• Recruitment for junior and facilities-team roles
• Rota and timetable support for the site-based facilities team
• Maintaining policies, handbook, and procedures in line with current UK employment law
• Supporting and coaching line managers on people-management matters

This is an HR-first role, but as you'll be working within a small and agile team, everyone works together to deliver. So you'll be happy to get involved in aspects of the day to day that may not sit within the HR remit.

Who they are looking for

An experienced HR generalist, ideally CIPD Level 5 qualified or above, with a track record of operating as a standalone or near-standalone HR professional. Specifically, you will bring:

• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• A clear view of what good HR looks like, how to put it in place, and how to keep improving it over time
• The confidence to introduce structure from scratch, with the commercial judgement to know what matters most and what can wait
• Excellent written communication, particularly around formal follow-up, note-taking, and record-keeping
• A calm, credible approach to sensitive and confidential matters
• The experience and presence to coach and support line managers

About Khalbros

Khalbros is a Leeds-based private equity property investor and developer, behind some of the most significant regeneration projects in Leeds city centre and the wider region. Founded by brothers David and Michael Khalastchi, it is a professional business with a friendly, open, and collaborative culture. The team is flat rather than hierarchical, with leadership that values straightforward communication and trusts people to get on with the job. As the group has grown to around 40 staff, they are bringing HR in-house for the first time, and are looking for someone who will be a safe pair of hands on the fundamentals and a genuine contributor to a business that is growing quickly.

How to apply

Sarah McKenna HR is exclusively partnering with Khalbros on this appointment. To apply, please send your CV and a short covering note highlighting your experience in line with the requirements. It doesn't have to be long, but due to the expected interest in this role, we do want to understand how your experience fits, along with your expectations around part-time hours and hybrid working.