One of the worlds biggest Media Organisations are looking for a HR advisor with a strong ER background with experience from a Large Matrix organisation!




JOB DESCRIPTION


Job Title:People & Culture Advisor
Position Number:
Created / Revised: April 2026


Department Overview
The team provides commercially focused solutions to people issues across all TT Games (approx. 400 employees over 2 separate studios).


Primary Purpose of the Job:


The People & Culture Advisor is responsible for partnering with managers and employees across TT with a particular emphasis on employee relations and health and wellbeing. Providing advice and support on employee relations, compliance, and handling health and wellbeing issues, signposting and referring to support partners as needed.Will have business partnering responsibility, focusing on manager and employee support for a defined department or population of c.100 employees.




Key Responsibilities:


Business Partnering and Employee Relations:




*Develops and maintains a solid understanding of the assigned team to be able to provide commercially-focused guidance to managers on employee relations matters including conduct, capability and grievances, flexible working and leaves of absence;


*Builds strong relationships particularly focusing on the lead and people manager tier within that population




*Supports managers to run grievance and disciplinary investigations, capability hearings and PIPs, flexible working requests and so on, coaching and upskilling line managers as needed.




*Provides guidance and manages the processes for Flexible Working and oversees the coordination and communication of various leave entitlements requests (maternity, paternity, parental and emergency leave) ensuring that requests are responded to in a timely manner and compliant with company policy and statutory requirements. Ensures accurate records are maintained and informs payroll in a timely manner.




*Keeps abreast of legislative and industry trends to ensure HR procedures and policies are created, updated and communicated effectively to all employees. Partners with UK Legal to ensure employment contract templates are always up to date


*Manages LTS and Occupational Health cases, including liaison with H&S, CoEs and external partners as needed. Highlights trends in wellbeing issues and suggests and organises proactive wellbeing solutions.


*Advising line managers on dealing with persistent short-term absence and long-term sickness cases;


*Analyses absence reports and communicates high absence levels/trends to the appropriate line managers, managing any follow up and supporting managers to effectively improve their team’s attendance rates.




General:


*Works on the full range of health and wellbeing initiatives and benefits, liaising directly with CoE wellness and benefits colleagues where needed


*Develops and maintains close working relationships across the matrix, with business leaders, in-house employment lawyers, UK HR colleagues, CoE’s etc


*Continuous reviews and puts forward recommendations for improvement of HR services and processes


*Works with managers to identify and meet training needs on an as required basis


*Participates in and takes ownership for a range of HR projects as required
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KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:


Education and Work Experience:




*HR generalist with demonstrable experience of providing commercially focused guidance on a diverse range of employee relations matters including supporting disciplinary and capability hearings


*Educated to degree level or equivalent experience, with part or full CIPD postgraduate qualification desirable;


*Experienced and confident in handling employee relations matters and line manager support




*Proven experience in devising and delivering coaching at first line manager/team lead level


Skills and Abilities:


*Able to thrive in a high volume, fast pace, demanding environment
*Computer literate – Confident and experienced with full working knowledge of Microsoft Office particularly Excel (eg v Lookups)
*Able to develop and maintain strong working relationships with key business stakeholders
*Demonstrates sound judgement in knowing when to escalate issues to colleagues
*Strong influencing and negotiation skills
*Confident presenter with excellent presentation and training skills
*Numerical skills and analytical with the ability to analyse data and convert into concise reports;
*Meticulous attention to detail including proofing;
*Ability to take initiative using own discretion and skills and work with limited supervision but contributes effectively to the wider HR team
*Excellent organisational and follow up skills; ability to prioritise and excellent time management essential;
*Professional, diplomatic, confident with good social skills to be able deal with all levels of staff in organisations with diverse cultures and experience of HR;
*Excellent verbal and written communication skills; confident communicating at all levels within the organisation;
*Patient, calm and unflappable nature and flexibility in approach to workload;
*Must be discreet, diplomatic and treats all information within the department and business as strictly confidential – strong working knowledge of GDPR and confidentiality requirements with sensitive data