Senior People Advisor

Location: London
Department: Human Resources
Hours: 37.5 per week

About Us

At Currie & Brown, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We work as one team across the UK and Europe, supporting each other to deliver exceptional service and meaningful impact for our clients and colleagues.

The Opportunity

As Senior People Advisor, you will play a key role in supporting the UK People team while partnering closely with stakeholders across our European business. You will act as a trusted advisor to managers, provide specialist guidance across the employee lifecycle, and lead on a range of people initiatives, organisational change programmes, and complex employee relations matters.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you’ll provide professional, timely HR guidance across the full employee lifecycle, acting as a trusted advisor to managers across the UK and Europe. You’ll lead and support a variety of employee relations matters - ranging from performance and sickness to disciplinary and grievance cases - ensuring best practice, fairness, and compliance always. You’ll manage investigations, attend meetings at short notice, and build strong relationships with stakeholders at every level.

• Contribute to organisational development, CSR, DEI and Social Value initiatives, helping to strengthen our culture and support wider business goals.
• Support key people projects including pay review, appraisals and training delivery, ensuring consistent and high‑quality employee experience.
• Produce clear, insight‑driven HR reports that highlight trends and inform effective decision‑making across the business.
• Shape, update and embed HR policies that reflect best practice and enable a fair, consistent approach.
• Play an active role in transformational change activity, supporting leaders and teams through periods of transition.
• Work closely with People team colleagues across Europe to ensure a cohesive, aligned and high‑quality HR service.

Alongside this, you’ll support monthly payroll processes, respond to employee queries, and oversee core HR operations including probation, sickness management, contract changes, and leavers. You will also contribute to board reporting and follow-up on agreed actions.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in an HR advisory or generalist position where you have supported complex casework such as disciplinary, grievance, performance, bullying and harassment, sickness absence, and redeployment. 
• CIPD qualification (Level 5+) desirable
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law, with interest in EU employment frameworks
• Ability to interpret complex issues and provide clear, tailored guidance
• Resilience, adaptability, and a solution-oriented approach
• Strong data skills - confident using Excel and producing MI, analysing trends, and working with HR systems
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
• Line management experience is an advantage
• Additional European language skills (e.g., Italian or German) are desirable but not essential

Why Join Us?

You’ll be part of a team that delivers meaningful impact across the UK and Europe, with opportunities to work on strategic projects and engage with senior leaders.

The role offers scope to broaden your HR expertise while contributing to a supportive, collaborative culture. You’ll also benefit from a competitive salary and an attractive benefits package.