HR Advisor

Gemini Worktops is a rapidly growing family-owned business. Due to continued and significant growth, we are now looking for an experienced, professional, and organised HR Advisor to join our growing team.

We have a highly innovative and creative culture. The successful candidate will be passionate about their career, ambitious to be part of a successful team, and driven to keep improving the business.

HR Advisor - Permanent - Full Time - Monday to Friday - Up to £33k depending on experience, flexible to travel and work from our York site for 1 - 2 days per week

We are seeking a highly organised and committed HR Advisor to join our growing team. In this hands-on, operational HR role, you'll work closely with the HR Business Partner to support managers and employees with employee relations, HR administration, payroll inputs and Health & Safety documentation.

You’ll be involved in the detail, comfortable rolling your sleeves up, and able to work at pace in an environment where priorities can change quickly.

This role is based at our Middlesbrough location, but you’ll need to be willing and able to travel regularly between our Middlesborough and York sites on a regular basis, including to new locations elsewhere in the UK as the business continues to grow.

Our Values

Strive: We strive to be the best version of ourselves; we have the courage today to shape a better future tomorrow. We always have a can-do attitude.

Passion: We are passionate about what we do; we go the extra mile to understand, determine and deliver what our customers want. We are a high-performance team.

Innovative: We move fast and innovate; we have an urgent need to make our company a better place. We have no fear of failure.

Relentless: We are relentless in our pursuit of excellence; we always focus on the quality of our product, prices and service. We think big and do big.

Integrity: We act with integrity; we take responsibility for our community, environment, heritage and reputation. We do the right thing, the right way.

Teamwork: We work as a team; we trust and respect each other and always communicate. We sink or swim together.

Job Purpose

Working closely with the HR Business Partner (HRBP) to support efficient HR operations including delivery of day-to-day first-line HR advice, guidance and support across employee relations, HR administration, payroll inputs, and H&S documentation. The role ensures accurate and up to date records, documentation, and HR system data. The role operates within an advisor-level scope in a fast-paced operational environment where priorities change quickly

Key Responsibilities

HR & Employee Relations Support

• Deliver day-to-day HR operational support across sites, responding to manager and employee queries and advising on absence, conduct, performance, probation, and capability processes, ensuring consistent process application.
• Coordinate and administer employee relations cases end-to-end, preparing documentation and correspondence, supporting formal meetings, maintaining audit-ready case records, providing process and outcome guidance to hearing managers, and preparing case summaries and draft advice for HRBP review where required.
• Maintain accurate employee and contractual records across HR systems and shared drives, ensuring data protection and confidentiality standards are met at all times.
• Support the design and delivery of in-house training and development activity, help identify learning needs with managers, source external training where required, and maintain training and learning records.
• Contribute to HR compliance, process improvement, and HR project work in partnership with the HRBP, taking on broader responsibility as capability develops.
• Provide advice and administrative support within role scope; final disciplinary, dismissal, and legal risk decisions remain with senior management and the HRBP.
• Maintain probation, training, and compliance trackers, prepare standard HR correspondence, and support rollout of HR policies and process updates.

Payroll Support & People Data Administration

• Provide backup support for payroll administration, including preparing and validating starter, leaver, and contractual change data, maintaining pay-related records and audit trails, checking payroll inputs and cut-off data, supporting reconciliations and routine pay queries with payroll providers and Finance, administering payroll-linked statutory and benefit processes, and producing routine HR and people data reports

Health & Safety Administration & Compliance Support

• Administer and maintain Health & Safety records and workflows within the designated H&S system, including training and competence records, statutory checks, incident reporting, health surveillance administration, audit and risk action tracking, onboarding safety compliance, and preparation of H&S documentation and compliance reports.

Experience

• 2 –4 years HR experience at junior HR advisor / senior HR Administrator level.
• Experience supporting employee relations processes.
• Experience attending or supporting formal HR meetings.
• Experience working within a structured HR environment preferred.
• Exposure to HR systems and documentation frameworks desirable.
• Payroll or H&S administration exposure desirable, although training will be given.

Skills & Knowledge

• Ability to balance accuracy with pace in a high-volume environment
• Sound understanding of HR best practice and process.
• Strong written communication and document drafting skills.
• Excellent note-taking accuracy.
• High attention to detail.
• Good organisational and prioritisation skills.

Behaviours

• Resilient and calm under pressure - handles urgent and sensitive people issues without becoming flustered.
• Highly organised - manages multiple cases and deadlines while keeping records accurate and audit-ready.
• Sound judgement and discretion - deals appropriately with risk, confidentiality, and sensitive information.
• Confident communicator - works credibly with managers and employees and handles difficult conversations professionally.
• Solution-focused - looks for practical, workable solutions rather than simply identifying problems.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salary.
• Opportunity to work with the latest technology in the stone industry.
• Career progression and development opportunities.
• A supportive and dynamic work environment.

If you’re passionate about stone fabrication and looking for a new challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Pay

• Up to £33,000 depending on exp.

Job type

• Full-time / Permanent

Shift and schedule

• Monday to Friday

Benefits

• Additional leave
• Employee discount
• Store discount
• Uniform provided.
• Casual dress
• On-site parking

Experience

• Human resources: 3 years (preferred)
• Employee relations: 2 years (preferred)
• HR Administration: 2 years (preferred)
• Health and Safety: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification

• CIPD Level 3 (preferred)
• Driving Licence (preferred)