P&O Ferries are recruiting a Senior People Advisor to join our People team based at our office in Woking.
P&O Ferries are proudly part of the DP World family; with over 150 different businesses across over 40 countries and are a world leading enabler of global trade.
A household name for over 180 years, P&O Ferries have a rich heritage in ferry services. Our ships sail across the English Channel, North Sea & Irish Sea and we employ almost 2000 people.
The Senior People Advisor is a key position within the People Team delivering a professional advice service across all business areas and supporting the People Director, HR Operations team and People Business Partners across P&O Ferries.
This is a key role providing expert HR advice, guidance and support across a wide range of employee relations, organisational development, and HR operational matters. Working closely with People Leaders you will ensure HR practices are aligned with business objectives and help drive a high-performance, inclusive culture.

KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• CIPD qualified Level 5 (desirable)
• Degree educated - preferably in either an HR or Law-related subject
• Experienced, pragmatic professional with a demonstrable track record of managing large programmes of management activity
• Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload within a complex environment and multiple stakeholders
• Able to establish credibility at all levels to influence and guide management on all issues
• Previous experience of working within a unionised environment
• Knowledge of employment legislation
• Excellent computer skills including word and excel and HR systems (Oracle would be advantageous)
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal and the ability to communicate complex information in a clear and concise way
• Experience of working with employees at all levels
• Experience of dealing with challenging situation where emotions may play a part
• Ability to empathise whilst maintaining professionalism
• Strong analytical capability – highly numerate
• Multi-site experience
• Strong attention to detail, happy to “roll their sleeves up”
  At P&O Ferries we want you to be you. Not only will that make us stronger but will allow us to bring authenticity to everything we do. We know our customers come from all walks of life and so do our employees. We are all about connecting the world and that starts with finding connections with who you work with.
  When we recruit, we want to you to bring your whole self to work, and we are working towards increasing diversity across all of our employees. We know we cannot be the best unless we recruit the best regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, or neurodiversity. #pand