Trainee HR Advisor

Here at The Edinburgh Woollen Mill we have a fantastic opportunity for a Trainee HR Advisor to join our HR Department

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in Human Resources. You will gain hands-on experience across a wide range of HR activities, working closely with operational managers while building your knowledge of employee relations, recruitment, employment law, and HR administration.

If you are highly organised, enjoy working with people, and are looking to develop a long-term career within HR, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

As a Trainee HR Advisor, you will support the HR team in delivering an effective and professional HR service across the business. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with the recruitment process, including advertising vacancies, screening applications, arranging interviews, and communicating with candidates.
• Supporting store management recruitment, onboarding, induction, and training processes.
• Undertaking pre-employment checks and ensuring all recruitment documentation is compliant and accurately recorded.
• Providing first-line HR support and guidance to managers and employees
• Assisting with employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence management, and performance improvement processes.
• Preparing HR correspondence and documentation for meetings and hearings.
• Supporting redundancy, store closure, and employee transfer processes where required.
• Building positive working relationships with colleagues across stores, field teams, and Head Office departments.
• Maintaining accurate employee records
• Keeping up to date with HR best practices and employment legislation as part of your ongoing development.

Essential Skills & Experience
• Strong administrative and organisational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Confident communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information professionally.
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications.

What We Offer
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities.
• Exposure to a wide range of HR activities and employee relations matters.
• Study support
• Excellent career progression opportunities within a growing retail business.

About us:

The Edinburgh Woollen Mill is a retail business comprising of over 200 units, including High Street, Tourist & Destination sites, predominantly Fashion and Home.

High Street

The Edinburgh Woollen Mill has mainstream high street stores selling ladies and menswear for the 45 plus customer. Outlets are located in a wide variety of market and provincial towns across the UK and Ireland.

Tourist Shops and Visitor Centres

We have specialty tourist stores, where gift items and other products reflect the stores location. The outlets, which trade under an individual, often local, fascia, are in key tourist locations throughout the UK. Many stores are on busy tourist routes and benefit from coach visits where food service and exhibitions are all part of the attraction.

Destination Shopping

There are Destination Sites which contain all of the Company's concepts and other brands to increase their attractiveness as a retail destination. The sites trade under local, individual fascia’s such as Antartex Village, and Kernow Mill, Mackinnon Mills.