Job Title
People & Culture Advisor - Perm
Ref #
54176
Date posted
Monday, September 29, 2025
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Woking
Business area
People & Transformation
Department
Generalist
Position level
5
Working time
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Working pattern
9am - 6pm Monday to Friday
Salary
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What to Expect
As a People and Culture Advisor, you will work together with our people managers delivering a proactive and professional HR advice that is innovative and exceeds your customers’ expectations. In this role we want you to be part of a team that supports the business to create breathtaking performance road cars.
What You'll Do
  • Assist with the development of HR systems, procedures and policies and liaise with managers to ensure these are communicated and implemented effectively.
  • Embed the McLaren values into the organisational culture, identifying key areas of focus for cultural development. Generate ideas on approaches to impact cultural change.
  • Lead and advise on all employee relation issues (including disciplinary, grievance, attendance, probations) through to an effective resolution.
  • Partner with managers to ensure that HR processes are embedded across the business.
  • Provide reliable and trusted employment law advice both in the UK and internationally.
  • Identify and assess HR issues which need to be brought to the rest of HR for attention, and act upon as necessary.
  • Management and coordination of business training activity
  • Act as the training lead for specific business areas, assisting with the creation and maintenance of the training catalogue, creating and maintaining training and development materials and updating and maintaining the Learning Management System
  • Develop and deliver training sessions to managers on HR policies and procedures.

What You'll Bring
  • Experience of supporting employees in a professional environment is essential
  • Understands generalist HR operations including employee relations and recruitment
  • Experience of providing solutions-based HR advice based on a sound knowledge of employment law, best practice and general commercial awareness
  • Knowledge of Training and Development processes
  • Experience of managing various ER issues
  • Understands how to deal with performance management procedures and processes
What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:

  • Structured career development framework
  • 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
  • Enhanced company pension scheme
  • Discretionary annual bonus award
  • Private medical insurance and health cash plan
  • Life assurance benefit
  • Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • Generous parental leave policies
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks. 

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey. 

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