HR Advisor

A fantastic opportunity for an Cluster HR Advisor(with Training & Development Focus) to join us on a Part Timebasis(30 hours per week) at Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel and InterContinental Edinburgh’s HR Team!

We are offering £26,582.40 per annum (£17.04 per hour).

At Kimpton, we are all about being yourself – we pride individuality and being the best version of you. Our meticulously designed Hotel brings together traditional Edinburgh architecture with an exciting and fresh indoor feel. 

Whereas InterContinental® Edinburgh The George Hotel, is full of culture and has been serving guests since 1881, so we know what it takes to provide an amazing guest experience and just as importantly, to ensure our Team Members are happy.

Check out our Instagram pages to have a peek into our properties : @kimptoncharlottesquare & @intercontinentaledinburgh ! 

We have an exciting opportunity for an HR Advisor to join our Cluster HR Team, supporting both the Kimpton Charlotte Square and InterContinental Edinburgh The George. This is a varied role combining core HR advisory responsibilities with a strong focus on training, onboarding, and colleague development. At Kimpton, we’re all about individuality and bringing your true self to work. At InterContinental Edinburgh, history and culture meet world-class hospitality. Together, our hotels offer the perfect environment to grow your HR career while making a real impact on our people.

About the role:

As our HR Advisor, you’ll work closely with the HR Business Partner and HR Assistant to provide professional, hands-on HR support across the colleague lifecycle. You’ll also play a lead role in delivering engaging training, onboarding, and compliance programs to ensure our teams are well-supported and set up for success.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting employee relations matters, ensuring fair and consistent processes.
• Coordinating recruitment, onboarding, and induction processes across both hotels.
• Leading compliance and core skills training to ensure standards are met.
• Partnering with Heads of Department to create and deliver development initiatives that enhance skills and performance.
• Monitoring training records, compliance, and HR metrics.
• Supporting wellbeing, engagement, and diversity initiatives.
• Driving continuous improvement in HR and training practices.

To succeed as an HR Advisor, you will need:

• Experience in an HR Advisory or HR Officer role, ideally within hospitality or a fast-paced service environment.
• A passion for learning and development, with experience delivering or coordinating training.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – able to build trust at all levels.
• Highly organised with attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
• Ability to work independently and manage a varied workload.

Our HR Advisor enjoys a range of benefits including:

• Becoming part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family, one of the world’s leading hotel companies - which means global opportunities
• Complimentary stay for you +1 in our Hotel upon successful completion of probation, generous discounts across our F&B outlets at Kimpton Charlotte Square and InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel plus Spa and gym discounts at our Kimpton property.
• Extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Meal whilst on duty
• 31 days holiday each year, including bank holidays, this increases up to a maximum of 33 days with service (Pro Rated)
• Company sick pay and life insurance
• Amazing discounts for our hotels and restaurants around the world
• Discounts from over 15,000 stores – all the way from retail to cinema
• Don’t forget, bring your friends and take part in our generous ‘Refer a Friend’ programme!

If you are someone who wants to join a company which favours laid-back but attentive connections with a focus on the environment, apply today to join our team as an HR Advisor! 

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.