Senior HR Advisor 

Quarto creates inspiring books for adults and children published across the globe. The HR team manages the employee life-cycle, aligning workforce capabilities with strategic aims and fostering a high performance, high engagement culture.

Contract  

Permanent

Salary

£50,000 to £55,000 per year

Closing date 

08 June 2026

Working hours 

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 09.30 am to 5.30 pm. We currently operate a discretionary hybrid model, with three days in our London office and two working from home.

About the role 

Reporting to the Head of HR within a creative and forward-thinking global leader in illustrated book publishing, you will be an integral part of the team, bridging strategic HR goals with day-to-day HR operations. Providing guidance and coaching to key stakeholders, you will manage complex people matters and support organisational change, whilst ensuring first-class operational delivery.

What you will be involved in:

• Foster a healthy workplace culture to drive engagement, retention and innovation.
• Provide expert advice to key stakeholders on organisational policies and systems, ensuring fair and consistent outcomes.
• Guide managers on a range of people processes, including performance development and performance improvement to support a culture of high performance.
• Pro-actively monitor people KPI’s and work with stakeholders to identify trends and develop continuous improvement plans.
• Identify and implement improvements and efficiencies to HR workflows, overseeing the monthly Payroll process.
• Promote an environment of inclusion and belonging through the delivery of DEI initiatives and workforce engagement plans.
• Support talent acquisition strategies and deliver end to end recruitment and excellent onboarding systems.
• Manage complex employee relations cases and change management processes by providing exemplary advice and guidance to managers.

About you 

You will bring proven experience at Senior HR Advisor / HR Manager level and will have a strong HR generalist background, ideally qualified to CIPD Level 7.

You will be able to show you can: 

• Develop effective and trusted stakeholder relationships.
• Deliver a high-quality and responsive HR service in a fast-paced environment.
• Prioritise effectively whilst ensuring excellent attention to detail and data integrity.
• Use data effectively to monitor trends and identify solutions.
• Work effectively as part of a team, demonstrating excellent communication skills.

What we can offer

A supportive, open environment with development opportunities, as well as the following benefits: 

• 25 days paid holiday per year (increasing up to 30 days per year), plus bank holidays and Christmas closure days.
• Cultural appreciation day (to honour a cultural holiday which is significant to you, separate to your holiday entitlement)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff discounts on selected shops, retailers, and restaurants
• Health Cash Plan
• Pension
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Summer hours
• Free books scheme
• Active social and diversity committees
• Excellent and welcoming office facilities in a fantastic location

How to apply 

Please send a CV and cover letter to talent@quarto.com by the closing date and state the vacancy name in the email subject title.

Ensure you cover the following:

• Your motivation and what appeals to you about this particular role
• What key skills, experience and achievements you have that you think are relevant to this role, and why. Please provide examples of how you have used or demonstrated those.
• Where you saw the vacancy advertised 

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for the vacancy.

We employ individuals based on their abilities and welcome applicants from all backgrounds regardless of disability, ethnic origin, gender, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, belief, age, or sexual orientation.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we aim to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible for disabled people. Therefore, we encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you may require during your interview process. Please note, you only need to disclose information that you are comfortable sharing in order for us to accommodate your request.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to respond to candidates selected for interview. We will keep applications on file for 6 months should a suitable vacancy arise. If you’d rather we didn’t, please let us know with your application.

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