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Help shape the future of people at SBHA and make a real difference to communities across the Scottish Borders.

SBHA is seeking an HR Adviser to join our values-driven organisation where your HR expertise will influence culture, support leaders and help create a great employee experience.

Are you an HR professional ready for your next move in a forward-thinking organisation making a difference to the lives of people? If so, we would love to hear from you! We are looking for an HR Adviser to join our HR Team.

Salary: £37,400 - £41,300 (pay award pending)
Location: Selkirk, Scottish Borders
Hours and terms: Full time, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
Closing Date: Noon, Wednesday 2nd September 2026

The Role:

As a key member of our Human Resources Team the HR Adviser will deliver operational HR expertise and solutions to our Teams. You will be supporting a business partnering approach to the HR team with a focus on streamlining transactional activities and delivering effective recruitment, learning, casework and HR data reporting to the organisation.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Deliver operational HR services to SBHA Teams

• Undertake and streamline transactional HR administration and record keeping.

• Accurately record and maintain records to aid in the delivery of KPI’s and ensure that compliance and legislative requirements are met.

• Provide HR data, produce and analyse reports, as part of the reporting framework and provide data to support business decisions as required, including monthly and quarterly KPIs and the annual regulator return.

• Advise managers on the recruitment process and their recruitment strategies to find the most suitable person for the role.

• Support, advise and guide managers when providing support and advice on employment relation issues to ensure legislative requirements are met minimising potential risk.

• Coach managers to develop their people management skills to enable them to deal with Employee relation cases.

• Advise key stakeholders on HR and employment issues through partnership working to ensure a collaborative and consistent approach across all Strategic Business Units.

• Support, advise and guide managers when carrying out sickness reviews for employees and assist in reviewing sickness absence cases leading to capability assessment and liaising with Occupational Health to ensure that risk is minimised, and employee experience is considered at every step.

• Draft and where appropriate, approve contractual documents and HR letters in line with employment legislation and best practice to minimise risk and provide an enhanced customer service.

• Research, Review and contribute to the development and implementation of new policies ensuring they are in line with employee legislation to minimise and manage risk.

• Contribute to the development of L&D processes working with managers to promote continuous development of their teams.

• Contribute to the development and training of HR policies and procedures to minimise and manage risk.

What we're looking for:

We're looking for an experienced HR professional to join our friendly and ambitious People Team. This is an opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality HR support while helping us continue to develop and modernise our people services.

You will have HR experience and an up-to-date knowledge of employment law and regulations, as well as good practice in people management, to help leaders ensure compliance.

You will be committed to collaborating with other HR team members on implementing innovative and inclusive strategies, providing advice and suggestions for culture-related initiatives, and implement initiatives on employee wellness, diversity and inclusion, and talent management.

You will have an important role in harnessing a culture of individual and team responsibility and success.

Created by Tenants for Tenants, Scottish Borders Housing Association enhances lives and communities across the Scottish Borders. Being part of the SBHA team, you will enjoy a fantastic range of benefits including a competitive salary, flexible working, generous annual leave, stability of employment and a good pension scheme. You will be part of a team that is interested in your wellbeing and development, and work in an environment where you can flourish.

If you are interested in working for SBHA and being part of a team providing a first-class service to the Association’s owned homes and properties in the area, please view job description and person specification before completing your application, and ensure your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

 Scottish Borders Housing Association is not a licensed sponsor under the appropriate UK Government regulations and as such, does not invite applications from, nor engage in sponsoring, oversees applicants who do not already have the right to live and /or work in the UK. The Association will not engage in any enquiries or enter into negotiations from individuals or Agents in this regard.