HR Advisor / HR GeneralistLocation: Leeds (4-5 days per week on site)Contract: Interim Contract with Potential to Become PermanentStart Date: July 2026Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Compressed hours/4-day working pattern will be considered)Your New CompanyHays HR is delighted to be partnering with a successful and growing manufacturing and engineering organisation based in Leeds to recruit an experienced HR Advisor/HR Generalist to join their small and effective HR team.This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established business at a pivotal stage of its growth journey. The organisation is entering a new phase of expansion and transformation, creating the need for a commercially focused HR professional who can support both key people projects and day-to-day operational HR activities.Initially, the role will focus heavily on the implementation and management of a business-wide absence management project, before evolving into a broader HR generalist position with opportunities to become involved in wider people initiatives as the business continues to develop.Your New RoleThe successful candidate will play a key role in delivering a structured absence management programme across the business during the first four to five months of the assignment.Working closely with managers and key stakeholders, you will take ownership of processing and managing sickness absence cases, ensuring all activity is conducted fairly, consistently and in line with company policy and employment ..... full job details .....