HR Advisor
| Contract Type: | Permanent |
| Hours: | 40 hours per week |
| Remuneration: | Depending on Experience |
| Closing Date: | 11/03/2026 |
- Job Description
- Application Notes
Job Description
Over the last 12 months, Glasgow Prestwick Airport has experienced exceptional growth. As our cargo import and export operations have expanded, so too has our workforce, with new departments created to support increased demand across the airport.
To ensure we remain at the forefront of operational excellence, our HR function is now looking to expand. We are seeking an experienced HR Adviser.
In this role, you will provide comprehensive advisory support ensuring an effective, efficient, and aviation industry–compliant HR service is delivered across the organisation.
Reporting directly to the HR Business Partner, you will act as a trusted HR administrator, supporting a dynamic and diverse workforce in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same.
About Us
Glasgow Prestwick Airport is a leading aviation services provider delivering passenger travel, air cargo, training flights, and world-class MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) services. Home to the longest commercial runway north of Manchester, we play a critical role in global connectivity and Scotland’s economy.
With over 450 employees and supporting more than 4,000 jobs across the region, we are proud of our contribution to the aviation sector and the communities we serve.
Employee Relations
- Provide professional advice and guidance to managers on a wide range of employee relations matters, ensuring fairness, consistency, and legal compliance.
- Manage complex and multifaceted ER cases, escalating to HR Business Partner where appropriate.
- Respond to employee and management queries in a timely and professional manner.
- Support the review and development of HR policies and procedures.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with Trade Union representatives.
Occupational Health & Wellbeing
- Proactively manage absence cases in line with company policies and procedures.
- Own and manage the absence caseload, ensuring welfare meetings are conducted and trends are identified.
- Support and promote health and wellbeing initiatives across the business.
- Prepare and submit occupational health referrals as required.
- Undertake Drugs and Alcohol (D&A) testing (following relevant training), including participation in an out-of-hours on-call rota.
Employee Engagement & Development
- Support performance development reviews and learning and development initiatives.
- Contribute to employee engagement initiatives and people communications.
- Work collaboratively across departments to support effective engagement and communication.
Compensation & Benefits
- Work closely with Finance and Payroll to advise on people-related pay matters (e.g. sick pay, family leave).
- Support annual salary review processes.
- Promote employee benefits and support continuous improvement of offerings.
Policy & Procedure Management
- Draft, review, and implement HR policies in line with legislation and best practice.
- Ensure policies remain compliant with employment law and regulatory requirements.
- Support policy rollout and provide guidance on interpretation and application.
Management Information & Reporting
- Support the collation and analysis of HR metrics and reports.
- Assist with statutory and external reporting requirements, including gender pay gap reporting along with ONS reporting.
- Maintain accurate people data across HR systems.
- Experienced HR professional with strong employee relations knowledge,
- Excellent communication skills, and the confidence to advise and influence at all levels.
- You will be highly organised, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
- Previous HR advisory experience is essential.
- Strong ER and employment law knowledge and experience.
- Experience of working within an aviation / logistics / manufacturing or similar operational environment experience (desirable).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook, Excel, and Word.
- Excellent note / minute taking ability, with good attention to detail.
- Ability to advise various stakeholders, using sound judgement and mitigating risks.
- 18+
- Comply with UK Right to Work checks and provide associated relevant documentation at interview.
- Confirm your identity by providing a copy of your passport or driving licence.
- Upon request, provide GPA with a complete five-year referencing history inclusive of all employment, self-employment, and education. Any gap period of 28 days or more must be covered by a personal reference to which you must also provide contact details.
- Upon request, provide a Criminal Record Check Certificate (Basic Disclosure) from Disclosure Scotland. This must not display any disqualifying convictions as detailed on the Civil Aviation Authority website.
- Where applicable, undertake a Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) and understand that deployment to any security related activities is conditional upon the satisfactory result of such a check.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to applying equal opportunities at all stages of our recruitment and selection process. Reasonable adjustments will be made to our recruitment process to ensure that no applicant is disadvantaged.
Application Notes
Pre-Application Considerations
Please note that to work at Glasgow Prestwick Airport Ltd (GPAL) it is required that you are able to:
- Comply with UK Right to Work checks and provide associated relevant documentation.
- Confirm your identity by providing a copy of your passport or driving licence.
- Complete this Application Form and in doing so provide GPAL with a five-year referencing history inclusive of a reference from a personal acquaintance to cover any gaps in employment of 28 days or more.
- Provide a Criminal Record Check Certificate (Basic Disclosure) from Disclosure Scotland. This must not display any disqualifying convictions as detailed on the Civil Aviation Authority website.
- Where applicable (for security-related roles) undertake a Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) and understand that deployment to any security-related activities is conditional upon the satisfactory result of such a check.
Notes for Guidance
This is a standard Application Form that must be completed by all applicants for any position at GPAL. All information will be processed in accordance with our responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 2018. This Form is the first part of the selection process and will be used to shortlist for the next stage in the recruitment process where relevant. Please complete all sections fully and emphasise any areas where you believe you meet the requirements of the job in accordance with the job advert/role applied for.
Medical Information and Drugs & Alcohol Testing
Any offer of employment is subject to the completion of a New Starter Health Questionnaire via our chosen occupational health provider as well as passing a pre-employment Drugs & Alcohol Test.
Disclosure of Criminal Convictions
Your employment is subject to a satisfactory Criminal Record Check (Basic Disclosure) from Disclosure Scotland in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Police Act 1997 (or an equivalent/additional check if you have lived outside the UK for more than six months in the last five years). Please list all convictions, cautions, reprimands or other warnings of whatever nature on your Application Form. All information will, of course, be treated in the strictest confidence.
Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all applicants/employees. It is our policy to ensure that there is no direct or indirect discrimination against any applicant/employee because of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex or sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (known as “protected characteristics”). Shortlisting is carefully monitored to ensure that selection is based on merit only.
View our Equal Opportunities Policy
We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and guarantee interviews for any applicants with disabilities if they meet the essential criteria for the post, which is assessed from their Application Form.
Please help us to monitor the effectiveness of our Policy by completing all parts of our optional Equal Opportunities Form.
Next Steps
Unfortunately, it is not possible for us to reply to every individual application. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within six weeks of the advertised closing date, you can assume that your application has been unsuccessful. We will respond to all candidates interviewed to advise them of the progress of their application.
Any documents provided as part of the application process will be confidentially destroyed after twelve months for unsuccessful candidates.
We wish to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in working at GPAL.