Title: People Advisor

Location: Dublin (St Jame's Gate) or Littleconnell, Co. Kildare

Role Type: Permanent, Full time

Reports to: HR Director Supply Categories

Role requires some travel, as this role will cover a large part of IOI.

About us:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations.

Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and setting a higher standard for our brands, our business and each other.

Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

About the Function: 

About the role :  

Provide responsive, practical people related advice to people managers, ensuring consistent and fair application of policies while leading day‑to‑day employee matters and building manager capability to prevent and resolve issues effectively. Join us on our HR transformation and support the change management process.

Key Accountabilities:

1. People Manager Advisory & First-Line Coaching
Provide timely, practical guidance and coaching to people managers on employee matters, building confidence in handling day-to-d/ay people issues.

2. Case Management
Manage individual employee cases (informal and formal) up to defined complexity, ensuring consistency, documentation, and appropriate escalation to or consultation with specialized ER resources when required.

3. Support People-related Change Initiatives

Support the HR Business Partners with the local execution of business change requirements using local expertise and knowledge.

Implementation of (new) global tools and programmes developed through our COEs within each of our geographies with local nuances as required. 

4. Employee Lifecycle Advisory (Performance, Absence, Exit)
Support managers on sick absence management, PIPs, and standard redundancy/exit processes, ensuring fair and consistent application of policies.
Advise on non-standard or complex policy application queries, ensuring compliant and consistent application and issue resolution; escalate risks or exceptions appropriately.

5. Insights, Prevention & Manager Capability Build
Identify trends from cases, bring local insights to inform process improvements; support delivery of people manager capability build and guidance

Key Competencies:

1. Employee Relations & Policy Expertise - Solid understanding of HR policies and processes; applies them consistently and pragmatically to real situations.

2. Advisory & Coaching Skills - Communicates clearly and confidently; provides practical, solutions-focused guidance to managers.

3. Judgement, Risk Awareness & Execution Discipline - Applies sound judgement in handling cases, knows when to escalate, and ensures accurate, timely, and compliant execution.

Experience/skills required:  

1. HR Advisory & Employee Relations
Proven experience providing practical HR advice, build strong partnership with the business and sensitively leading employee relations matters (e.g., performance, conduct, absence) through to resolution.

2. Policy Application & Manager Coaching
Solid track record of applying policies consistently and fairly, sound judgment on nuances where required, while building people manager capability to handle people-related matters effectively.

3. Operational HR Delivery
Experience working in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple priorities and delivering responsive, high-quality day-to-day HR support.

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible.

We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute and strive for their personal best. You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives — challenging, supporting and learning from one another as one outstanding team.

Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow and win. Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

Ready to bring your best? This could be your opportunity!

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