Band 5 People Advisor

We are recruiting one People Advisor to join our People Advisory Service, facilitating better collaboration and working with colleagues across compliance, inclusion, organisational development, recruitment, payroll, and workforce transformation. You'll join the People Directorate/Trust at a key moment as we build on our comprehensive People Strategy, strengthen our culture, and enhance colleague experience. This role offers the chance to partner with a wide range of teams, contribute ideas, and support positive organisational change.

You will work 37.5 hours per week as part of a team of six People Advisors. Our service operates between 09:00–17:00 Monday–Friday. The role requires on-site presence four days per week, with one day which can be worked from home. Your main base will be Regent Court (a short walk from Five Ways train station), with occasional travel across our hospital sites.

For an informal discussion, please contact Lisa Pemberton, Group People Services Manager: lisa.pemberton@uhb.nhs.uk.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert, high-quality, professional advice on HR matters, terms and conditions of employment, and Trust policies—primarily via our telephone advice line, video calls, and email, with some in-person meetings.
• Assist with the management of professional registration lapses.
• Provide advice and support for the buy/sell annual leave scheme.
• Conduct exit interviews with staff.
• Support managers with calculating term-time and annualised hours and administering agreements in respect of these types of contracts.
• Handle administrative tasks including confirmation of employment letters, reference requests, contracts, agreements, and other tasks as required.
• Perform data collation, analysis, and reporting for assigned hospital site.
• Undertake casework, which may include sickness, disciplinary, performance improvement, dignity at work, and grievance cases.
• Support delivery of the Trust's key performance indicators and workforce plan.
• Promote and model Trust values and behaviours through our behavioural framework.

Requirements

• HR knowledge acquired through relevant training and experience—Level 5 CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) to degree equivalent level.
• Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development.
• Recent experience in HR including providing generalist HR advice.
• Experience of preparing, analysing, and presenting case reports.
• Up-to-date and thorough working knowledge of Employment Law and Human Resource Best Practice.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate complex information with fully developed persuasion, negotiating, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work autonomously, without direct supervision, and as part of a team.
• Good IT skills (to include as a minimum: Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to interpret and apply Terms and Conditions of Employment.
• Ability to set own priorities, meet tight deadlines, and work independently.
• Ability to gain and maintain credibility and establish good working relationships with staff at all levels across the organisation.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage situations in a sensitive manner.
• Able to pay attention to detail.
• Able to concentrate with frequent interruptions and where work is unpredictable.
• Able to deal with distressing or emotional circumstances, frequently when imparting information (e.g., discipline, sickness).
• Proactive with the ability to work on own initiative, responding to immediate requests.
• Flexible approach to work, willing to adapt to regularly changing situations.
• Proactive and self-motivated.
• Ability to work across all Trust sites.

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value, and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values-driven in all that we do, and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

Pay

Agenda for Change Band 5. Salary: £32,073.00 to £39,043.00 yearly.

Schedule

• Full-time, 37.5 hours per week.
• Fixed-term contract for 12 months.
• Flexible working: one day per week can be worked from home; four days per week on-site.
• Service hours: 09:00–17:00, Monday–Friday.