People Team Advisor opportunity available working for a leading organisation based in York, North Yorkshire. This role requires an experienced HR Advisor to join the HR Advisory team. You’ll provide professional, pragmatic HR advice and support to managers and colleagues across the business, ensuring people policies and processes are applied fairly, legally, and in line with organisational goals. Acting as a trusted partner you’ll balance the needs of the business with the wellbeing of colleagues. This role would be open to full-time hours, part-time or job shares.
The Role:
*Partner with managers and senior stakeholders to provide expert advice on ER matters including grievances, disciplinaries, performance, absence, capability, redundancy, flexible working, and probation, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and values.
*Support investigations and hearings, ensuring fair, transparent, and well-documented processes that uphold legal and ethical standards.
*Draft and deliver outcome documentation and communications that are clear, consistent, and compliant with employment law.
*Promote colleague wellbeing through proactive guidance and support, embedding a culture of care and resilience.
*Facilitate mediation processes to resolution, and escalate appropriately where business-level input is required.
*Conduct retention interviews and analyse themes to inform initiatives that improve employee engagement and reduce turnover.
*Manage complex cases including long-term sickness and ill-health capability, integrating Occupational Health advice and implementing reasonable adjustments.
*Guide practices in applying absence policies consistently, providing coaching that strengthens manager confidence.
*Deliver consultation processes for restructures and redundancies, ensuring correct implementation and providing clear advice to support organisational change.
*Partner with HRBPs on case management, organisational integrations, and strategic workforce planning
*Review and update job specifications, ensuring alignment with evolving organisational structures and role expectations.
*Coach and develop managers in handling people issues, building sustainable leadership capability.
*Design and deliver training programmes that enhance leadership effectiveness, employee engagement, and organisational performance.
*Provide guidance to the Shared Services Team, leading initiatives to build capability and manage escalated queries effectively.
*Analyse employee relations data and trends, using insights to shape training, policies, and proactive interventions.
*Contribute to policy development, engagement programmes, and wider People Team initiatives that support business culture and performance.
*Ensure accurate and compliant HR record-keeping in line with GDPR and governance requirements.
What they can offer in return (pro rata):
*Salary up to £32,500 per annum, pro rata
*Based at their York Central Support Office, with 60% in-office time but some flexibility around in hours and days worked.
*25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays, and the option to sell 5, or buy another 10 days holiday, giving flexibility for longer breaks (Pro-rata)
*Health Shield Cash Plan & PERKS - various discounts including gym memberships & retail
*Cycle to Work scheme
*Enhanced paternity, maternity, adoption, shared parental leave, and surrogacy pay
*CPD allowance
*Company sick pay
*Flexible working
*Focus on employee wellbeing plus many more!