HR Advisor

NHS; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a commercially minded HR Advisor to support a multi-site primary care organization in Derby and Northampton. This hands-on role requires excellent HR advisory skills, allowing you to provide practical advice on HR matters and manage cases from start to resolution. You will also play a vital role in supporting recruitment and organizational change. A CIPD Level 5 qualification is preferred. Salary from £35,000 depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Broad generalist HR experience with hands-on employee relations.
• Experience in a consultancy or multi-site organization.
• Comfortable managing competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR advice on attendance and performance.
• Manage HR cases from start to resolution.
• Support recruitment activity and workforce planning.

Skills

Pragmatic HR advice

Strong working knowledge of UK employment law

Clear communication

Coaching managers

Education

CIPD Level 5 qualified or working towards it

Job description

We're looking for a commerciallyfocused HR Advisor to join a partner-led organisation operating across multiplesites in Derby and Northampton.

This is a hands-on generalistrole for someone who enjoys variety and autonomy, and who takes a pragmatic,advisory approach to HR. You'll work closely with managers and senior leaders,providing clear, practical advice on employee relations, recruitment and peoplemanagement across a workforce of around 200 staff.

Reporting to the Head of HR,you'll be trusted to manage HR cases end-to-end, support organisational change,and help managers make confident, well-judged people decisions. This role will suitsomeone with experience in a multi-site or consultancy environment who iscomfortable balancing commercial priorities with sound employment practices.

CIPD Level 3 is essential, Level5 is desirable. There is regular travel across sites.

If you want an HR role where youcan make an impact, build strong relationships, and avoid the constraints of aheavily bureaucratic environment, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

HR Advisory and Case Management

• Provide pragmatic HR advice to managers on employee relations matters, including attendance, performance, conduct, capability and grievances.
• Manage HR cases from start to resolution, ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant outcomes.
• Draft and maintain HR documentation, letters and records to a high standard.

Manager Partnering and Consultancy-Style Support

• Build strong working relationships with managers and senior leaders, acting as a trusted HR point of contact.
• Support managers with day-to-day people challenges, offering clear options and commercially sound advice.
• Coach managers to improve confidence and capability in people management.

Recruitment and People Lifecycle

• Support recruitment activity, including advising on role design, job descriptions, adverts and selection processes.
• Advise on contracts, variations, probation, on-boarding and exits.
• Support workforce planning and organisational change activity as required.

Policy, Risk and Best Practice

• Apply HR policies and procedures in a practical, proportionate way.
• Ensure people decisions are legally sound and aligned with business priorities.
• Contribute to the review and improvement of HR processes and ways of working.

Projects and Continuous Improvement

• Support HR and business projects, including restructures, growth and service changes.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve the HR service offer.

About us

Aspiro Healthcare is a group of eight surgeries based acrossthe Derbyshire and Northamptonshire area with approximately 200 employedmembers of staff.

We are a dynamic forward thinking training organisation with a proudhistory of developing our clinical / non-clinical teams, with a diverseMulti-Disciplinary Team in a very busy and challenging environment.

Job responsibilities

Role Overview

We are seeking a commercially minded HR Advisor tosupport a multi-site primary care organisation operating across Derby andNorthampton. This role will suit an experienced HR generalist who enjoysvariety, autonomy, and working closely with managers to deliver practical,business-focused HR advice.

Reporting to the Head of HR, you will work acrossthe full employee lifecycle, acting as a trusted advisor to managers across thebusiness. The role has a strong advisory and problem-solving focus and willappeal to someone comfortable operating in a fast-moving, operationalenvironment.

Key Responsibilities

HR Advisory and Case Management

• Provide pragmatic HR advice to managers on employee relations matters, including attendance, performance, conduct, capability and grievances.
• Manage HR cases from start to resolution, ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant outcomes.
• Draft and maintain HR documentation, letters and records to a high standard.

Manager Partnering and Consultancy-Style Support

• Build strong working relationships with managers and senior leaders, acting as a trusted HR point of contact.
• Support managers with day-to-day people challenges, offering clear options and commercially sound advice.
• Coach managers to improve confidence and capability in people management.

Recruitment and People Lifecycle

• Support recruitment activity, including advising on role design, job descriptions, adverts and selection processes.
• Advise on contracts, variations, probation, on-boarding and exits.
• Support workforce planning and organisational change activity as required.

Policy, Risk and Best Practice

• Apply HR policies and procedures in a practical, proportionate way.
• Ensure people decisions are legally sound and aligned with business priorities.
• Contribute to the review and improvement of HR processes and ways of working.

Projects and Continuous Improvement

• Support HR and business projects, including restructures, growth and service changes.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve the HR service offer.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 qualified or working towards it.

Experience

• Broad generalist HR experience, including hands-on employee relations casework.
• Experience in a consultancy, advisory, multi-site or fast-growing organisation.
• Experience supporting organisational change or business transformation.
• Healthcare experience is welcome but not required.

Knowledge/Skills

• Confident advising managers directly and handling sensitive situations.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law.
• Comfortable working across multiple sites and managing competing priorities.
• Clear, professional communicator with a pragmatic, solution-focused approach.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Depending on experienceSalary starting at £35,000 dependent on experience