People Advisor

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust; Bulwell; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

NHS Pension

Free parking across Trust sites

Staff networks

Job summary

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is seeking a People Advisor to join the People Team and drive effective employee relations and HR processes across the region.

You will support managers, implement policies, and ensure compliance with employment law while delivering a proactive, customer-focused service. The role is hybrid, with regular site attendance and travel as required, and offers NHS benefits including generous leave and pension.

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 (or studying towards/equivalent experience).
• Proven track record in an operational people directorate environment.
• Operational People Advisor experience in recruitment, discipline, grievance, absence management, equality and diversity in a complex setting.
• Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation.
• Experience advising managers on complex ER issues.
• Experience working with trade unions/representatives.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Experience developing and/or updating policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of wider NHS initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive People service to managers and employees.
• Advise management on people issues ensuring compliance with employment law.
• Lead on developing and implementing policies and procedures.
• Drive and manage HR projects and improvements.
• Travel around the region and adapt to flexible working patterns.
• Support and coach Trade Union colleagues.
• Build strong relationships across the Trust to support organisational goals.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Workload prioritisation

People management

Delivering under pressure

CPD commitment

Education

CIPD Level 5

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Main area HR Grade NHS AfC Band 5 Contract Permanent and Fixed Term (2 posts) Hours

• Full time
• Other

37.5 hours per week (37.5 Hours Per Week (Hybrid)) Job ref 335-A-2079

Site EMAS Head Office (covering various regions) Town Nottingham Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/09/2026 23:59

We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.

The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).

Job overview

The role of People Team is to enable the Trust to achieve its strategic aims and service objectives by promoting the most effective utilisation of staff, supporting EMAS in implementing organisational change, providing challenge and effective advice in employee relations and all other associated employee related challenges.

Main duties of the job

As the People Advisor, you will be required to be actively engaged to help provide support and understand how this fits into the corporate strategy to meet key performance indicators. The People Team is responsible for delivering a proactive, responsive service which meets the needs and exceeds the expectations of staff and managers.

As part of a passionate team at EMAS, you will be at the forefront of providing a comprehensive and professional people service to the managers and employees of the Trust; therefore an ability to build good working relationships is pivotal.
You will be driven and passionate and want to be part of a dynamic People team. Through excellent communication, coaching and influencing skills the successful candidate will support and advise management on a variety of people issues at an operational level, ensuring that decision making is consistent with current employment legislation and good employment practice.
The suitable candidate will have a proven track record of operating in an operational environment.

You will be responsible for specific projects and the development and implementation of policies, procedures and project work that will ensure the effective use of our people to achieve key objectives of the Trust.

Working for our organisation

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you like working as part of a supportive and motivated team?

Would you like generous NHS Benefits, including 27 annual leave days (plus 8 days bank holiday) and NHS Pension? (service dependant)

Would you like to develop your career in the Ambulance Service?

• A standard working week of 37.5 hours
• Holiday entitlements of 27 days per year, plus general and public holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Career and salary progression
• Free parking across Trust sites
• Staff networks

The successful applicant will be hybrid based working in the office and with flexibility to work at home reporting to the People Business Partner.

You will be expected to travel around the region when required (and other divisions/counties periodically), and will also be expected to be flexible as you will be operating in a fast paced environment.

There will be a requirement to attend an EMAS site for training or work purposes. To give an indication to the candidate, this will be on a regular basis to maintain a presence and could be around 2 or 3 days per week in proportion to the need and your contracted hours.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you are applying for this role, you will:

• Currently be an People practitioner who has a track record of excellence.
• Have demonstrable evidence of strong employee relations experience.
• Have up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation.
• Be someone who maintains positive working relationships with Trade Union colleagues.
• Be someone who naturally looks to make improvements to working practices.
• Be able to use initiative, meet challenging deadlines and manage competing priorities.
• Be committed to your own personal development as part of a strategic People function.

To succeed in this role you will need to be able to evidence;

• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and negotiation skills.
• A successful track record of working collaboratively with Trade Union colleagues.
• A proven track record of working effectively through operational managers to achieve wider organisational goals.

For further details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 (or studying towards/equivalent experience)

Experience/Knowledge

• Proven track record of operating in an operational people directorate environment
• Operational People Advisor experience in recruitment, discipline, grievance, absence management, equality and diversity in a complex setting
• Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation related to core employment issues (maternity, partnerity,adoption,WTD, leave)
• Experience of advising managers on complex ER issues
• Experience of working with trade unions/representatives
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Experience of developing and/or updating policies and procedures
• Knowledge of the wider NHS initiatives

Skills

• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage and supervise junior members of staff
• Ability to take the lead on particular HR projects
• Work effectively under pressure in a complex and changing environment
• Committed to CPD

Special requirements

• Car driver/owner with insurance for business use
• Full driving licence

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Accessibility

If you have any accessibility requirements at any point during the recruitment process, then please contact the recruiting manager.

If you haven’t heard back from us within eight weeks of the closing date please consider your application unsuccessful.

Due to the high volume of applications received we are unable to provide updates on the progress of applications and only successful candidates at shortlisting stage will be contacted, regrettably feedback will not be provided. If you are unsuccessful at this stage please refer back to the job description, person specification and advertised requirements for ways to improve your future applications.

Internal candidates applying for vacancies must have completed their probationary period (stated within your contract) at point of application.

East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer,committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We actively encourage interest from across our diverse communities. Black and Minority Ethnic staff are currently under-represented within our workforce, and we welcome applications from within these communities.

We are keen to promote a positive work-life balance. We recognise the importance of being able to spend quality time with family and friends and to engage in your own personal interests outside of work, which alongside work helps us to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. We are committed to embedding the NHS People Promise to support colleagues to work flexibly in a way that works for our patients, for us and for you. Many of our staff already work flexibly in many different ways, including job share, part-time or other flexible working patterns. Please talk openly to us at interview about flexible working opportunities. In addition, if a role is advertised as home based, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations, so please talk to us about the options available to you. If it works for our service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

At EMAS we believe that our culture should be built upon our core values and that our behaviour should reflect these. Our values – respect, integrity, contribution, teamwork and compassion - underpin everything we do – how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. We believe that it’s our people who make EMAS what it is.

Our Vision -Respondingto patient needs in the right way,developingour organisation to become outstanding for patients and staff, andcollaboratingto improve wider healthcare.

Please note we reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy if an internal member of staff on our redeployment register expresses an interest and is successful for this vacancy, or if a sufficient number of applications is received.

Please be aware if you are applying for a Frontline role, an Enhanced DBS clearance check will be required, and depending on the nature of other non-patient facing roles this check may also be required if offered a position with EMAS (Al l spent and unspent convictions must declared).

If you are not part of the update service, you will be liable for the payment and this will be deducted from your first months’ salary. The current cost of an enhanced DBS check is £55.38.

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