People and Culture Advisor

NHS; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in Wakefield is looking for two People and Culture Advisors. The role requires a degree-level education, part CIPD qualification, and experience in providing HR advice. You will guide managers on employee relations, performance management, and maintain confidentiality. The position offers hybrid working after an induction, with benefits including access to the NHS pension and significant annual leave.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension

Annual leave on your Birthday

Training and Development opportunities

Flexible Working

Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes

Up to 33 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in providing advice on employee relations.
• Experience in performance management, investigations, and hearings.
• Experience in maintaining strict confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional HR advice, guidance, and coaching to managers.
• Provide HR advice on terms and conditions of employment, conduct, grievances.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and professional standards.

Skills

HR advice

Employee relations

Current employment law knowledge

Commitment to ongoing personal development

Education

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Part qualified or working towards CIPD qualification

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for two people to join our team as People and Culture Advisors, based at our offices in Wakefield.

You will be part CIPD qualified, or working towards this, coupled with experience of providing HR advice in a busy work environment.

The role will be based at our offices in Wakefield but will include occasional planned travel to sites as needed, including attending meetings in secure environments e.g., HM Prisons. We are happy to consider hybrid working (e.g. part homeworking and part based at sites/Wakefield office) after an induction and settling in period.

You may have previous NHS experience but crucial to this role will be the ability to provide good quality HR advice and build effective and supportive working relationships with a wide range of managers.

We offer Agenda for Change terms and conditions, development opportunities and access to the NHS pension scheme.

Closing date to apply is midnight on 7th December 2025. Interviews to be held via MS Teams on 12th December and if successful invite to on-site interviews/selection process on 18 December 2025.

Main duties of the job

The role will provide professional HR advice, guidance and coaching to managers in accordance with Spectrum's policies, employment legislation, ACAS codes of practice and other professional standards. You will provide HR advice on a wide range of people issues, including terms and conditions of employment, conduct, performance management, grievances and absence.

About us

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team. Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award‑winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not‑for‑profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Benefits

• Access to NHS Pension
• Annual leave on your Birthday
• Welcome payment for some posts
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and Development opportunities
• Flexible Working
• Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of knowledge or experience.
• Part qualified or working towards CIPD qualification.
• Commitment to ongoing personal development
• Current employment law knowledge

Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing advice on employee relations
• Experience of participating in and advising on performance management, investigations and hearings
• Experience of providing HR services in client facing organisation
• Experience of maintaining strict confidentiality

Desirable

• Recent experience working within a similar role within the NHS
• Experience of managing employee relations working with trade unions

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

Navigation Walk

Wakefield

WF1 5RH

Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)