People Development Advisor

Alexander Mae HR Ltd; Bristol; On-site; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Bristol seeks a People Development Advisor to deliver Learning & Development and Employee Relations services. The role requires experience in L&D, employee relations, and managing apprenticeship programmes. Benefits include a salary of £34,000, 25 days annual leave, health cash plan, and more. This hybrid role involves typically one day a week in the office.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Bonus

Life assurance (3× salary)

Health cash plan

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing support

People recognition schemes

Active social and charity committees

Qualifications

• Experience within Learning & Development or related HR function.
• Some employee relations experience is essential.
• Familiarity with apprenticeship levy management is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Managing apprenticeship levy and programme.
• Providing qualification and development advice.
• Facilitating online and face-to-face training sessions.
• Updating training records.
• Managing capability and performance improvement cases.

Skills

Experience in Learning & Development

Employee relations experience

Strong organisational skills

Communication skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Familiarity with Metacompliance

Familiarity with PageTiger

Training delivery

Enthusiastic and proactive

Job description

We are looking for a People Development Advisor for a leading professional services firm based in Bristol.

The role

This full-time role reports into both the Learning & Development Manager and Employee Relations Manager and the successful candidate will deliver L&D and ER services to support incoming, current, exiting and former employees, line managers, and senior leaders and contribute to the smooth running of both teams through project delivery, ER advice, and training design/delivery.

Responsibilities will include

Learning and Development

• Managing the apprenticeship levy and programme, liaising with education providers, group leaders, and apprentices. Supporting their induction and offering ongoing career advice.
• Providing advice to the wider business regarding routes to qualification and development opportunities.
• Sourcing external training in line with business needs and facilitating online and face-to-face training sessions.
• Creating digital learning content for technical training using tools such as Renderforest, Metacompliance, and PageTiger, and delivering in-person sessions where required.
• Updating training records.
• Acting as first point of contact in the absence of the L&D Manager.

Employee Relations

• Managing capability and performance improvement cases, ensuring clear objectives are set and appropriate training/support is provided.
• Training and developing managers on performance management and escalating recurring issues with recommendations to the L&D and ER Managers.
• Supporting wider ER casework as agreed with the ER Manager.
• Contributing to ER project work including policy development, reviews, manager training and ED&I initiatives.

Other

• Undertaking project work as required by the L&D and ER Managers.

The person

• Experience within Learning & Development or a related HR/People Services function.
• Some employee relations experience is essential.
• Previous experience managing the apprenticeship levy and apprenticeship programmes would be advantageous.
• Strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to deliver training confidently.
• Competent in Microsoft Office; familiarity with Metacompliance and PageTiger is desirable.
• Enthusiastic, proactive, and collaborative, with the ability to thrive in a hybrid team environment.

The salary and benefits

Salary: £34,000 plus 25 days annual leave (+ bank holidays and up to 1.5 additional days at Christmas), bonus, life assurance (3× salary), health cash plan, cycle to work scheme, wellbeing support, people recognition schemes, and active social and charity committees.

Location

Bristol with hybrid working - typically one day a week in the office (usually a Tuesday)