Senior HR Advisor

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Senior HR Advisor to deliver comprehensive HR support across the organization. You will provide expert advice on employee relations issues and support managers with HR cases. The ideal candidate is compassionate and knowledgeable about employment legislation. The role offers access to NHS benefits, including generous holidays, health and wellbeing services, and a supportive work environment. Join the team to make a positive impact in Wakefield.

Benefits

NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Onsite nurseries

Qualifications

• Experience in a senior HR role or similar.
• Ability to support managers with complex employment cases.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver HR services and provide first point of contact for HR matters.
• Advise on employee relations issues including sickness and grievances.
• Monitor fixed-term contracts of employment.

Skills

Employment legislation knowledge

Employee relations (ER) experience

Compassionate and collaborative approach

Ability to provide clear advice

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Senior HR Advisor to join our team and provide high-quality HR support across the Trust. You will bring strong ER experience, excellent knowledge of employment legislation, and the ability to offer clear, pragmatic advice. You'll be compassionate, collaborative, and committed to supporting a just and learning culture. You will:

Responsibilities

• Deliver a comprehensive range of HR services and act as the first point of contact for managers and staff on HR matters.
• Provide expert advice on the full range of employee relations issues, including sickness, disciplinary, grievance, capability and complex casework.
• Support Managers with day-to-day management of employment-related cases in line with Trust policy, ensuring timely and appropriate outcomes.
• Oversee, extend and monitor fixed-term contracts of employment.
• Support initiatives that make MYTT an outstanding employer, including Equality & Diversity, Staff Engagement, Workforce Information, Policy Development, and Health & Wellbeing.
• Work in partnership with trade union representatives, ensuring effective and inclusive communication.
• Contribute to Trust-wide objectives and HR Directorate priorities.; Provide advice to managers and staff on Agenda for Change and other NHS terms and conditions of employment, Human Resource policies and procedures, employment legislation, pay, work life balance initiatives available, conditions of service and contractual matters, ensuring up-to-date knowledge of NHS terms and conditions and/or other changes introduced in addition to existing terms. Ensuring good practice and supporting a just and learning culture.
• To provide a high quality professional Human Resource service for all groups of staff employed by The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust and liaise with the Assistant HR Business Partner/HR Business Partner regarding any areas of concern.
• Co‑ordinate casework, support investigations, advising managers on performance management, absence, capability, grievance, organisational change and misconduct issues, compiling data and recommending ways forward, that may be complex/sensitive. Ensuring that appropriate timeframes are met in accordance with the workforce KPIs. To ensure relevant Assistant HR Business Partner/HR Business Partner are appraised on progress of each case.
• Supporting managers as an investigatory team, taking part in meetings, formal hearings and producing notes, formal minutes and reports. Ensuring this is compliant with law, policy and good practice.

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work‑life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer‑friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.