Senior People Advisor, Band 6

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced HR practitioner to provide expert employee relations guidance and advisory support. The role focuses on terms and conditions, policy interpretation, and compliant resolution across the People Advisory Team.

You will coach managers, support recruitment and redeployment, and contribute to data analysis, training delivery, and change initiatives within a large NHS workforce.

Qualifications

• HR advisory experience across employee relations and policy.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and practice.
• CPD and professional development ongoing.

Responsibilities

• Advise managers and staff on terms and conditions of employment and policies.
• Provide expert advice and case support in employee relations issues.
• Coach staff and managers on HR issues and training content.
• Support recruitment, redeployment and changes in organisation.
• Ensure proper documentation of all employee relations casework.
• Support tribunal preparation and HR analytics/reporting.
• Contribute to change management and redeployment initiatives.
• Deliver or assist with HR-related training with L&OD.
• undertake project work and quality assurance of HR services.
• Carry out other duties within the scope of the job.

Skills

HR advisory

Employment law

CPD

Education

CIPD Level 5

Degree level education

Associate CIPD

Job description

Current jobs at Gloucestershire Hospitals

Site Trustwide Town Gloucestershire (Gloucester / Cheltenham) Salary £39,959 - £48,117 (pa pro rata if part-time) Salary period Yearly Closing 31/08/2026 23:59

At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.

With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.

We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.

Job overview

You will be able to provide expert support and guidance to employee relations processes within the Trust, supporting managers, staff and colleagues to deliver timely, just and compliant resolutions of cases. We are in the process of introducing a restorative, just and learning culture, across all are HR practices and processes. We capture and analyse employee relations data in order to identify to the Business Partners trends within their areas of responsibility for intervention.

Main duties of the job

Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of professional knowledge and practice across the People Advisory Team, supporting colleagues to develop their skills and professional capability. Promote and embed a Restorative, Just and Learning Culture (RJLC) approach across people casework, ensuring practice is consistent, reflective and focused on learning and improvement.

Working for our organisation

The People Advisory Team is part of the People & OD Department which includes People Operational Services, Leadership and OD, Recruitment, and Professional Education. Our team provides a People Advisory service focusing on employee relation casework, and production of key employee relation statistics, but also encompassing reward and retention initiatives, delivery of training and other related HR interventions to support over 12000 colleagues working across both Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire Managed Services (GMS).

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To advise managers and staff in the interpretation and application of terms and conditions of employment, Trust policies, current legislation and codes of practice, ensuring that good employment practices are maintained and legal obligations are fulfilled.

2. To provide expert professional advice and support to managers in dealing with employee relations issues and, where appropriate, to act as case handler in casework involving discipline, capability, grievance, and the management of sickness absence ensuring that practice complies with Trust policies and procedures, are fairly and consistently applied, and that good practice is maintained.

3. To coach staff and managers in Human Resources issues where appropriate, ensuring that all advice is accurate and compliant with Trust policies, the law and good practice, and to support the L&OD team, where relevant, in the creation and quality assurance of relevant training content.

4. In conjunction with the recruitment team and the Recruitment Manager, to provide professional advice and support to managers in dealing with recruitment, selection and redeployment issues.

5. To ensure the appropriate documentation of all employee relations casework.

6. To provide administrative and analytical support to preparation work for employment tribunals and relevant legal disputes.

7. To prepare employee relations reports, and provide analysis and recommendations, ensuring that accurate HR performance management information is provided, analysed and necessary action identified.

8. To support the management of change within the organisation, including involvement in the handling and co-ordination of redeployment matters, consultation with staff and trade union representatives, counselling and assisting with redeployment initiatives, ensuring that change is implemented smoothly.

9. To undertake project work, ensuring that the aims and objectives and high standards are met and that the Trust makes effective use of its resources.

10. To quality assure and, on occasion, deliver HR-related training in partnership with the L&OD team.

11. Any other duties, which fall within the general scope of the job description and band.

Person specification

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 and willing to or working towards CIPD Level 7
• Evidence of recent CPD
• Degree level education or equivalent
• Associate Member CIPD

Experience

• Operational HR advisory role
• Policy Development
• Interpreting and advising on terms and conditions, policies and procedures

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Delivering a diverse HR service to meet the needs of the business
• A thorough and up to date knowledge of employment law and demonstrable experience of its pragmatic application

Qualities

• Ability to mix with a wide range of people and form relationships quickly

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

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