Senior People Consultant

NHS; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization is seeking a Senior People Consultant to deliver focused HR support. The role involves managing complex employee relations cases and supporting mental health and community healthcare services. Candidates should possess a CIPD postgraduate qualification and experience in HR case activities. This position offers a flexible working pattern with opportunities for professional growth within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing support

Generous reward package

Qualifications

• CIPD postgraduate qualification is essential.
• Experience in a diverse range of HR case activity is needed.
• Experience in NHS or a similar environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional HR support across the Trust.
• Deliver HR solutions by quickly building relationships.
• Lead various project areas and improvements.

Skills

CIPD postgraduate

Experience in full range of case activity

Job description

Job summary

We are pleased to be recruiting a Senior People Consultant to provide focused, professional HR support across the Trust, in delivering Mental Health and Community Healthcare services across Northamptonshire. This role will provide a wide range of opportunities to independently manage change and service transformation through delivering a customer focused HR service and some complex employee relations cases. Working as a Senior People Consultant you will deliver timely and professional advice and expertise to enhance and develop the workforce, as our people are at the core of being a leading provider of outstanding, compassionate care.

In return you will benefit from working for an organisation who values you for your individuality, who supports your health and wellbeing and blends a generous reward package with a supportive work life balance.

As a valued member of our friendly, supportive and professional team you will utilise your existing HR skills and knowledge to fulfil a varied role where every day is different, interesting and rewarding.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of the People Team. The successful candidate will need to quickly build relationships through the Trust, understand the people needs of the services and work in partnership to deliver HR solutions. The Senior People Consultant will offer advice to managers and staff members. The Senior People Consultant will lead a variety of project areas, service improvements and hold an employee relations caseload ensuring pragmatic solutions are reached for HR issues.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Details

Date posted: 01 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year pa

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number: 270-TG502-CORP

Job locations

St Mary's Hospital

Kettering

NN15 7PW

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Qualification Essential

• CIPD postgraduate

Experience Essential

• Experience in full range of case activity

Desirable

• Experience of NHS or equivalent
• Experience of unionised environment

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

Kettering

NN15 7PW

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/