Workforce Advisor

NHS; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Preston is seeking a Workforce Advisor to provide guidance on employee relations and HR policies. The role involves advising managers on various employee issues and requires experience in HR, particularly within the NHS. The position offers a flexible working environment and a salary of £31,049 to £37,796 per annum, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience working in HR in the NHS.
• Ability to undertake job evaluations.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Act as a point of contact for managers regarding employment terms.
• Advise on employee relations cases and conflicts.
• Support recruitment processes and job evaluations.

Skills

Experience of working in HR undertaking employee relations case-work

Knowledge of employment law

Knowledge of equality and diversity principles

Experience in policy development

Understanding of Agenda for Change terms

Education

Good general education to degree equivalent level

CIPD level 5 and Associate Membership

Tools

ECDL or equivalent IT skills

Job description

Go back Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Workforce Advisor

The closing date is 12 October 2025

Are you seeking to develop your HR career in a fast-paced environment? If so, we would love to hear from you.

As an award-winning teaching hospital, with a range of acute and specialist services, our workforce is diverse and aspires to achieve great things for our patients. Due to the size of the organisation and the variety of the services provided you will have the opportunity build your experience and have an impact on the services you support.

Our Workforce Advisors are focused on providing specialist employee relations advice, coaching managers and developing policies.

We support colleagues to work agilely, and many of the team split the week between working on site and working from home. Please note all staff are required to work on site at least 2 days a week, however flexibility is required as this is subject to service requirements e.g. meeting that require attendance in person.

If this sounds like the role for you, please get in touch.

Main duties of the job

No two days are the same in this role. You will be providing advice about sickness absence management, disciplinary and grievance processes and best practice in managing people and teams. This could be over the phone, in online meetings, or face to face.

There will be days when you will deal with challenging and sensitive situations and other days when you will be able to celebrate success and share learning. Every contact you have can make a difference to someone else and high levels of compassion and professional judgement will be crucial.

You will play an important role in providing support and advice to service managers. You will be an advocate for colleagues ensuring policies and employment legislation is followed as well as championing a just culture approach to employee relations matters.

The ongoing learning and development of team members is very important to us and to support this we have weekly team sessions to ensure there is a regular opportunity to meet as a team, discuss learning from cases and have the opportunity for CPD.

About us

The Workforce Team is based at Preston Business Centre, co-locating with other key teams such as Recruitment, Payroll and Temporary staffing, providing the opportunity for engagement and closer working relationships.

We employ over 10,000 staff across Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital and are committed to working in partnership to deliver seamless care to patients close to home.

As a teaching hospital we offer a wide range of development and training opportunities to colleagues in house.

Our purpose is to be recognised as the acute and specialised hospital services in Lancashire and South Cumbria, providing the highest standards of compassionate, safe care that gives our patients a positive experience, excelling in research, innovation and teaching, developing our staff to reach their potential, and improving the health and wellbeing of our diverse communities.

Job responsibilities

• Act as point of contact for managers seeking advice on terms and conditions of employment and Workforce policies.
• Proactively support and advise managers on employee relations cases including sickness absence management, disciplinary, grievance, performance management and workplace conflict
• Participate in job matching and job evaluation; and support recruitment processes as required
• Make recommendations and proposals for changes to practice, policydevelopment and ways of working.
• Provide information to managers and Workforce Business Partners to support the development of divisional workforce strategies and improvements in workforce performance metrics.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience of working in HR undertaking employee relations case-work
• Thorough knowledge of employment law and its application
• Thorough knowledge of the principles of equality and diversity
• Experience in policy development
• Experience of working in HR in the NHS
• Knowledge of Agenda for Change terms and conditions of service
• Experience in undertaking job evaluation

Qualifications & Education

• Good general education to degree equivalent level or equivalent experience
• CIPD level 5 and CIPD Associate Membership
• ECDL or equivalent IT skills
• Evidence of continuing professional development

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.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearPer Annum, Pro Rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working,Home or remote working,Compressed hours