Band 5 People Advisor
The closing date is 09 March 2026
People Advisor (x2) – Temporary (Fixed Term or Secondment), Full-Time
We are recruiting two temporary People Advisors: one to cover an 8 month secondment and one for a 12 month maternity cover. This is an exciting time to join our People Advisory Service; we've moved to new offices facilitating better collaboration and working with colleagues across compliance, inclusion, OD, recruitment, payroll and workforce transformation.
You’ll join the Trust at a key moment as we build on our comprehensive People Strategy, strengthen our culture, and enhance colleague experience. This role offers the chance to partner with a wide range of teams, contribute ideas, and support positive organisational change.
As a People Advisor, you’ll provide high quality, professional HR advice to managers and staff, using your strong communication skills, up to date employment law knowledge and generalist HR experience.
You will be part of a team of six People Advisors, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday–Friday. Our service operates between 08:00–17:00. The role requires on site presence four days per week, with one day from home. Your main base will be Regent Court (a short walk from Five Ways train station), with occasional travel across our hospital sites.
This role offers excellent exposure to a wide range of HR matters and casework, enabling you to quickly broaden your expertise. For an informal discussion, please contact Lisa Pemberton, Group People Services Manager: lisa.pemberton@uhb.nhs.uk.
Main duties of the job
* Provide expert, high-quality, professional advice on HR matters, terms and conditions of employment, and Trust policies – primarily via our telephone advice line, video calls, and email, with some in‑person meetings.
* Assist with the management of professional registration lapses.
* Providing advice and support for the buy/sell annual leave scheme.
* Data collation, analysis, and reporting for assigned hospital site.
* Undertake formal casework, which may include sickness, disciplinary, performance improvement, dignity at work, and grievance cases.
* Exit interviews with staff.
* Calculating term‑time and annualised hours, supporting managers with administering agreements in respect of these types of contracts.
* Administrative tasks including confirmation of employment letters, reference requests, contracts, agreements and other tasks as and when required.
* Support delivery of the Trust's key performance indicators and workforce plan.
* Promote and model Trust values and behaviours through our behavioural framework.
Essential skills and experience
* HR Knowledge acquired through relevant training and experience e.g. Level 5 CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) to degree equivalent level.
* Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate complex information with fully developed persuasion, negotiating and influencing skills.
* Ability to work autonomously, without direct supervision and as part of a team.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Qualification and experience
* HR Knowledge acquired through relevant training and experience e.g. Level 5 CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) to degree equivalent level.
* Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development.
* Experience of preparing, analysing and presenting case reports.
* Up to date and thorough working knowledge of Employment Law and Human Resource Best Practice.
* Experience of working in partnership with Trade unions.
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.
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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