Contract: 6-month fixed term contract
Hours: 28 hours per week over 4 days
Salary: £29,500 - £34,000 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Location: Burford, Oxfordshire, hybrid working with a minimum of two days per week in the office
Closing date: 12 June 2026
Interview dates: 19 & 22 June 2026
Are you passionate about supporting people and creating positive workplace experiences? We re looking for a People & Culture Advisor to join our People & Culture team at Blue Cross on a 6 month fixed term basis.
This is a varied and rewarding role where you ll work closely with managers and colleagues across the organisation, providing practical advice, guidance and support on a wide range of people matters, while helping us continue to build an inclusive and collaborative One Blue Cross culture.
More about the role
As a People & Culture Advisor, you ll support the delivery of a high quality People service across the organisation. Working alongside the P&C Business Partners, you ll be supporting managers through both informal and formal employee relations cases, including sickness absence, grievance, disciplinary and capability matters, ensuring these are handled fairly, consistently and in line with policy and best practice.
You ll also play an important role in supporting volunteer managers across Blue Cross, helping to develop volunteering management solutions and providing support with volunteer systems and processes. Alongside this, you ll contribute to people projects, management workshops, policy development and reporting, helping to continuously improve the support and services we provide to our people.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further develop their HR career within a collaborative and values driven environment.
About you
You ll be an approachable and confident HR professional with strong employee relations experience who enjoys building trusted relationships with managers and colleagues. Comfortable managing a varied workload, you ll be able to balance day-to-day operational activity with longer-term projects and improvement work.
You ll have strong communication and administration skills, a proactive approach and the ability to handle sensitive information with discretion. You ll also share our compassionate, courageous and inclusive values and be passionate about creating positive experiences for both employees and volunteers.
Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
* Previous experience of working in HR, gained throughout the employee life cycle
* Experience of advising managers through formal and informal Employee Relations cases including sickness absence, grievance, disciplinary and capability
* Confident in dealing with numbers and experience of analysing and reporting data
* Excellent interpersonal skills and customer-facing skills
* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
* Good attention to detail
* Great administration skills
* A proven track record of prioritising and organising work and projects within a busy and multi-functioning role
* IT literate with MS Office, web-based platforms, and databases
* The ability to demonstrate, understand and apply our Blue Cross values
Desirable Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
* CIPD Level 3
* Experience of working with volunteers in a HR environment
* Experience of managing projects and development programmes
* An understanding of the demands of the voluntary sector
How to apply
Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.