People Advisor

About the opportunity

Are you passionate about providing expert knowledge, developing people focussed solutions and working collaboratively to drive forward people strategies? Do you want to do this whilst working for an organisation that is committed to making a difference to our society?

As a People Advisor in our Employee Relations and Change Team, you will play a crucial role in providing advisory services on various people related matters. You will be empowered to take a solution-focused and proactive approach, using evidence-based methods to provide valuable advice. From attendance to discipline, grievance handling, change management, and more, you will be a trusted resource for managers across the Society, assisting them in navigating these areas successfully with a people-centred approach.

By building strong relationships with stakeholders, you will support and coach leaders, ensuring the delivery of people objectives as well as maintaining highly effective and consistent People practices throughout the organisation. Your expertise and guidance will enable teams and directorates to align their strategies with their people, fostering success and growth.

Not only is the work rewarding, you will also get to work with a highly skilled and passionate People Team.

First stage interviews for this role are scheduled to take place on w/c 11^th August.

About you

Joining us, you’ll be a pragmatic and credible HR professional, with excellent communication skills and the ability to build great relationships and deliver an excellent service. This is a fast-paced role where no two days are the same, which means your ability to manage a case load of employment relations matters, autonomously, will be key. You’ll have a solid background in all things ER and Change, understanding staff feedback, analysing data and metrics, and putting actions into practice. Plus, you’ll be able to multi-task, organise your time and move seamlessly from one task to another. As a real team player who thrives in a busy environment, you’ll get the best out of yourself and us.

You will be a trusted partner to colleagues across the Society offering a high quality, efficient and customer focused service. You will be able to prioritise your work, have a tactful, helpful and flexible approach. With the ability to maintain strict confidentiality and handle confidential people data in a professional manner. You’ll have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, with good attention to detail. We are a proactive HR team that engages with colleagues and as such you will need to be confident, engaging and able to be build effective relationships with colleagues at all levels.

Crucially, will be qualified to CIPD Level 5 or working towards achieving qualification and able to demonstrate experience of working in a generalist HR role, with experience of handling complex and sensitive ER casework.

What you’ll focus on:

• Advising managers on employee relations matters including investigations, disciplinary, grievance, sickness and capability cases.
• Supporting transformation and change programmes including restructures, redundancy and TUPE.
• Provide risk-based advice, guidance and coaching to managers on following best practice, policies and procedures.
• Develop excellent working relationships with managers and help empower them to become great people managers.
• Delivering training sessions to upskill managers and promote HR best practice.
• Supporting HR projects, change initiatives, and data reporting.

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.

At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding groundbreaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.

Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.

Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.  

We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society. 

Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee forum and Employee Lived Experience network groups help us promote inclusion and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people. 

Our hiring process

During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and can be at your best. We are working hard to ensure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible, so please do inform us of your experience and anything you think we could do better by completing our candidate survey when you apply.  Please also contact Alzheimer’s Society Talent Acquisition Team via [email protected] for application support or any adjustments you might need.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value it truly adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to showcase them in your own voice.

We try to avoid closing roles early where possible, however if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close earlier than the advertised closing date. Should this occur, we will aim to provide you with at least 48 hours' notice.

We are committed to safer recruitment and ensuring the welfare of those we work with, due to the nature of some of our roles, we might need to carry out a DBS check at the relevant level.

Giving back to you

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society. 

You can also visit our Working for Us pages, which give you more information about what it’s like to be an employee at the Society.