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HR Advisor

The closing date is 02 September 2025

We are excited to be advertising for an additional substantive HR Advisor to support our team working 24 hours per week. We are looking for someone who is able to provide an effective and professional HR Advisory service, demonstrating the Trust values and contributing towards the People & Organisational Development Directorate's Strategic Priorities.

The ideal candidate will build excellent working relationships, support the networks to achieve their workforce KPIs and develop effective people management practices advising, guiding and coaching managers on Trust policies and processes.In addition, this role will provide opportunities for policy development, organisational change programmes and training and other HR project work and activities as part of the wider HR team.

This role will support our network and corporate teams across the Trusts Lancashire & South Cumbria footprint, with a hybrid working approach, combining working from home with working on our key Trust sites.

Interview date 15th September 2025

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be a key point of contact for managers, using a coaching approach, you will help them to deal with a range of employee relations issues including disciplinary, grievance, sickness, performance management and organisational change programmes.

You will take responsibility for supporting effective investigations, working closely with investigating officers throughout the process, ensuring timescales are managed.

You will use Microsoft Teams, email and phone to provide a range of HR advice and where appropriate you will meet with managers and staff face to face. There will also be opportunities to get involved in proactive HR work such as delivering training and policy development.

Developing effective relationships within the areas you support will be a critical part of the role as well as being responsive and organised at all times. You will bring HR advisory experience and be CIPD qualified or working towards. NHS experience is an advantage but is not essential.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the Job Description and Person Specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full CIPD membership
• CIPD qualified or significant progress working towards qualification
• Degree level education or equivalent

Knowledge

• HR policy
• Employment legislation and its impact on policy formulation

Experience

• Demonstrate a range of HR Advisory experience
• Experience of managing investigations
• Experience of handling sickness, grievance, performance management and disciplinary casework
• Experience of dealing with queries from staff at all levels
• Experience of working in a 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.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum, pro rata