Assistant People Advisor

About The Role

Do you have generalist HR/People knowledge and the communication and interpersonal skills to engage compassionately with others? Are you looking for an opportunity to progress your HR/People career whilst making a real impact?

We are recruiting for an Assistant People Advisor to join on a full‑time basis, working 35 hours per week on a permanent contract.

Working with support from the ER and Change Team, this newly developed role will provide professional first‑line support and guidance to managers and staff on a range of employee relations issues. You will be a key point of contact for managers, using a coaching approach, and help them to deal with a range of employee relations issues including disciplinary, grievance, attendance and performance management.

There will also be the opportunity to lead on some casework, with support from a People Advisor. Not only is the work rewarding, but you will also get to work with a highly skilled and passionate People Team.

While predominantly a home‑based role, there is an expectation to attend in person team days (London or Birmingham) and other in‑person meetings on occasions as required.

Interviews for this role have been provisionally scheduled to take place via MS Teams on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th December.

About you

Joining us, you’ll be approachable, proactive, and people‑savvy with previous experience within a People/HR team. You’ll be able to juggle multiple priorities, stay organised and prioritise your own workload and communicate effectively with staff of all levels. You’ll be able to adapt positively to change, use your initiative and self‑motivate, taking responsibility for own development.

Crucially, you’ll have an awareness of HR/People policy and procedure and experience of administering HR processes, including experience of working as part of a team and delivering good customer service. We are a proactive HR team that engages with colleagues and as such you’ll need to be a good communicator with the interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence to be able to build effective relationships with colleagues at all levels.

This is an incredible opportunity for an individual who is looking for the next step in their HR career.

What you’ll focus on

This will be a varied role where no two days will look the same! Some of the things you will be doing include:

• Providing practical HR advice to managers on employee relations, absence, performance, and wellbeing issues.
• Attending and supporting formal meetings such as disciplinaries, grievances, and investigations.
• Keeping employee records and HR reports up to date (absence, turnover, exit interviews, etc.).
• Assisting with policy and process updates.

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.

Please also contact Alzheimer’s Society Talent Acquisition Team via careers@alzheimers.org.uk for application support or any adjustments you might need.