At a Glance
- Tasks: Support people and culture initiatives, providing guidance on employee relations and volunteer management.
- Company: Join Blue Cross, a compassionate and inclusive organisation dedicated to positive workplace experiences.
- Benefits: Enjoy 38-43 days holiday, health support, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Flexible hybrid working with a focus on employee wellbeing and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in HR while working in a dog-friendly, collaborative environment.
- Qualifications: HR experience with strong communication skills and a passion for supporting others.
The predicted salary is between 29500 - 34000 £ per year.
Application Deadline: 18 June 2026
Department: People & People Services
Employment Type: Fixed Term - Part Time
Location: Manchester
Reporting To: People & Culture Manager
Compensation: £29,500 - £34,000 / year
Contract: 6-month fixed term contract
Hours: 28 hours per week over 4 or 5 days
Salary: £29,500 - £34,000 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Location: Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, hybrid working with a minimum of two days per week in the office
Closing date: 18 June 2026
Interview dates: 25 & 26 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:
- Support the delivery of a high quality People service across the organisation.
- Support managers through both informal and formal employee relations cases, including sickness absence, grievance, disciplinary and capability matters.
- Play an important role in supporting volunteer managers across Blue Cross.
- Contribute to people projects, management workshops, policy development and reporting.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further develop their HR career within a collaborative and values driven environment. This is one role with flexibility to be based in either Burford or Manchester.
About you:
- Approachable and confident HR professional with strong employee relations experience.
- Comfortable managing a varied workload.
- Strong communication and administration skills.
- Proactive approach and ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.
- Share our compassionate, courageous and inclusive values.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Blue Cross benefits:
Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. Our generous benefits package includes:
- Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays).
- Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support.
- Free access to GP via MetLife- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family.
- Health cash plan.
- Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme.
- Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution.
- Professional fees paid with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support.
- Life assurance.
- 20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance.
- Enhanced family friendly policies.
- Recognition scheme.
- Annual volunteer days.
- Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers.
To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.
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