Interim People & Culture Advisor - Change in London

I am urgently seeking an experienced Interim People & Culture Advisor to focus on Change for a not-for-profit organisation based in East London. The role pays a salary in the range of £41,000 to £43,500 per year depending upon experience and requires hybrid working (2 days per week in the office) on a fixed term salaried contract starting ASAP until the end of March 2026.

Reporting to one of the Change People Partners, your key responsibilities include:

• Providing high quality advice and guidance to managers and staff about change processes through various media such as at meetings or via the People Advice mailbox.
• Providing support to the Change People Partners leading change at all stages of organisational change. This will include maintaining the datasheets for change, managing employee relations issues arising from change, producing accurate redundancy calculations, preparing documents and reports, reviewing terms and conditions of employment.
• Working independently with the self-awareness to know when to escalate higher risk issues to the appropriate Change People Partners for guidance or resolution.
• Creating solutions to problems (that are appropriate for this grade) that do not have a ready-made solution in the existing policies and procedures by seeking further advice internally and/or externally, exploring best practice and legislative guidance.

The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge, experience, skills and competencies:

• Significant experience of supporting managers, staff and people colleagues with organisational change processes gained within a complex work environment.
• Proficient in using standard office IT and management systems, including using lookups in Excel.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and the experience to apply that knowledge to manage employee relations cases end-to-end and know when to seek support from senior People colleagues or a third party.
• Significant experience of organising and prioritising own workload on a day-to-day basis and of working to tight deadlines.
• Chartered CIPD Member or equivalent experience to demonstrate the capability required for this role.
• High attention to detail required for all work such as data and reporting management, letter writing and good work presentation in all aspects of associated administration.
• Able to use information including policies to advise and guide managers on issues and employee relation matters.
• Able to work as part of change project team and demonstrate strong planning skills to handle multiple priorities.

If you have the skills, knowledge and experience for this role and you are available to start at short notice, please apply with your up-to-date CV and contact details.