People Relations & Culture Specialist | NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in Manchester

Join us as a People Relations and Culture Specialist and play a key role in shaping an exceptional colleague experience across our organisation. This is an ideal role for a confident ER professional who thrives in a varied, impactful environment.

You will provide expert guidance across the full spectrum of employee relations activity from managing complex, high‐risk cases to supporting employment tribunal preparation, organisational change, TUPE and policy development. Your expertise will help leaders make informed, fair and legally sound decisions.

You will be central to embedding our Just and Restorative Learning Culture, fostering a workplace where colleagues feel supported, heard and empowered. Through strong relationships with managers, staff networks, trade unions and other partners, you will use data and insight to influence outcomes and drive continuous improvement.

A key part of the role includes managing complex casework, developing high‐quality policies and creating practical tools aligned with evolving legislation, including the Employment Rights Bill. You will also lead on case trends, risk identification and promoting psychologically safe, inclusive working environments.

If you want to make a meaningful difference, champion positive culture and use your ER expertise to shape the future of how we work, we would love to hear from you.

As a People Relations and Culture Specialist, you will lead the delivery of high‐quality, legally compliant and values‐driven employee relations support. You will act as a trusted expert on complex and sensitive ER matters, managing cases autonomously and ensuring fair, consistent and well‐evidenced outcomes. Your work will shape how we support, engage and protect colleagues, strengthening a positive employment experience rooted in our Just and Restorative Learning Culture.

A core part of the role is developing, reviewing and implementing People policies that reflect best practice, evolving legislation and the expectations of an inclusive employer. You will also play a central role in organisational change activity—including restructures, redundancy processes, TUPE and consultations—ensuring leaders are supported to make sound, lawful and compassionate decisions.

Using data, insights and strong judgement, you will identify risks, influence decision making and drive continuous improvement in how ER and people‐related change are managed. Building trusted relationships across the organisation will be essential to enabling collaborative and constructive problem solving.

You will be joining our dynamic People Relations and Culture Team, a specialist function within the wider People Team. We are committed to delivering high quality employee relations support, driving cultural improvement, and enabling leaders to create fair, inclusive and values led working environments.

We work collaboratively across the organisation alongside Business Partners, Staff Networks, Trade Unions, Occupational Health and other People Services teams to ensure colleagues feel supported throughout their employment journey. As part of this forward thinking team, you will have the opportunity to contribute your expertise, shape best practice, and play a key role in enhancing the colleague experience across NICE.

We can offer you a great place to work with good benefits, hybrid working, flexible working, and a supportive, friendly, and inclusive environment.

To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.

Nice benefits include:

• Generous NHS Pension: Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK.
• Flexible Working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times.
• Exclusive Discounts: Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light Card.
• Time to Recharge: Start with 27 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
• Inclusive Staff Networks: Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, NICE & Proud, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and more.
• Tailored Development: Grow your career with personalised learning and development opportunities.

If you feel this is the type of environment you will enjoy working in, apply today.

As part of our commitment to supporting colleagues who are at risk of redundancy, we operate a redeployment process. Candidates who are registered as "at risk" redeployees will be given priority consideration for this vacancy in line with organisational policy. All applications from redeployees will be reviewed before any external applications are progressed.