Senior HR Advisor

CompanyMid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Location

Wakefield, England, United Kingdom

Employment TypeContract

Posted At4/1/2026

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Human resources and industrial relations officers

Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled

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£41,700 (£21.38 per hour)

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Description

For further information about this role, please email Nicola Poole (Deputy HR Business Partner) via nicola.poole2@nhs.net

About The Role

We’re looking for an experienced and compassionate Senior HR Advisor to join our team and provide high-quality HR support across the Trust. You will bring strong ER experience, excellent knowledge of employment legislation, and the ability to offer clear, pragmatic advice. You’ll be compassionate, collaborative, and committed to supporting a just and learning culture.

You Will

Deliver a comprehensive range of HR services and act as the first point of contact for managers and staff on HR matters.
Provide expert advice on the full range of employee relations issues, including sickness, disciplinary, grievance, capability and complex casework.
Support Managers with day-to-day management of employment-related cases in line with Trust policy, ensuring timely and appropriate outcomes.
Oversee, extend and monitor fixed-term contracts of employment.
Support initiatives that make MYTT an outstanding employer, including Equality & Diversity, Staff Engagement, Workforce Information, Policy Development, and Health & Wellbeing.
Work in partnership with trade union representatives, ensuring effective and inclusive communication.
Contribute to Trust-wide objectives and HR Directorate priorities.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Main duties

Provide advice to managers and staff on Agenda for Change and other NHS terms and conditions of employment, Human Resource policies and procedures, employment legislation, pay, work life balance initiatives available, conditions of service and contractual matters, ensuring up-to-date knowledge of NHS terms and conditions and/or other changes introduced in addition to existing terms. Ensuring good practice and supporting a just and learning culture.

To provide a high quality professional Human Resource service for all groups of staff employed by The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust and liaise with the Assistant HR Business Partner/HR Business Partner regarding any areas of concern.

Co-ordinate casework, support investigations, advising managers on performance management, absence, capability, grievance, organisational change and misconduct issues, compiling data and recommending ways forward, that may be complex/sensitive. Ensuring that appropriate timeframes are met in accordance with the workforce KPI’s. To ensure relevant Assistant HR Business Partner/HR Business Partner are appraised on progress of each case.

Supporting managers as an investigatory team, taking part in meetings, formal hearings and producing notes, formal minutes and reports. Ensuring this is compliant with law, policy and good practice.

To oversee the co-ordination of hearings and participate in disciplinary, grievance, capability and appeal panels as appropriate.

Provide support and advice to managers dealing with long and short term absences including ill health retirement and to support with the “management” of complex cases from a Human Resource perspective including assisting with the preparation of investigations and supporting managers in hearings.

Ensure that sickness/absence levels are monitored and problem areas identified. To ensure that appropriate sickness level targets are developed in conjunction with managers ensuring that information provided is used effectively to assist in the reduction of sickness levels, liaising with the Assistant HR Business Partner.

Act as a point of contact for sensitive and confidential issues such as bullying and harassment and being empathetic and sensitive when advising on implementing an appropriate course of action. Participate in Divisional groups, meetings and forums as required.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Qualifications

Essential person specification requirements

Educated to degree level standard or equivalent relevant experience
Knowledge of specialist HR topics to postgraduate diploma level acquired through degree and professional HR qualification or equivalent level of training
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
CIPD registration

Experience

Significant experience of delivering advice, guidance and coaching to operational managers, advising on complex employee relations issues, supporting on change management projects and investigations
Supervisory experience
Delivering training and presentations to small groups
Experience of working in partnership with Trade unions.
Experience of preparing, analysing and presenting reports
Experience of working on KPI’s
Experience of working with a busy/demanding environment

Skills And Abilities

Ability to work autonomously, providing a HR services to managers and staff.
Problem solving
Demonstrate a business-focused approach to Human Resource matters
Commitment to own personal and professional development and development of others within the team
Ability to analyse data and instigate resolution where required
Excellent listening, communication and presentation skills
Excellent writing skills including the ability to summarise information and key issues skills
Demonstrate good verbal communication skills with team/clients/relatives, using tact when required
A highly organised approach with the ability to work under pressure and manage priorities and deadlines in a changing environment
Ability to deal with conflict
Ability to engage and motivate others
Flexibility and able to adapt to change
Able to work as part of a team

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance

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Our Benefits

Access to the NHS pension plan
Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
Extensive benefits and support, including:
Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Home electronics scheme

Car lease salary sacrifice scheme

Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport

Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies

Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality

Career progression, training and support

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