People Advisor

About The Role
Contract: 2 x Fixed-Term for 12 Months

We are looking for 2 People Advisors to join our Society!
As a key member of our People Partnering team, reporting to the ER & Change Lead, you will play an important role in the delivery of the Society’s People experience. Your expertise will help enable an inclusive and high performance culture by supporting the resolution of all employee relation matters.
You’ll bring your knowledge of employment law and HR expertise to provide the necessary support and guidance to our managers to navigate challenges and achieve success. With your analytical skills you’ll use data and insights to identify trends and root cause issues, as well as opportunities to mitigate risks and make improvements.
Building trusted partnerships with your aligned directorate across the Society, you’ll offer advice to your stakeholders on a wide range of people-related matters, including organisational change programmes and TUPE transfers. You’ll also play an essential role in supporting change leads and People Business Partners in ensuring that the Directorate objectives are met.
In this role, you will:

• Deliver a highly effective and people centred service to managers.
• Use data and insight to identify trends and root causes.
• Coach and develop people managers, building their knowledge and capability to mitigate employee relations risks and manage performance.
• Build trust-based relationships with managers across the Society, offering guidance as a critical friend when needed.
• Provide support and advice to employees in relation to terms and conditions, change programmes, Society policies and procedures and general employee relation related queries.
• Ensure roll out of people policy changes are understood and adopted by people managers across the Society.

About you
We’re looking for someone with strong experience of providing generalist advice to managers on all aspects of HR. You’ll use your coaching and influencing skills to foster excellent people practices. Your demonstrable knowledge of employment law and HR best practice will be a key element to your success in this role.
You’ll also have a good experience in supporting with change management and organisational design, including handling TUPE transfers. Your ability to analyse and interpret data will be essential as you draw out insights and deliver concise reports and presentations to a variety of stakeholders.
At the Society we value proactive problem solvers who take initiative and thrive in a collaborative environment, so you’ll be a great team player, while also knowing when to ask for help and seek feedback.
Your agility and flexibility will be essential as you collaborate across different teams within the wider People Partnering function.
Additionally, you’ll also have:

• A CIPD qualification or relevant HR experience
• A proactive approach to work and problem solving
• Great listening skills 

About Alzheimer's Society
Dementia is the biggest health and social challenge of our time.

There are currently estimated to be 900,000 people in the UK with dementia. Many are undiagnosed and facing the realities of their condition alone.

At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today and providing hope for the future. We’re here for everyone living with dementia.

As a Society, we are made up of people with dementia, carers, trusted experts, campaigners, researchers and clinicians. We are the UK’s largest collective force of people with unparalleled knowledge and over 40 years of experience addressing the biggest challenges facing people living with dementia.

Our Values

We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.

Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.

Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.

Equal Opportunities

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.

We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.