Spectrum Community Health CIC

Senior People and Culture Advisor

The closing date is 17 September 2025

Job summary

If you are an ambitious people professional with the ability to build positive working relationships, we have a fantastic opportunity to join our People (HR) Team.You will work as part of the People & Culture team which includes collaborative projects and providing a rounded service to our staff and managers across all areas of people practice.

The role will provide professional people and HR support including advising on discipline, grievance, performance, and sickness cases, supporting investigations and advising at formal hearings.

You will be CIPD qualified or equivalent and have experience of providing complex HR advice in a busy fast paced multi-site environment. NHS experience is desirable but essential is strong communication skills and the ability to develop effective working relationships with a wide variety of managers across the business. You will support managers by providing high quality advice and developing and delivering training and coaching on a range of HR issues.

Main duties of the job

The role will provide support to sites which include secure environments e.g. HM Prisons, community settings and corporate teams across Spectrum. It will be based at Navigation Walk in Wakefield but there is a requirement for occasional travel as required.

We can support hybrid working (e.g. part office and part home/sites) if appropriate, after a settling in period.

You will be joining an award-winning healthcare provider, innovative in our approach and committed to patient care, delivered through our committed and talented teams.

We offer Agenda for Change terms and conditions, development opportunities and access to the NHS pension scheme.

About us

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!

  • Access to NHS Pension
  • Annual leave on your Birthday
  • Welcome payment for some posts
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Training and Development opportunities
  • Flexible Working
  • Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
  • Up to 33 days annual leave

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.

Details

Date posted

08 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

847-MC-25-V684

Job locations

Navigation Walk

Wakefield

WF1 5RH


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the advertised role, please review the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the advertised role, please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant degree plus CIPD qualification (postgraduate level) or equivalent de-monstrable experience
  • Willingness to develop and undertake training for the role

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a HR ser-vice providing a range of advice and guidance.
  • Experience of interpreting and advising on terms and conditions of employ-ment
  • Experience of delivering HR projects
  • Experience of developing HR Policies and procedures
  • Experience of providing advice & guidance

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in an NHS/healthcare provider organisation
  • Experience of supporting TUPE transfers
  • Experience of undertaking job evaluations
  • Experience of line management

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to build effective working rela-tionships establishing credibility at all levels
  • Strong communication skills, both writ-ten and verbal with the ability to ad-just to meet the level of the audience, with the ability to delivery training & development sessions
  • Ability to analyse complex situations and provide appropriate advice
  • Able to prepare, produce and analyse complex HR data
  • Presents complex and sensitive infor-mation to large groups i.e. consulta-tion meetings/TUPE transfers
  • Able to demonstrate an understanding of how the HR Service can positively impact on the patient experience
  • Ability to organise, plan and prioritise to meet targets, whilst ensuring accu-racy and attention to detail
  • Works autonomously as HR profes-sional
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant degree plus CIPD qualification (postgraduate level) or equivalent de-monstrable experience
  • Willingness to develop and undertake training for the role

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a HR ser-vice providing a range of advice and guidance.
  • Experience of interpreting and advising on terms and conditions of employ-ment
  • Experience of delivering HR projects
  • Experience of developing HR Policies and procedures
  • Experience of providing advice & guidance

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in an NHS/healthcare provider organisation
  • Experience of supporting TUPE transfers
  • Experience of undertaking job evaluations
  • Experience of line management

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to build effective working rela-tionships establishing credibility at all levels
  • Strong communication skills, both writ-ten and verbal with the ability to ad-just to meet the level of the audience, with the ability to delivery training & development sessions
  • Ability to analyse complex situations and provide appropriate advice
  • Able to prepare, produce and analyse complex HR data
  • Presents complex and sensitive infor-mation to large groups i.e. consulta-tion meetings/TUPE transfers
  • Able to demonstrate an understanding of how the HR Service can positively impact on the patient experience
  • Ability to organise, plan and prioritise to meet targets, whilst ensuring accu-racy and attention to detail
  • Works autonomously as HR profes-sional

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

Navigation Walk

Wakefield

WF1 5RH


Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

Navigation Walk

Wakefield

WF1 5RH


Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Business Partner

Alison Charlton

Alison.Charlton@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

08 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

847-MC-25-V684

Job locations

Navigation Walk

Wakefield

WF1 5RH


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