People Advisor

Sheffield

05/10/2025
- People Advisor

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

**Salary**

£32,523- £36,566 per annum

**Contractual hours**

37

**Basis**

Full time

**Package**

30 Days Annual Leave (222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)
- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period 17.1% Employer Pension Contribution into Local Government Pension Scheme

**Date posted**

10/09/2025

**Job reference**

RR00000886

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Job description

**About us**

The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.

**About the**role**

**This**is a fixed term temporary role while 31st December 2025**

As a People Advisor you will be responsible for supporting the People Business Partners to deliver the people strategy across the College and proactively take steps to resolve people queries, wherever possible identifying informal resolutions and ideally solutions that meet the requirements of all parties. You will be required to support managers in case meetings and hearings up to and including dismissals whilst also undertaking analysis on key data identifying trends and areas for focus.

You will provide advice and support to Line Managers on policies and procedures and best practice as well as coaching Managers through particular situations. You will be required to liaise closely with union representatives, managers and people operations teams to ensure the smooth delivery of people experience services.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Work closely with the People Business Partners to deliver a comprehensive People Experience service across the college.
- Support Managers in managing their caseload for designated areas including absence cases, disciplinaries, grievance and performance matters in a proactive way.
- Be a key point of contact for initial discussions regarding policy queries and process guidance, particularly around employee relations matters in designated areas
- Coach individuals on how to handle difficult conversations, and other day to day people management matters that arise.
- Escalate queries to an appropriate level of Management/People Business Partner as and when required, dependent on the serious nature of the issue.
- Liaise closely with the People Operations, Payroll and People Development teams to ensure a smooth service delivery is maintained.
- Delivering training to Managers on key people policies.
- Support People Business Partners to deliver projects across the college, including but not limited to Health and wellbeing strategy, EDI strategy, and policy development.

**What we can offer you**

**Our benefits**
- Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with SYPA - 17.1%
- Annual leave - 30 Days(222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays(59.2 hours)
- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
- Health and wellbeing, we offer
- Employee assistance programme through Bupa
- Occupational Health through PAM
- Free eye tests for VDU users
- Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses

Further information can be found on ourBenefits andCareer Development pages.

**Disability Confident**

**Armed Forces Covenant**

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**Safeguarding**

**Next Steps**:
**Closing date: 5th October 2025