HR Advisor

Christ's Hospital; Christ's Hospital; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established educational institution in the UK is seeking an experienced HR professional to provide high-quality HR services and support employee relations. The role includes acting as the HR contact for staff, delivering effective interventions on employee relations issues, and supporting management with recruitment. Candidates should possess strong HR advisory experience, excellent communication skills, and a good understanding of employment law. This is a permanent, full-time position offering various employee benefits, including generous holiday and pension schemes.

Benefits

31 days of holiday

Stakeholder pension scheme

Free on-site parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Aviva Digicare+ Scheme

Free lunch during term-time

Discounted Sports Centre membership

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an HR advisory or generalist HR role.
• Good knowledge of employment law and its application.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as a first point of HR contact for employees.
• Support management with HR-related matters.
• Deliver effective HR interventions on ER issues.

Skills

HR advisory experience

Employee relations skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join our team at CH. You will provide a high-quality, professional and results focussed HR service to Bluecoat Sports and employee relations support to Christ’s Hospital with the support of the HR Development Manager.

Closing date 20 February, 2026

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Responsibilities

• Be a first point of HR contact for BCS employees (c.160 employees) and support the BCS management team with HR-related matters including recruitment.
• Support Christ’s Hospital with ensuring best practice in employee relations matters and champion fair and consistent practices across the School.
• Deliver effective and appropriate HR interventions on early and formal stages of ER issues including disciplinary, grievance, bullying & harassment, capability and absence cases, reducing the need for formal procedures.
• Where required, provide support on change management programmes.

Qualifications & experience

• Proven experience in an HR advisory or generalist HR role with strong employee relations skills.
• Good working knowledge of current employment law and its application in the workplace.
• Experience in education or leisure centre is desirable, but not essential.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to build stakeholder relationships at all levels.

Employment details

• Permanent, full time (35 hours per week), year-round position.
• Benefits include 31 days’ holiday (includes all public holidays), a stakeholder pension scheme for eligible staff, free on-site parking, use of the Employee Assistance Programme and Aviva Digicare+ Scheme (including 24-hour online GP appointments), free lunch during term-time and discounted membership of the on-site Sports Centre.

Equality, diversity & safeguarding

We welcome applications from all sectors of the community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake and welcome applications from all sectors of the community. We consider the most important fact to be the right skills, abilities and attitude for the job which will ultimately improve the well-being and education of the pupils. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

How to apply

For more information and to apply please press on APPLY NOW. We can only accept CVs in conjunction with a completed application form which should be sent to [e-mail] by the closing date.

Applications should be received by 5.00pm on Friday 20 th February 2026 although applications will be reviewed as they are received, so early application is advisable, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.

Safeguarding & DBS

Christ’s Hospital is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants are required to complete an enhanced disclosure application with the DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service). More details on the disclosure process can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.

Registered Charity No. 1120090.

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Closing date

20 February, 2026

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