People Advisor

Falmouth Launchpad; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent university in the UK is seeking an experienced People Advisor to join their People Partnering and Relations team. This role involves providing high quality advice on employee relations and managing a varied caseload. The ideal candidate should have a degree or CIPD Level 5 qualification, strong HR skills, and the ability to establish credibility in a large organisation. This full-time role offers a hybrid work model with an on-campus presence required. Benefits include a generous pension scheme and annual salary increments.

Benefits

Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%

28 days + 8 days bank holiday

Annual salary increments

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay/Adoption Pay

Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Degree or CIPD Level 5 qualification or similar experience.
• Recent and relevant core HR skills and experience related to the role.
• Ability to quickly establish credibility in a complex organisation.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality advice and guidance on employee relations.
• Manage full caseload related to informal and first level employee relations.
• Contribute to operational delivery of people plans and organisational change.

Skills

Core HR skills

Influencing

Empathy

Time management

Collaborative team working

Education

Degree or CIPD Level 5 qualification

Job description

We are looking for an experienced People Advisor to join the People Partnering and Relations team.

In this role, you will work across Falmouth University and Falmouth Exeter Plus to provide high quality advice and guidance to our people which has been escalated through our tiered model.

It is essential that you build and maintain strong working relationships as you will be responsible for managing a full and varied caseload related to all aspects of informal and first level employee relations, including supporting managers with undertaking investigations.

You will also contribute to the operational delivery of our people plans, organisational change programmes, as well as completing activities such as job evaluations and using People & Culture dashboard information to support managers.

This busy role will encourage you to proactively and consistently develop your own practice and push the boundaries of your own critical thinking.

Qualifications

• Degree or CIPD Level 5 qualification or similar experience.
• Recent and relevant core HR skills and experience related to the role.
• Influence, tenacity and empathy; with the ability to quickly establish credibility within a large and complex organisation.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• A collaborative and flexible approach to team working.

The job description and personal specification for the role provides fuller details. For an informal conversation about the position, ahead of applying please email [e-mail].

This position is offered on a full time, permanent basis. This is a busy, people facing role, where an on-campus presence will be required, however, we operate a hybrid flexible approach to working with the opportunity to work from home for part of the week, after induction and initial training has been completed.

The closing date for this position is Sunday 1 February 2026.

For more than 120 years, Falmouth University has been a hub of creative and technological education and change. We are Cornwall’s University, a strong local and anchor institution within its defining rural and coastal community.

Our mission is to deliver exceptional higher education and research, harnessing the fusion of creativity and technology as foundations of the future economy. We use our knowledge and expertise in these disciplines to generate positive and sustainable opportunities for all.

Benefits

• Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%.
• 28 days + 8 days bank holiday.
• Annual salary increments (until top of grade reached).
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay/Adoption Pay.
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker).
• Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme.
• Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme.
• Life Assurance.

Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page www.falmouth.ac.uk/jobs. Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from a leading University.

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by Falmouth Staffing Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Falmouth University. Employees of Falmouth Staffing Ltd work alongside Falmouth University colleagues in the delivery of Falmouth’s strategic vision and will adopt Falmouth University’s HR policies and procedures in full.

Falmouth University welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.