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People Advisor

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
28,337 - 31,485 per year
Leeds - The Gateway North
Full-time
13th July 2026
Listed today

Closing Date:

13 July 2026

Closing Date:

13 July 2026

  • Annually:£28,337 - £31,485 per annum plus £200 per annum home working allowance
  • Region:North East, Yorkshire & The Humber
  • Location:Leeds - The Gateway North
  • Department:People Operations
  • Vacancy Type:Permanent
  • Working hours per week:35
  • Closing Date:13 July 2026

At the NSPCC, we believe every childhood is worth fighting for. With over 100 years of experience, and the collective strength of our staff, volunteers, supporters, and partners, we're working to end child abuse and neglect for good.

Our people are our greatest strength. So, our People team makes sure that we're able to attract and nurture life-long active, authentic ambassadors who can help us deliver our vital work.

As well as supporting them with any employment related enquiries, building strong policies and processes, we're responsible for creating a positive work environment that allows our people to grow and thrive.

We do this by creating an inclusive and wellness-focused environment where everyone can feel empowered to be their best and recognised for their hard work.

Are you driven by purpose and want to help shape a culture that makes a real difference? If so we'd love to welcome you to our team. Join us as a People Advisor in the People Operations Team, working in a hybrid way between your home and our new NSPCC office in Leeds city centre.

What is the purpose of the People Advisor role?

You will provide high quality, customer-focused, consistent HR advice on NSPCC policies in line with UK employment legislation. Coaching managers in employee relations and responding to a wide range of queries, you will empower managers to make effective decisions about their people.

What does the People Advisor do every day?

Every day will be different!

You will be part of a team of four People Advisors focusing on providing information and guidance on a broad variety of topics:

  • recruitment, safeguarding, inductions, probation, performance management
  • sickness absence management, wellbeing, occupational health,
  • discipline and grievance cases and change programmes.

You will also be working with our HR software, updating HR records and completing monthly payroll processing.

There will be opportunities for you to get involved in interesting projects throughout the year.

What skills, experience and knowledge does a People Advisor have?

  • Are you well organised with a customer-focused, questioning approach to your work?
  • Do you have a HR background that demonstrates your ability to advise and coach people managers in a sensitive, solution-focused way?
  • Can you influence others positively and have strong interpersonal skills?
  • Do you have, or are you working towards, a recognised professional HR qualification?
  • Do you have a working knowledge of employment law, Microsoft Office and computerised HR software?

Why should I apply for the People Advisor role with the NSPCC?

Any one of our people will tell you that a huge reward is making a difference to children's lives. But we know it's a competitive world, and it's important to feel valued in your role and receive more practical, tangible benefits. We offer salaries that are at least comparable with the top charities in the UK, as well as these benefits:

  • Generous annual leave- 29 days per annum plus bank holidays for full-time employees (pro-rata for part-time). 32 days per annum after five years' continuous service.
  • Employee discounts- Our discounts portal gives you online access to over 3,000 discounts and offers.
  • The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)- an independent, free, personal support service. It can provide information, support and advice to support your health and wellbeing.
  • Pension- building up a good pension is something we want to help you achieve with our flexible, tax-efficient pension schemes.
  • Life assurance scheme- All employees will be given life assurance of one times their salary, unless they join the NSPCC Group Personal Pension Scheme, where members are given life assurance of five times their salary.

What if I have questions?

If you would like to know more, please email the hiring manager: sally.clark@nspcc.org.uk

If you are interested in applying for this role, we encourage you to apply early. To help us manage the process we may close the vacancy before the advertised closing date should we receive a strong response to the role.

In keeping with our values and our policies, if any individuals who are regrettably at risk of redundancy apply for a role and meet the minimum essential criteria they will be given priority consideration. We hope that you understand our position on this and that this will not discourage from applying. We cannot predict who, internally, will apply for a role, or whether they will meet the minimum essential criteria. Where no at-risk candidates meet the minimum essential criteria, all applications will be considered as normal.

Supporting Documents

As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

At the NSPCC we are on a journey to becoming a trauma-informed organisation for the children, young people and families that we work with, as well as our staff and volunteers. To be trauma-informed is one of the guiding principles that shape and guide our 2021-2031 Strategy. This means understanding the nature of adversity, trauma, and resilience so that we can work towards reducing and preventing further harm and promoting recovery and healing. Coming to work at the NSPCC will provide the opportunity for you to join us in our commitment to becoming a trauma-informed organisation.

NSPCC is that the NSPCC highly embraces,

encourages and promotes diversity and

inclusiveness of staff.

Siobhan Walters / Children's Services