# People and Culture Advisor

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Trust Headquarters, County Hall
- **Workplace type:** hybrid
- **Profession:** Advisor
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 gross per annum (pro rata)
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (Commencing January 2027 - ending September 2027)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-12T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-30T13:56:54.078Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/People_Culture_Human_Resources/People_Culture_Human_Resources-v8360164
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8360164?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Help us care for the people who care.

We are happy to be offering a Fixed Term Contract opportunity to join our supportive People and Culture Team. This is an ideal opportunity for someone keen to develop their HR career and who is interested in providing excellent HR advice to managers and staff.

Working as an People and Culture Advisor, supported by our experienced team, we are looking for energised individuals who will be excited to join us.

This role will play a key part in supporting managers and staff across the Trust by providing visible, accessible and proactive HR advice. Through a balanced hybrid working approach, the postholder will maintain a strong presence within local teams whilst delivering flexible and responsive support to meet service needs.

These roles can be based at our locations in either Norfolk or Suffolk.

### Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone with good overall Employee Relations and HR knowledge, with proven experience of focusing on putting people before process.

We want someone who can gather and understand intelligence, specifically focusing on absence and performance management, as well as get involved in wider People and Culture related project work to increase your HR Generalist knowledge, and to help coach our leaders in supporting our staff. Communication is key. We are looking for someone who can communicate professionally with a wide spectrum of people to achieve the best outcome.

However, most importantly and in keeping with our trust values, we are looking for someone who has exceptional people and influencing skills as this role requires you to convey difficult decisions whilst having to maintain professional relationships.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Interested?

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other and are looking forward to welcoming you!

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

### Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- A comprehensive knowledge of Employment law, professional HR developments and best practice

**Desirable**

- HR policies and procedures

### Experience

**Desirable**

- Provision of HR advice and support to managers and staff

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Part CIPD qualified or working towards or equivalent level of knowledge and experience

**Desirable**

- Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel and Development with equivalent level knowledge and experience

## Documents

- [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863)
- [people and culture advisor jd and ps (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10686651)
- [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028)

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