# People Relations and Change Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/people-relations-and-change-specialist/0cafacf8-2459-46f4-9059-c85606201a49 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/people-relations-and-change-specialist/0cafacf8-2459-46f4-9059-c85606201a49.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - **Location:** 3rd Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place, - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-10T09:40:49.598Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Manchester/NICE_National_Institute_Health_Care_Excellence/Administrative_Services_Human_Resources/Administrative_Services_Human_Resources-v8206397 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8206397?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nice.org.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job overview We have two exciting opportunities available for experienced People (Employee) Relations professionals to join NICE as People Relations and Change Specialists. In this role, you will play a key part in creating a positive colleague experience by providing specialist advice, coaching and support on complex people relations matters and organisational change. Working autonomously, you will manage a varied employee relations caseload, including complex grievance, disciplinary and capability matters, while supporting managers through a range of organisational change activities, from restructures to wider workforce change programmes. As a trusted partner and advocate for positive change, you will help managers and teams navigate change effectively, sensitively and in line with NICE values. As part of the People Relations and Culture Team, you will provide expert advice on people relations matters, policies and terms and conditions, using your knowledge of employment law to support fair and consistent decision making. You will build strong relationships across the organisation to resolve issues, improve people practices and deliver positive outcomes, while helping to embed NICE's Just and Restorative Culture. If you are an experienced People Relations specialist looking to make a meaningful impact, we would love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job As a People Relations and Change Specialist, you will play a key role in delivering a high quality People Relations service that supports colleagues, managers and organisational priorities across NICE. Working as part of the People Relations and Culture Team, you will: - Manage a varied employee relations caseload end to end, including complex grievance, disciplinary, capability and other sensitive people matters. - Provide specialist advice, coaching and constructive challenge to managers, helping them make fair, consistent and legally compliant decisions. - Support organisational change activity, including restructures, redundancy processes and TUPE. - Contribute to the development, review and implementation of people policies, procedures, guidance and manager toolkits, ensuring alignment with employment law, best practice and NICE values. - Identify, assess and escalate people related risks, using data, insight and case trends to inform decision making and continuous improvement. - Maintain accurate case management records and prepare high quality documentation, reports and correspondence relating to people relations and change activity. - Champion NICE's Just and Restorative Culture, promoting early resolution, psychologically safe workplaces and positive colleague experiences. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job. Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities. Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility. We reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications so please don’t delay your submission. We are passionate and proud of the work we do and the impact we make. NICE offer: Generous NHS Pension – Secure your future with one of the most rewarding pension schemes in the UK Flexible working – Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with options like remote working, compressed hours and flexible start/finish times Exclusive discounts – Save on shopping, dining and more with a Blue Light Card Time to recharge – Start with 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays Inclusive staff networks – Join supportive communities like Women in NICE, Race Equality Network, Disability Advocacy and NICE and Proud – we celebrate diversity Tailored development – Grow your career with personalised learning and development opportunities If you feel this is the type of environment you will enjoy working in, apply today! As part of our commitment to supporting colleagues who are at risk of redundancy, we operate a redeployment process. Candidates who are registered as “at risk” redeployees will be given priority consideration for this vacancy in line with organisational policy. All applications from redeployees will be reviewed before any external applications are progressed. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience of managing complex, multi-stranded People Relations cases (such as disciplinary, grievance and capability matters) alongside leading and delivering organisational change initiatives (such as restructures, redundancy, TUPE). - Resilience to cope with conflicting demands and working to tight deadlines with the ability to act on own initiative. - Experience of developing and implementing people policies, procedures, guidance or manager toolkits. ### Skills/Knowledge **Essential** - Highly developed communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly in both written and verbal formats, including preparation of formal documentation for hearings, consultation processes and other forums. - Understanding of workforce change processes, including restructures, consultation requirements, and the people relations implications of organisational change. - Sound understanding of relevant employment legislation and the impact of future legislative changes. ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - CIPD level 5 or evidence of an equivalent qualification. - Degree level education or equivalent demonstrable experience in a similar role **Desirable** - CIPD level 7 (or working towards). ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 272.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2146) - [job description (pdf, 203.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10513034) - [reference guidance (pdf, 119.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2145) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.