People Advisor

People Advisor

Salary £35,277 FTE

37.5 hours per week, 3 days on site

Are you a confident, compassionate People professional who wants your work to matter every day? At Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, you’ll use your HR expertise to support the colleagues and volunteers who make specialist care possible for babies, children, young people and families. We’re looking for a proactive, values-led People Advisor to join our small People Team and help shape an inclusive, supportive culture where people feel able to do their best work.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants more than a standard HR advisory role. You will be close to the people, decisions and everyday moments that shape how our hospice feels to work in, with this role developing and influencing practical improvements that support colleagues, volunteers and ultimately the families who rely on us.

This is a hands-on advisory role with real influence: varied, rewarding and close to the day-to-day rhythm of the hospice. You’ll be trusted to solve practical people matters, build strong relationships quickly and bring people-centred advice to managers across Bluebell Wood. In a small team with lots to do, your judgement, pace and follow-through will really matter.

About us:

Our vision at Bluebell Wood is for every baby, child and young person with a life limiting condition to access specialist palliative care, where and when they need it. You will join our fantastic team where we all play our part in achieving our vision and creating an incredible culture for everyone.

Why your role matters:

Our uncompromisable support services are wide-ranging and bespoke to each family. We provide symptom management, end-of-life care, post-death care, short breaks, counselling, sibling support groups, music therapy, home visits and more.
We support families across a large geographical area, including South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North Derbyshire and parts of North Lincolnshire. The hospice is easily accessible from Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, Sheffield and North Notts, making our reach truly regional and inclusive.

Every year, we must raise £6.7 million to keep our doors open, and only 17% comes from government sources. The rest is powered by the generosity and commitment of our supporters, colleagues and volunteers. Your People expertise will help us support, develop and retain the people who make our care possible, creating a fair, inclusive and compassionate workplace where everyone can do their best work.

The role:

We have an ambitious People Plan focused on the experience we want to create, how we attract and retain talented people, how colleagues and volunteers are enabled to do their best work, and how we show up as one team. You will help bring those ambitions to life through practical workstreams that strengthen manager capability, employee relations, wellbeing, inclusion, retention, colleague engagement, and the everyday ways we work together.

You will be the trusted first point of contact for a wide range of people matters, supporting fair, timely and values-led decisions across the employee lifecycle. Alongside managing employee relations casework, coaching managers, supporting recruitment and onboarding, and using people data to spot trends, you’ll help enhance our policies, processes and everyday practices that shape how people experience Bluebell Wood.
Working closely with the Head of People, you will develop and deliver engaging learning sessions, training, workshops and manager briefings that build confidence, consistency and effective people practice across the hospice, helping managers feel better equipped to lead well and respond to people matters with care and confidence.

What you will bring

You will enjoy this role if you like variety, can move between operational detail and bigger-picture improvement, and feel motivated by supporting managers and colleagues find fair, practical and compassionate ways forward.
We’re looking for someone who is warm, credible and solutions-focused; someone who can balance professionalism with empathy, take ownership of their work and bring energy, curiosity and sound judgement to a small People Team with lots to do.

You will be CIPD Level 5 qualified, with experience in an HR advisory role. You will have up-to-date employment law knowledge, experience managing employee relations casework, and the confidence to influence, challenge and support managers in a constructive, values-led way. With strong interpersonal, communication and written skills, you will be able to handle difficult and sensitive situations professionally, objectively and confidentially, using sound judgement and a solution-focused approach.

You will also be well organised, able to manage competing priorities independently, maintain excellent attention to detail, and use People data, to support informed decisions.

Our values:

Our values underpin what we do and how we do it.

At Bluebell Wood, our values guide how we work: we embrace individuality, take responsibility, are authentic and are purpose driven. If those values matter to you too, and you want to use your People expertise in a role where your work will be visible, varied and valued, we’d love to hear from you. Tell us what you’ll bring to Bluebell Wood, what matters to you about this opportunity, and how you can help us make our ambitious People Plan a reality.

In return, you’ll join a supportive, committed and collaborative team where people look out for one another, share ideas, take responsibility together and stay focused on what matters most: helping Bluebell Wood provide specialist care and support for families when and where they need it most.

What we offer:

A supportive working environment where your contribution is visible and valued, alongside a benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, development and work-life balance.
If you are passionate about making a difference, we cannot wait to hear from you.

Join us and be part of something bigger — where your skills, judgement and purpose help create a compassionate, inclusive workplace for the people who bring care, comfort and support to families when they need it most. Apply now.

If you would like an informal chat about the role, please do contact Liz Crawshaw (Head of People) on 01909 393 265, or email liz.crawshaw@bluebellwood.org

Find the full job advert and how to apply HERE

How to apply

Please follow the link (https://www.bluebellwood.org/people-advisor-sept2026) to the vacancy page on our website, where you will find full details of how to apply.

Closing date: 22nd September 2026

Interviews W/C 5th October 2026

What else we will need, or you need to know:

• Proof that you have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we cannot support visa sponsorship
• Any successful applicant will require a health check
• A Standard DBS Check
• Two references
• All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks