People Services Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role supports the People Business Partner and Advisor team within the People and OD Directorate. You will provide professional support and advice to managers and staff on employee relations matters and Trust policies. The position aims to deliver a high-quality, employee-centric People function, ensuring all employee-related issues are addressed effectively. It involves assisting with various People activities, including minute taking.
Key responsibilities
- Provide professional support and advice to Managers and staff across a range of employee relations matters and the application of Trust policies.
- Support the delivery of 'a great place to be cared for; a great place to work' through effective engagement in a responsive, high quality and 'employee-centric' People function.
- Ensure that all employee related issues are comprehensively and effectively addressed through proactive, employee centric and best practice advice and delivery.
- Provide professional support and advice to managers and colleagues in the organisation across the range of employee relations matters.
- Assist in the full range of People activities, including minute taking where appropriate.
Essential criteria
- NVQ III Customer Service / Business Administration or equivalent experience
- GCSE grade C or above in English Language (or equivalent)
- Knowledge of HR procedures (including Recruitment and Selection, Grievance and Discipline, absence management)
- Relevant previous experience of electronic database systems
Desirable criteria
- European Computer Driving Licence qualification or equivalent
- Certificate in Personnel Practice (CPP), or equivalent qualification or experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
People Services Assistant
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
The People and OD Directorate (POD) is responsible for developing people strategies, policy, practice, and delivering P&OD services which support strategic objectives, improve staff engagement, comply with legislation, and support organisational culture development and the embedding of organisational values.
Our whole ethos is to provide a customer focused quality service to the trust business units and corporate departments through the provision of the following:
- Expert people advice and guidance (strategic and operational) to business units and services across the trust.
- Core employee relations and case management advice and support.
The NHS People Plan published in July 2020 which includes Our People Promise are at the heart of everything we do and should underpin all our actions.
The job description is pending job evaluation confirmation.
Main duties of the job
You will support the People Business Partner and Advisor team by providing professional support and advice to Managers and staff across a range of employee relations matters and the application of Trust policies.
To support the delivery of 'a great place to be cared for; a great place to work' through effective engagement in a responsive, high quality and'employee-cen
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