People and Culture Advisor

Job Introduction

Great with people, and confident giving clear, practical advice? Well you could be who we’re after to join our team… 

We’re looking for a People and Culture Advisor to join our People team on an 8-month fixed term contract.

If you love helping managers do the right thing, supporting colleagues through the tricky stuff (and the everyday stuff), and you’ve got a good working knowledge of employee relations and UK employment law - you might be just who we’re after.

What we’re all about

You might think of Yorkshire Housing as “just” a housing provider. But we’re here to do more than manage homes - we want people to have a place they’re proud to call home, and that starts with having colleagues who feel supported, trusted, and able to do their best work.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be a first point of contact for managers in your business areas - giving clear, people-first advice and support that helps them feel confident and capable.

A big part of your role will be making sure colleagues have a great experience at Yorkshire Housing, whether they’re:

• a new colleague
• going through change
• needing support with health and wellbeing
• working through something more formal (like performance, absence, conflict or conduct)

You’ll also:

• Coach managers to handle people matters in a way that fits our adult-to-adult, customer obsessed culture (with the right level of support and challenge when it’s needed)
• Help spot patterns and themes (like absence, turnover or culture indicators) and use insight to help improve the colleague experience
• Get involved in business-wide projects that matter - like health and wellbeing, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and colleague forums and networks

Check out the Role Profile attached for more info!

Who we’re looking for - the main things:

• A proactive, can-do, customer obsessed approach (and yes - colleagues count as customers too)
• Confident, calm communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships at all levels
• Solid experience of employee relations, with a focus on early and informal resolution
• Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law, and the ability to explain it in plain English
• Someone who can work well independently, but loves being part of a team too
• Great organisation skills and attention to detail (because good record keeping really matters)

Qualifications:

• CIPD Level 5 (or part-qualified) and associate CIPD membership

Bonus points if you’ve got:

• CIPD Level 7
• Mediation and/or coaching qualification
• Experience working comfortably in an agile and remote environment

What’s in it for you?

We offer an excellent salary of £38,439.98per year (35 hours a week), plus 26 days annual leave (rising each year to 31 days) and Bank Holidays.

You’ll also get a benefits package to suit you, including a health cash plan (claim back on things like prescriptions and eye tests), retail discounts, and our pension scheme where we’ll match your contributions up to 9%.

We work flexibly with our hub, home, roam approach, and we’ll support your development with a range of internal and external training opportunities.

Your wellbeing matters too. You’ll have access to our wellbeing support package, including a library of free fitness classes, an instant My GP service, and free counselling sessions with a trained professional.

The fine print  

At YH, we’re building a work environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse. We believe difference makes us stronger, and we know it matters that our teams reflect the communities we serve — so we welcome applications from all backgrounds.

If you need support with your application, email us at recruitment@yorkshirehousing.co.uk.

Applications close on 27.05.26 — but we may get in touch to chat sooner.

Internal applicants: please let your line manager know you’re applying.