People Advisor

Are you an experienced HR professional who thrives on employee relations casework and enjoys being part of a collaborative, hands-on team?

If you're practical, proactive, and ready to hit the ground running, this could be the perfect role for you.

The Role
We’re looking for a friendly, confident and flexible People Advisor to join our team at Via. Help us manage HR Projects and support managers through performance issues, absence, grievances, disciplinary matters, and more. You’ll also play a key role in delivering our People Team business plan, contributing to projects like policy development, organisational change, wellbeing, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

You’ll build strong relationships with managers, provide clear and practical HR advice, and help drive continuous improvement across our services.

What We’re Looking For

• A real team player with experience working in an HR/People team, ideally in a service delivery environment.
• Someone who’s confident advising on ER issues and coaching managers through complex situations.
• CIPD Level 5 qualified (or working towards it).
• Strong working knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
• Comfortable analysing people data and using it to support decision-making.
• Organised, calm under pressure, and always ready to get involved.
• Great communication skills and a collaborative approach.

Why Join Us?

At Via, we’re passionate about supporting vulnerable and socially excluded groups—and we know that starts with having the right people in place. You’ll be joining a supportive, values-led team where your ideas and input will be genuinely valued.

Location

Flexible can be Home or Service Based

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package

For an informal chat about the role please contact Marina Deeny, Director of People via [email protected] or Ali Plummer, Head of People Delivery, via [email protected]

The closing date for applications is Monday 15 September at midnight.

Interviews are likely to take place on Friday 19 September,

All our applications are sifted by humans. Please send us applications that reflect your own knowledge, experience and values and not applications that have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI).

We accept applications via https://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/career-paths/ using our short application form, and your CV. For guidance on how to complete the application visit https://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/how-to-apply/. Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs, please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.

Appointment to all our posts are subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks including DBS and we follow safer recruiting principles.

Please email [email protected] if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.