People Change and Governance Advisor

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Maintain HR governance frameworks, including AMIS, My Actions, and the HR Risk Register; track actions, accountability, updates, and risks.
• Support governance and sequencing for annual compensation reviews, benefit renewals, and recurring HR processes.
• Review people-change and transformation plans against governance standards; identify risks, issues, and control gaps and recommend solutions.
• Support continuous improvement in HR processes, systems, and controls.
• Assist with employee-relations case oversight and analyse lessons from cases, audits, and incidents to improve policy and guidance.
• Support reward governance through benchmarking, data analysis, policy compliance, and market insights.
• Produce and analyse monthly and quarterly management information, including HR KPIs, KRIs, governance, and change reporting.

What the employer is looking for

• Experience in HR operations, people change, HR governance, or a related advisory role in a complex organisation.
• Knowledge of HR policies, procedures, employment-related risk, and compliance requirements.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills, including use of data and management information to inform decisions.
• Experience with governance, assurance, controls, or risk management frameworks.
• Excellent organisation, ability to manage multiple priorities, and strong stakeholder collaboration across HR and business functions.

Qualifications and development

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• CIPD qualified, studying towards CIPD, or committed to pursuing a professional HR qualification.
• Commitment to continuing professional development and keeping current with employment legislation and people practice.

Desirable experience

• Experience in a regulated or highly controlled environment is desirable.
• Exposure to reward cycles and annual compensation reviews is desirable.
• Experience supporting organisational change or transformation programmes is desirable.
• Understanding of organisational design principles and change methodologies is desirable.

Compensation and benefits

• Salary listed as £42,000–£50,000; the posting does not specify a pay cadence.
• Benefits include a contributory pension, annual salary review, bonus scheme, referral scheme, retail discounts, and optional GymFlex and Cycle to Work schemes.
• Health-related options include life assurance, health assessments, travel and dental insurance, critical illness cover, and personal accident insurance.

Schedule and time off

• 37.5-hour week, Monday to Friday.
• 25 days of annual leave plus a Celebration Day, holiday buy-and-sell options, volunteer days, and time for personal development.

Workplace facilities

• Facilities listed include EV charging, bike storage and showers, complimentary breakfast, and staff and social events. The posting does not explicitly state an onsite, remote, or hybrid work arrangement.