People Services Senior Advisor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for one permanent and one secondment/fixed term (maternity cover) People Services Senior Advisor to ensure the efficient and effective provision of a professional People Service to the Trust, promoting a customer care excellence ethos.

The People Services Senior Advisor will support the People Services Partner in providing a high quality responsive service to managers and colleagues on employee relations cases, sickness absence and recruitment processes; ensuring that the Trust is working towards and maintaining targets and efficiencies in line with sector-wide performance management indicators. The successful candidates will be required to travel to sites across Wales.

1xPermenant post 1 x 12 Month Secondment/Fixed Term

The People Services Senior Advisor will support managers with all employee relations process such as managing attendance, staff investigations and disciplinary hearings, supporting with the preparation of documentation for formal processes.

The People Services Senior Advisor will work alongside other People and Culture colleagues to deliver a comprehensive service ensuring a flexible, corporate and holistic approach to the delivery of Trust goals supporting the implementation of the People & Culture Strategy and Integrated Medium Term Plan.

We look forward to receiving your application form and hope to be supporting you with your career in the Welsh Ambulance Service in the near future.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

For an informal discussion please contact Anna Stein, People Services Partner at

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Our workforce is made up of over 4,000 remarkable people who contribute to the delivery of world-class patient care across Wales, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether you work in a patient-facing role or within our range of support services, the work that you do enables us to provide high quality care, wherever and whenever we’re needed.

The Trust recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves across the whole of Wales and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters. We are also keen to break down any barriers into the Trust, and would encourage applications from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities and disability groups.

Careers within the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust are diverse and varied, with opportunities arising right across the service. Whatever your skills and background, you’re sure to find a career with us which is fulfilling, challenging, and rewarding.

In line with the Trust’s Starting Salary Procedure, all applicants will start at the bottom of the band for the position applied for, but can apply for a higher salary if they have previous experience relevant to the position.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Whilst there is funding for the role to be full time, we would be keen to hear from candidates looking for flexible working options. The base for this role is not fixed and can be a combination of home working and attending a Welsh Ambulance Service Trust base.

The Trust recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves across the whole of Wales, and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters. We are also keen to break down any barriers into the Trust, and would encourage applications from under-represented groups, including those from BME communities and disability groups.

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