People & Culture Advisor

Leeds Mind promotes positive mental health and wellbeing, and provides help and support to anyone who needs it in and around Leeds.  We have faith and optimism in our clients and so the services we deliver are built around their needs. We support the people of Leeds to discover their own resources to ‘recover’ from periods of poor mental health, and to live life independently with their mental health condition.  

Our values of Being Open, Supportive, Brave, Connected, and Resourceful are pivotal to the work we do.

Our Service 

The People & Culture team supports the whole organisation to create a positive, inclusive and mentally healthy workplace. We work alongside managers and colleagues to make sure people processes are clear, fair and supportive, helping teams to do their best work and provide the best possible support for people who use Leeds Mind services.

The Role

We are looking for a People & Culture Advisor to join our People & Culture team.

This is a key advisory role, providing practical, values-led advice and support to managers and colleagues across Leeds Mind. You will support employee relations matters, including sickness absence, conduct, capability, grievance, probation, flexible working, wellbeing-related casework and reasonable adjustments.

You will help managers resolve issues at the earliest appropriate stage, apply policies fairly and consistently, and make decisions that support positive outcomes for individuals, teams and the wider organisation. Your work will play an important part in enabling colleagues to provide the best possible support for people who use our services, and in contributing to our ambition of making Leeds a mentally healthy city.

This role would suit someone who has strong HR knowledge, confidence advising managers, and a compassionate, practical and solutions-focused approach.

Essential Skills and Experience: 

•  Experience of managing or supporting employee relations cases with managers, in line with employment law and good practice. 

•  Experience carrying out investigations and preparing reports. 

•  Up-to-date knowledge of employment law and HR best practice. 

•  Strong knowledge of HR policies and processes. 

•  Ability to provide clear, practical and balanced advice to managers and colleagues. 

•  Ability to coach and influence managers, helping them build confidence in managing people matters. 

•  Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills. 

•  Strong interpersonal, stakeholder management and relationship-building skills. 

•  Strong written and spoken communication skills. 

•  Experience of using HR systems and maintaining accurate, confidential records. 

•  Commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and safeguarding. 

•  Living our core values every day.

Belonging at Leeds Mind

Leeds Mind is committed to creating an inclusive environment – equity, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of everything that we do. 

We are committed to ensuring that our colleagues, volunteers and people who access our services feel a sense of belonging at Leeds Mind that gives them the confidence to share their unique perspectives and experience.

By creating an inclusive environment that fosters belonging, we aspire to attract colleagues and volunteers who offer diversity of experience and thought. We believe this will ultimately improve the service we provide as well as the employee and volunteer experience.

At Leeds Mind, we’ve made significant progress in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in recent years, resulting in a diverse team. We are committed to maintaining strong representation in our workforce and always encourage applications from LGBTQIA+, culturally diverse, neurodivergent and disabled individuals within Leeds Mind.

Hours – Full-time (37 hrs per week)

Leeds Mind Grade - 4

Salary - £31,987 per annum 

Contract – permanent

Closing Date: 19th July 2026

1st interview date: 27th July 2026

£31,987 per annum

• 4/7 Mindful Employer+ Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual leave entitlement of 28 days + 8 bank holidays on increasing to 31 days plus 8 bank holiday after 3 years
• Company Pension Scheme
• Death In Service at 3x your salary
• A monthly ‘Wellbeing hour’
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Access to Simply Health cash plan
• Access to social care charity work discount schemes
• Mental and physical health activities timetable
• Supportive leave and flexible working policies, including enhanced pay for family leave