People Advisor, 2 roles, 1X1 FTE, 1X 0.6 FTE
London
£40k/yr
Posted 6 days ago
Early applicant
On-site
Full-time
Mid Level
Salary £40,000 (pro rata)
Location Cromwell Road, London
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in 14 days at 23:59 BST.
The Role
We are looking for People Advisor to join our People and Change team. Acting as a trusted advisor, you’ll deliver expert guidance on employee relations, coach stakeholders at all levels, and support impactful change. You’ll bring strong ER and change management experience.
CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent), and confidence managing casework. If you’re a proactive, relationship-focused self-starter ready to make an immediate impact, this is your chance to thrive in a creative, purpose-driven environment.
The V&A
The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.
Our Mission Is To Be Recognised As The World's Leading Museum Of Art, Design And Performance, And To Enrich People's Lives By Promoting Research, Knowledge And Enjoyment Of The Designed World To The Widest Possible Audience. We Strive To Make The V&A Matter To More People And In That Context We Work To The Following Six Strategic Objectives
To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections. Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy. Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact. To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency. Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience. Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.
The Benefits
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Benefits
Generous pension scheme
29 days plus bank holidays
Flexible working
Tickets to V&A exhibitions
Subsidised staff canteen
25% discount in V&A shops
Give as you earn scheme
Bicycle loan
Interest-free season ticket
Interest-free rental deposit loan
Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike
Wide range of training and professional development opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme
Staff diversity networks
ED&I at The V&A
At The V&A, We Are Committed To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion (EDI) For All And Strive To Go Above And Beyond Public Duty Placed Upon Us By The Equality Act 2010. As Such, We Are Delighted To Share That We Are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. The V&A Makes The Following Commitments To All Applications
The Disability Confident Employer scheme offers guaranteed interviews – Interviewing applicants with a disability who successfully evidence the essential criteria on a person specification and consider them on their abilities; Providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job. Supporting employees and adjustments during employment.
In some circumstances, such as when we receive a high volume of applications that meet the minimum criteria, we may not be able to guarantee an interview under the scheme. In these cases, we will interview only the highest-scoring applicants, from both people with disabilities and people without a disability.
Job Descriptions are currently uploaded as PDF's, if for any reason you require the documents in Word Format, please email careers@vam.ac.uk with your request.
Documents
People Advisor JD.pdf - Download
Skills
Employee Relations
Change Management
Coaching
Stakeholder Management
Casework Management
Location