KA Leisure

People Advisor (Fixed Term – 12 months)

Job Ref:  L1388

Department: People Team

Reports to:  Head of People

Location: Head Office

Rate of Pay: £32,804.20 – £35, 921.08 (pro-rata)

Hours:  20 hours per week (flexible)

Job Purpose

Working as part of the People Team, you’ll be at the forefront of delivering top-tier HR services, offering expert guidance, and making a direct impact on creating a positive, people-centric work environment. As a People Advisor, you’ll champion essential people related initiatives, ensuring a high-quality employee experience to support the continued success of the organisation.

The role is fixed term for 12 months with the potential of becoming permanent.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

  • Be customer focused, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery; develop and maintain effective working relationships across the business,
  • Promote strong, effective communication to ensure that messages are understood and delivered in a timely manner,
  • Provide consistent and responsive coaching, advice and guidance to managers on all Employee Relation matters, attend meetings and support with all written correspondence,
  • Monitor and analyse people related data for your centres to identify patterns and develop strategies to support performance improvements and any required changes,
  • Coach managers to strengthen their people management experience,
  • Maintain up to date knowledge of best practise, employment legislation and statutory guidance; understand and mitigate risks in line with current legislation, policies and procedures,
  • Support on HR policy development and Job Description development in-line with legislation and best practice; maintain good knowledge of developments in People Management, and Employment Law,
  • Maintain the confidentiality of Company and staff information conforming to the requirements of the Data Protection Act,
  • Promote the health, safety and wellbeing of employees and customers ensuring compliance with the organisation’s policies, procedures and health and safety legislation,
  • Be an advocate for KA Leisure and promote the benefits to organisations we work with as appropriate,
  • Take a proactive approach to building and developing partnerships with external partners such as trade unions,
  • Any other duties and responsibilities required to effectively undertake your role. 

Behaviours

  • Demonstrates great leadership,
  • Engaging and sets a high-level example to those around you,
  • A confident and effective communicator, both written and verbally,
  • Agile, adapts quickly to change and able to effectively prioritise workload to meet deadlines & targets,
  • Motivated, shows a positive, confident attitude and able to influence others,
  • Demonstrates courage, is fearless, committed, and confident in your own knowledge,
  • Work to the best of your ability, stepping up to deliver the highest standards of performance,
  • Trust yourself and others to make good decisions, promote collaboration and encourage autonomy,
  • You’re disciplined, with a work ethic that focuses on getting things done,
  • You’re resilient and recover from challenges by learning for the future and adapts your approach,
  • Consistent, showing the best you every single day; treats everyone fairly and with compassion.

Criteria

 EssentialDesirable
Education and QualificationsEducated to degree level or equivalent in an appropriate discipline or relevant work experienceCommitment to Continuing Personal and Professional Development.  Relevant professional membership. 
ExperienceBackground in HR with experience gained at a similar level.Experience of partnership working with key stakeholders.  Experience in the operation of performance managementExperience of working with Trade Unions  
Skills & AbilitiesHR Systems and best practiceSkilled at coaching and influencing leaders on complex employment mattersStrong IT skills (Excel, PowerPoint).Methodical, analytical and solution focusedAbility to maintain focus and performance under pressureKnowledge of current and proposed employment legislation  Ability to develop policies and proceduresAble to support organisational governance      

Must be able to travel throughout North Ayrshire for work purposes, training, meetings etc. Access to own transport is essential.

Closing Date- 13/06/2025

Application Information

All posts within KA Leisure are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2003 as amended or the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.

Regulated Work with Children/Protected Adults:

Where work is considered regulated work with children and/or protected adults, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or protected adults.  Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made by KA Leisure.

Please note:  Successful candidates will meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 for scheme membership and £18 for scheme member update); this will be deducted from wages following commencement of employment with the Company

For further information on the PVG scheme, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk

To download an application form in PDF format, please save to computer and then open the file and fill in using Acrobat Reader, (do not fill in using your browser).

The downloaded file can be saved to your own PC, edited and emailed back to: recruitment@kaleisure.com

We will be in contact with you no later than 20 working days after the detailed closing date of the post however, if you have not heard from us within that period, unfortunately, you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2003, as amended, applies to all posts.