TCV
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People Advisor
Location: Doncaster - hybrid with flexible working
Salary: £34,744 per annum
Hours: 35 per week (full time)
Contract Type: Permanent
Apply by 31st May 2026
About the role
We're looking for a People Advisor to join our People Services team and help us build an inclusive, high performing organisation where our people can thrive and continue to make a positive environmental impact.
In this role, you'll play a vital part in delivering high quality, customer focused people services across TCV. Acting as a trusted partner to leaders and teams, you'll provide professional HR advice and practical support across the employee lifecycle, ensuring our people practices are fair, compliant and aligned with our values.
You'll be the first point of contact for many HR queries and will manage a varied and interesting caseload, supporting employee relations, organisational change, policy development and people related projects. This is a great opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys building strong relationships, solving problems and making things better.
About you
You'll be an experienced HR professional who enjoys working at pace and making a real impact. You'll bring:
- Previous experience in a similar HR / People Advisor role, providing advice across a broad range of HR matters
- Sound knowledge of UK employment law and good HR practice
- CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent)
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage a varied and competing workload
- Confidence in managing employee relations cases from start to finish
- Experience of using HR information and systems, and working with data to identify trends and inform decision making
- A proactive, solutions focused approach, with excellent attention to detail
- The ability to build trusted relationships and work collaboratively as part of a team
- A strong commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and integrity in everything you do
To fulfil the role, you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Safeguarding
TCV is committed to safeguarding the wellbeing of children and adults at risk.
All employees are expected to follow TCV's Safeguarding Policy, complete mandatory safeguarding training, and promptly report any concerns.
Safeguarding is a core part of working safely and responsibly at TCV.
A bit more about us
We are The Conservation Volunteers.
Our vision is Better Nature For All.
Our mission is to connect people together to protect and restore nature, delivering lasting benefits for both
Since 1959, The Conservation Volunteers has been a charity creating opportunities for people to create, improve and care for nature in the green spaces around them across the UK.
Our variety of projects cover a bit of everything involving nature. Volunteers muddy their boots in parks, community gardens, woodland, sites of special scientific interest, nature reserves, schools and hospital grounds, helping create a glorious network of protected green space across the UK.
This work connects people with nature, and that connection delivers powerful results.
Join in, feel good.
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How to apply
Please submit your CV and covering letter to Recruitment no later than midnight on 31st May 2026. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early or extend the closing date depending on the number of applicants. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience.
Please be aware that if you are chosen to move forward to an interview, you will need to complete our application form as the next step.
Interviews will be held on 9th and 10th June 2026 at our Doncaster office .
Occasionally, we receive a large number of responses to our advertisements. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date (31st May 2026), please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in TCV.
To better understand who is applying for and obtaining roles at TCV, please complete our Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. You can download this in either PDF or Word format. This information is crucial for identifying and eliminating barriers that may prevent people from joining us. Rest assured, this data will not be part of your application evaluation.
Our goal is to create a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone's individuality is recognised and valued. We believe that embracing diversity helps us achieve our goals more effectively. We welcome applications from all individuals who wish to be part of our future, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer interviews to all applicants who have a disability, impairment or mental or physical health condition who meet the minimum criteria for the job. We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to having an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please tell us in the appropriate part of the application form.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. If you would like to discuss your requirements further please contact the People Team via email or by telephone on 01302 388883. We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.
Pre-employment checks
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