People Advisor
| Company: | Jigsaw Homes |
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| Salary: | £39,756 to £44,143 a year |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7AT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 19 Oct 2026 |
Summary
Who we are:
Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.
We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.
About the department:
The People Team is a dynamic and collaborative function dedicated to creating a positive colleague experience across the organisation.
Comprised of People Operations and People Development, our team supports colleagues throughout their employment journey.
We work closely with teams across the business to ensure our people remain at the centre of every decision. From employee relations and recruitment to engagement initiatives, learning and development, and wellbeing, we provide the support and guidance needed to help colleagues and the organisation succeed.
About the role:
The successful People Advisor will act as the primary People Team contact for designated business areas across the Group, delivering a proactive, customer-focused HR advisory service. The role is heavily employee relations focused and will support managers and leaders in navigating a broad range of people matters, ensuring that Group policies, procedures and employment legislation are applied fairly, consistently and effectively.
The post holder will provide expert guidance on absence management, performance management, disciplinary, grievance, capability, conduct and organisational change matters, taking ownership of a varied caseload and supporting managers to achieve positive business and colleague outcomes.
Working closely with leaders and managers, the People Advisor will confidently challenge, influence and coach stakeholders to drive business change, improve management capability and support organisational objectives. The role requires strong problem-solving skills, sound judgement and the ability to provide pragmatic advice that balances legal compliance, commercial considerations and colleague experience.
The successful candidate will possess a strong working knowledge of UK employment law and current HR best practice, enabling them to identify risk, recommend appropriate solutions and ensure all actions align with Group policies, procedures and values.
For more information regarding the role, please refer to the job pack below.
Why join us?
Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a competitive 24 days holiday per annum rising incrementally to 29 days, plus statutory bank holidays and 3 concessionary days in December. We also offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year.
As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, company sick pay, on-site gyms, access to our cash back health plan membership, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, training/development opportunities plus much more. See the benefits page on our website for more details.
If this sounds like the perfect job for you then don’t hesitate to apply now!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
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