HR Change Advisor, Cancer Research
£40-44k
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Cancer prevention, awareness and research charity
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Cancer prevention, awareness and research charity
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£40-44k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To prevent, control and cure cancer through ground-breaking research.
Role
Who you are
- Experienced HR professional with a background in advising on HR policies, employment law, and people-focused change processes within a large organisation (c. 3,000+ headcount)
- Knowledge and application of UK employment law and HR policies, principles, procedures, and best practices related to people change and consultation
- Highly organised with the ability to set and meet demanding deadlines, coordinate multiple deliverables, and hold others accountable for the delivery of projects/activities
- Good attention to detail with a proactive approach to flagging risks early and solving problems to address challenges
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and management with demonstrable interpersonal and influencing skills and a proven ability to communicate with diverse audiences across all levels
- Proficiency in HR software and tools
- Able to work remotely and occasionally travel to Cancer Research UK sites across the UK
- Either immediately available or on one month’s notice or less
What the job involves
- Reports to: HR Business Partner
- Department: Chief Operating Office
- As an HR Change Advisor, you will play an impactful role in supporting the HR Business Partners in managing and delivering people-focused change initiatives, specifically focusing on the stages before, during, and after the consultation process
- This will involve proactively leading and supporting line managers throughout the people change process, ensuring that all aspects of employment law and HR policies and processes are followed
- By the end of this contract, your legacy will be to have made a pivotal contribution to delivering the people-focused aspects of the directorates' and charity's strategic goals
- If you are an HR professional with experience advising on HR policies, employment law, and people-focused change, we’d love for you to join our mission
- Collaborating with the HR Business Partners to support in delivering Cancer Research UK’s people strategy for the directorate
- Supporting the HR Business Partners and the HR Managers to coordinate with relevant stakeholders and ensure change processes are delivered on time and to the appropriate standard
- Collaborating with leadership and employees to address concerns and gather feedback
- Providing expert advice and guidance on HR policies and procedures, particularly with regard to managing change
- Supporting the resolution of queries before, during, and after consultation
- Developing and presenting materials and communications as required by those leading the people aspects of the change
- Providing and maintaining Workday data and reports to support the change programme, ensuring the continued integrity of the data
- Collaborating with the HR Business Partners and HR Managers to review, iterate, or improve our guidance, processes, or training for line managers
- Developing clear change project plans covering deliverables, milestones, owners, risks, issues, and mitigations
Application process
- Closing date: 12 May 2025 23:55
- Recruitment process: One competency-based interview
- Interview date: From the week commencing 19 May 2025
- We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively
Our take
The world’s largest independent cancer research charity, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) was founded from a merger between the Cancer Research Campaign and the Cancer Research Fund in 2002. CRC and ICRF had been longstanding pinnacles of the British medical institution, their work dating back to 1902 and 1923 respectively, and the merger signalled a strong step forward for UK medical institutes’ global influence.
A multi-armed charity, CRUK uses both grant-funded researchers and its own employed staff to research the treatments and causes of cancer, whilst its striking advertising and marketing campaigns are responsible for influencing public policy on the causes, prevention, and treatment of the disease. An example of a significant public campaign was Stoptober, which appeared to have triggered a third of a million smokers at the time to try quit tobacco throughout the month of October.
Alongside its pharmaceutical efforts, in 2023 CRUK funded clinical trials for the first-ever proton beam therapy for breast cancer, indicating a focus on technological innovations in the fight against cancer. On this subject, CRUK has also taken part in a billion-pound investment in the Francis Crick Institute, a biomedical research institute that is aiming to make England an international leader in the industry.
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Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Health & Wellbeing - Health and wellbeing are important to us. We want our people to have time away from work to support their different commitments, needs and interests
- Our occupational health and mental wellbeing support are accompanied by online health assessment tools, Our confidential employee assistance programme is available to all to provide support for any concerns in your work or personal life for ongoing everyday support or free counselling if you need it. We also have a team of Mental Health First Aiders supporting across the organisation
- Our occupational health and mental wellbeing support are accompanied by online health assessment tools, Our confidential employee assistance programme is available to all to provide support for any concerns in your work or personal life for ongoing everyday support or free counselling if you need it
- We also have a team of Mental Health First Aiders supporting across the organisation
- UK-wide savings - Our staff have access to a wide range of discounts, benefits and cashback deals to support you with your financial wellbeing, through our Rewards platform. We offer an online savings and discounts portal covering many widely recognised retailers and brands from electronics, groceries, home and leisure, holidays and more
- Cancer Research UK staff can take advantage of savings through a cycle to work scheme, or an interest free loan to help spread the cost of travel season tickets. Staff also enjoy great benefits in and around our head office in Stratford, London with deals at local shops, bars and restaurants
- Income Protection and Life Assurance - We provide all staff with free insurance policies, paying 50% of your salary if you are unable to work through illness, and up to 4 times your salary for your beneficiaries should the unthinkable happen and you die while in our employment
- Flexible Working - We want our people to have time away from work to support their different commitments, needs and interests. We encourage a flexible working culture, including options such as home-working, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job-splits, compressed and core hours
- We offer a high level of flexibility for the vast majority of our office-based roles, meaning that you’ll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average
- Annual Leave - For the majority of our roles we offer 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays, and an extra day for Christmas Eve. You can choose to use the religious bank holidays flexibly. On top of this, you can choose to buy up to 1 week’s additional holiday each year
Company HQ
Stratford, London, UK
Leadership
Previously Non-Executive Director of NHS England for 4 years, and Chief Executive of the MS Society for 5 years.
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