People Advisor

People Advisor

Sherwood Forest | Circa £34,700 per annum

We're a thriving team passionate about working together to deliver excellence, all in a natural forest environment.

Welcome to Center Parcs - the leading provider of short break holidays, supported by a dedicated team of over 10,000 colleagues across Forest House (our Head Office) and six unique village locations throughout the UK and Ireland.

About the Role

As a People Advisor, you'll play a key role in creating a positive and inclusive experience for colleagues across the business. You'll provide day-to-day HR support to managers and colleagues, helping to resolve employee relations issues, support people initiatives and promote best practices that reflect our culture and values. A key part of your role is championing colleague engagement. You'll work with the People team and managers to help build an environment where people feel valued, supported and motivated to do their best work. You'll also collaborate closely with People Partners and the wider People team to deliver consistent, professional and efficient support throughout the colleague lifecycle.

• Trusted advisor: Act as the first point of contact for managers, offering advice and coaching on performance and employee relations
• Collaborative partner: Work cross functionally with the Talent Acquisition Partner and Talent & Performance Partner on onboarding, learning and people projects to enhance the colleague experience
• An aspiring change agent: Identify inefficiencies and support continuous improvement and wider organisational change initiatives
• Colleague champion: Drive engagement, DEI, wellness and retention through data insights and proactive manager support
• Data driven: Use people metrics to uncover trends and recommend strategic solutions for workforce planning and retention

Your working hours

This is a full-time position with working patterns designed to support both our operational needs and your work-life balance. Our team typically collaborates during core hours of 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Please note, this role will be hybrid with 3 days in the office and 2 days home-working (dependant on business needs)

About you

Essential requirements:

• Confident decision-maker
• Interprets data to drive impact
• Pragmatic and open-minded
• HR Generalist with formal CIPD qualification
• Excellent interpersonal skills; builds and maintains key stakeholder relationships
• Enquiring mind with a proactive approach
• Self-starter who takes initiative to improve processes and ways of working
• Balances colleague and business needs effectively
• Good understanding of employment law and how this impacts ER casework

What's in it for you

• Free day passes and access to leisure facilities (including the spa)
• Discounts on breaks and in our shops and restaurants
• Bonus scheme and recognition rewards
• A supportive, friendly team
• Career development and in-role training

Our values

Each colleague at Center Parcs is involved in building better worlds for our guests, colleagues, communities and our environment. Contributing to our purpose means living out our values: We care, we're brave, we're determined and we're naturally us.

Sound like your kind of job?

Apply online today – interviews will be held week commencing Monday 24th August 2026

Working here

Check your route before applying - Sherwood Forest (NG22 9DN), isn't easily reached by public transport: Plan Your Journey

Closing date: Sunday 23rd August 2026 #INPLOIv2