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People Services Adviser Location: Liverpool, hybrid (minimum of 3 days per week on site)
Salary: £33,951 - £38,784 per annum
Contract: Permanent, full time (35 hours per week) About the Role LSTM is seeking an experienced People Services Adviser to provide specialist operational and technical support across organisational change, fixed-term contract management, and immigration compliance. The role is central to ensuring that employment decisions are delivered consistently, fairly, and in line with both employment legislation and UKVI requirements. You will play a central role in managing consultation administration activity, fixed-term contracts, redundancies, and redeployment processes, alongside immigration and sponsorship compliance. About You You will have strong experience in HR advisory or operational roles, with a particular focus on organisational change, consultation processes, and fixed-term contract management. You will be confident working in complex environments where employment legislation, compliance, and stakeholder management are critical. Key Responsibilities
Essential skills and experience:
Desirable Experience
(For a full list of essential and desirable criteria please refer to the job description and person specification) Additional benefits of joining LSTM:
Application Process: To apply for the position please follow the apply link and upload your CV and covering letter. Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we may close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role. Interviews are expected to be held on 28th May Inclusion is central to our values at LSTM. We seek to attract and recruit people who reflect the diversity across our communities, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, nationality, faith or belief, social background, age and disability. LSTM selects candidates based on skills, qualifications, and experience. We welcome conversations about flexible working; and applications from those returning to employment after a break from their careers. LSTM is committed to upholding freedom of speech and academic freedom within the law for all its members. Candidates will not be disadvantaged or adversely impacted for exercising their free speech within the law during our recruitment processes. For more information, see our Freedom of Speech Code of practice https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/policies-and-procedures/freedom-of-speech-code-of-practice. About LSTM Founded in 1898 and the oldest of its kind in the world, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases. Through the creation of effective links with governments, NGOs, private organisations and global institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed/resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics. Look at some of the great work we have achieved over the past year by viewing our annual report: https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/annual-reports-and-financial-statements LSTM actively promotes Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Policies #LI-hyrbid #LI-ST
Salary: £33,951 - £38,784 per annum
Contract: Permanent, full time (35 hours per week) About the Role LSTM is seeking an experienced People Services Adviser to provide specialist operational and technical support across organisational change, fixed-term contract management, and immigration compliance. The role is central to ensuring that employment decisions are delivered consistently, fairly, and in line with both employment legislation and UKVI requirements. You will play a central role in managing consultation administration activity, fixed-term contracts, redundancies, and redeployment processes, alongside immigration and sponsorship compliance. About You You will have strong experience in HR advisory or operational roles, with a particular focus on organisational change, consultation processes, and fixed-term contract management. You will be confident working in complex environments where employment legislation, compliance, and stakeholder management are critical. Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the alignment of contract renewals with UKVI sponsorship obligations, ensuring continuity of right to work and immigration compliance.
- Provide operational support for immigration and sponsorship processes across Skilled Worker, Global Talent, ILR, and other visa routes.
- Use workforce and immigration data insights to support decision-making in organisational change and workforce planning activities.
- Maintain accurate HR and sponsorship records to ensure audit readiness and reporting compliance.
- Manage the full lifecycle of fixed-term contracts, ensuring timely reviews, renewals, consultations and terminations, and maintaining alignment with immigration sponsorship requirements.
- Support and facilitate organisational change administration processes, including consultation, redundancy, and redeployment activity, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and policy.
Essential skills and experience:
- Experience in UK immigration/sponsorship processes
- Strong knowledge of fixed-term contract management and employment law considerations
- Strong understanding of HR compliance and structured process management
- Experience supporting redundancy, and consultation processes
- Ability to manage sensitive conversations
- Strong attention to detail and data accuracy
Desirable Experience
- Experience in higher education, research, or public sector environments
- Exposure to redeployment processes
- Experience supporting HR data reporting or system
(For a full list of essential and desirable criteria please refer to the job description and person specification) Additional benefits of joining LSTM:
- 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure days
- Generous occupational pension schemes
- Government backed “cycle to work” scheme.
- Affiliated, discounted staff membership to the University of Liverpool Sports Centre
- A range of additional family friendly policies
Application Process: To apply for the position please follow the apply link and upload your CV and covering letter. Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we may close our vacancies early. It is therefore advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for a role. Interviews are expected to be held on 28th May Inclusion is central to our values at LSTM. We seek to attract and recruit people who reflect the diversity across our communities, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, nationality, faith or belief, social background, age and disability. LSTM selects candidates based on skills, qualifications, and experience. We welcome conversations about flexible working; and applications from those returning to employment after a break from their careers. LSTM is committed to upholding freedom of speech and academic freedom within the law for all its members. Candidates will not be disadvantaged or adversely impacted for exercising their free speech within the law during our recruitment processes. For more information, see our Freedom of Speech Code of practice https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/policies-and-procedures/freedom-of-speech-code-of-practice. About LSTM Founded in 1898 and the oldest of its kind in the world, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases. Through the creation of effective links with governments, NGOs, private organisations and global institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed/resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics. Look at some of the great work we have achieved over the past year by viewing our annual report: https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/annual-reports-and-financial-statements LSTM actively promotes Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Policies #LI-hyrbid #LI-ST
