HR Advisor

Organisation

Sheffield United Football Club

Salary

35,000

Location

SUFC, Bramall Lane, Cherry Street

Contract type

Permanent (Full time)

Closing date

24 August 2026

Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Hours:35 per week

Location: Sheffield United Training Academy Shirecliffe (2 days), Dore Training Ground (2 days), Bramall Lane (1 day)

Department: HR

Line Manager: Head of HR

Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum

Post Reference:BL082026-PHRA

Sheffield United Football Club are looking to appoint an HR Advisor to provide professional and proactive HR support across the Club, including the Boys' Academy and Women & Girls teams.

The role will provide trusted HR advice to managers and colleagues across a broad range of people matters, with particular responsibility for employee relations, including disciplinary, grievance, performance and absence cases. Working as part of the wider HR team, the successful candidate will also contribute to safer recruitment, safeguarding, wellbeing, EDI and Health and Safety, ensuring people practices are aligned with employment legislation, football regulations and Club policies.

We are looking for an HR professional who can balance sound employee relations practice with a practical, commercially focused approach, building strong relationships with stakeholders and providing clear, confident advice in a varied and fast-moving environment.

Role Responsibilities:

- Manage and advise on casework including disciplinary, grievance, and performance issues, ensuring compliance with UK employment legislation.
- Support the wider HR team in the development, update, and implementation of company HR policies in line with evolving UK employment laws.
- Support line managers with the hiring lifecycle including adherence to a safer recruitment process and probation reviews.
- Monitor and manage sickness and long-term absences, facilitating occupational health referrals and return-to-work meetings.
- Support and guide Line Managers on best practices for handling people management challenges and or performance issues.
- Support the HR service centre to maintain accurate records of essential HR data.
- Support the annual safe to operate and safeguarding audits ensuring all relevant required fields within the SCR are complete and up to date.
- Support the delivery of the club wide wellbeing programme.

Club Wide Responsibilities:

- Adhere to all Sheffield United Football Club's Safeguarding Policies and Procedures to foster an environment which protects from harm those defined as children and adults at risk.
- Report any concerns of a Safeguarding nature to the relevant parties and remain fully compliant with any applicable Safeguarding checks and due diligence and recognise your responsibility to the Club's Safeguarding agenda.
- Report any concerns of discrimination to the relevant parties and promote a welcoming and inclusive club environment for all.
- Adhere to the Club's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policies, supporting the Club to create an environment which is inclusive and all-encompassing.
- Carry out and actively participate in all training requests as directed by the Club, including mandatory health and safety training, emergency procedures, fire safety, manual handling, safeguarding, and role-specific safety instruction.
- Any other reasonable requests as directed by management.

Essential Criteria for the Role:

- CIPD qualification (Level 5 or above) or equivalent hands-on generalist HR experience.
- Strong, up-to-date knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practices.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including, coaching, training and conflict-resolution abilities.
- Valid UK Driver's License.
- FA Safeguarding Children.
- Completion of an Enhanced DBS Check upon offer acceptance.

How to apply

https://www.sufc.co.uk/club/vacancies/hr-advisor-bl082026-phra Application Process Please download and save the application form before inputting information. If you require a paper copy please contact the HR department careers@sufc.co.uk or call 0114 253 7200. Completed application forms must be submitted via email to careers@sufc.co.uk stating the vacancy title in the subject or posted to HR, Sheffield United Football Club, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, S2 4SU. Closing Date: Monday 24th August 2026 Please note that in the instance of high volumes of applications we may close this vacancy earlier than the closing date noted above.

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