HR Practitioner

**Operational HR Practitioner**

**Salary**:Band: 9, £36,647 - £40,220 per annum

**Hours**:37 hours per week

**Contract**:Secondment opportunity **/ **Fixed Term 6 month Contract

**Portsmouth City Council**

At Portsmouth City Council we’re all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so.

With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority’s main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.

**Your new role**

HR is responsible for providing a service that is fit for purpose and understands the needs of the business. An operational function that provides a comprehensive and professional Employee Relations service to the City Council, Schools and Academies.

The role of Human Resources Practitioner reports directly to the HR Manager. You will be working closely with services, increasingly in a consultancy role, assisting and supporting line managers to deliver solutions. Ensuring high standards of customer service and communication.

**What you'll need to succeed**

You will be a professional and dynamic individual who relishes new challenges and can deliver ideas in a modern way. You will be CIPD qualified, have proven equivalent experience or willing to work towards being CIPD qualified.

You will have proven successful experience of Operational HR delivering successful outcomes on complex employee matters as well as proven experience of providing professional advice to Senior Manager/Head Teachers assisting them to drive business processes. You will also have experience of working with Trade Unions.

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**What you'll get in return**

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours).
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Flexible working hours.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services - access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

**Application process**: