HR Advisor

**HR Advisor (Employment Strategy)**

Cornwall Council is committed to delivering outstanding services for supporting stable and inclusive communities in Cornwall and our workforce is an essential enabler to our achievements. Our Employment Strategy Team advise the Council’s managers on the development and improvement of its employment and reward framework and trade union relations. Our aim is to create a framework, guidance and employee relations environment which helps create the conditions for high employee engagement and high-performance.

The Employment Strategy Team’s responsibilities include:

- contributing to people and workforce plans including people strategy and service plan
- leading role in working with the Council’s trade unions
- development and maintenance of the Council’s pay and reward frameworks
- development implementation of the Council’s terms and conditions including local collective bargaining
- improvement and maintenance of employee benefits
- improvement of employment policy and guidance
- maintenance and development of employee pension schemes
- job evaluation and development of associated processes

Working within a small team, the HR Advisor may work across all of the above areas. The role will have a focus on job evaluation. Other activities include coordinating and contributing to the Council’s joint working, consultation and negotiation with the trade unions; contributing to local pay reviews; implementing national pay awards; contributing to the development and implementation of employment policy, terms and conditions and contracts of employment; contributing to the maintenance of the Council’s pension schemes.

This is an excellent opening for a HR professional looking to develop advanced skills, knowledge and experience in developmental and strategic people management. The work spans a variety of HR specialist functions, which provides a great opportunity for learning and development in the HR profession.

In order to be successful in this role, you will need to be highly self-motivated and have the potential to working proactively and autonomously. You will demonstrate the following:

- Relevant experience in Human Resources, ideally with relevant HR qualifications or working towards
- Knowledge of employment legislation, regulations and best practice
- Analytical, creativity and good collaborative skills
- Good communications skills - both oral and written
- Knowledge or experience of job evaluation is desirable

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Find out about working and volunteering for us.

Whilst the location/work-base for this role has been specified our evolving ways of working means that the role may require you to also work remotely (e.g. from home/other locations). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.

We are happy to talk about flexible working options.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g. race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.