HR Team Manager

**HR Team Manager**
**How you'll make a difference**
In conjunction with an HR Team Manager colleague, you will lead and manage the HR Casework & Change team which is responsible for enabling the organisation to perform its people management responsibilities in casework, change management and job evaluation activities.
You will jointly lead and manage the HR Casework & Change function within corporate HR. You will be responsible for managing and supporting all aspects of operational casework and organisational change including job evaluation. You will prioritise all activitiesthrough setting clear goals and targets for the team and monitoring progress.
There are 2 full time, permanents role available.
**What will you be doing?**:

- You will be expected to provide high quality professional HR advice and guidance on both complex casework and organisational change, ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to. You will require significant persuasion and influencing skills to achievebest outcomes for the organisations on all aspects of this function.
- In this post you will also be required to manage a personal case load of complex cases and/or more challenging strategic project work, alongside jointly leading, managing and directing the team.
- You will work collaboratively with other team leaders and Business Partners within the HR function to ensure there is joined up working and shared goals to achieve the organisational HR business plan.
- You will jointly organise, plan, direct, and control team staffing resources to ensure that we can meet the requirements of the Council Plan and HR Divisional Service Plan.
- You will jointly lead and manage the team as well as personally supervising a combination of HR Advisors and HR Assistants to ensure optimum performance and service delivery in the best interests of our customers.
- You will work closely and collaboratively with trades unions and external partners; the latter to ensure value for money, efficient, and timely services.
- You will manage and develop teams, ensuring all team members are valued and understand their contribution to the Council.

**What we need from you**:

- You will hold a relevant professional qualification, degree or equivalent specialist qualification or have substantial operational and management experience.
- You will demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice.
- You will also understand complex data and the ability to communicate this effectively at all levels. You will also be able to negotiate with and influence customers.
- You will have excellent verbal, written and numeracy skills. You can analyse complex data and provide solutions and recommendations to achieve appropriate outcomes.
- You will have experience of managing and developing a team and/ or providing expert guidance to team members.

**How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different**:

- We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
- We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
We’re providing essential services across our internal network to ensure we can fully support our community.
We’re positive and forward thinking, always looking for new and innovative ways of working work and we’re ambitious about the future.
We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it
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