HR Adviser

**HR Adviser**:

- Date: 25 Sep 2024- Job Location: GloucesterThis is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: HR Adviser
- Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 4th Floor
- Salary: £34,834 - £44,428 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Fixed Term
- Duration: One year
- Closing Date: 09/10/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 9127
- This post is not open to job share

**About The Team & Role**

We're seeking experienced HR professionals to lead a key project on sickness absence management within our council. This important role involves:

- Taking a fresh approach to absence management, bringing innovative ideas to policy, practice and embedding new ways of working.
- Reviewing our policies and procedures to align with best practice and organisational values.
- Developing comprehensive training materials and toolkits to empower managers to proactively support sickness absence.
- Providing proactive managerial support for complex sickness absence cases
- Analysing key performance indicators to measure and demonstrate organisational impact.

You'll be working as part of a dynamic HR team, driving positive change, and enhancing employee wellbeing.

We're offering two positions at Grade 8 or 9, depending on qualifications and experience. Part-time arrangements will be considered.

**About You**
- Possesses exceptional communication skills and quickly builds rapport.
- Has a proven track record in policy development and implementation.
- Excels in both case management and project coordination.
- Can take a creative approach and develop fresh ideas
- Demonstrates strong analytical skills to interpret and act on data.

At Grade 8 you need to be CIPD qualified, and Grade 9 successfully upgraded to MCIPD

If you're passionate about supporting organisational change and improving employee wellbeing, we would like to hear from you.

**About Us**

Join our supportive and innovative HR and OD team of over 60 professionals. You'll be part of our Employee Relations team, working closely with managers on diverse HR challenges. This role reports directly to our Professional Lead for Employee Relations and there will be lots of opportunity for professional development and impact.

Our hybrid working model allows for flexibility, while our onsite amenities include a staff café and free staff parking within the vicinity of Shire Hall.

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
- An option to purchase up to 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Supportive and positive working environment
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- An in-house Occupational Health service
- Employee discount scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
- Employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.

**How to apply**

Closing date Wednesday 9th October 2024

Previous applicants need not apply.

**Additional Information**

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:

- HR Adviser - Job Profile

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.