HR Advisor Casework

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Northallerton; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Modern flexible working practices

Learning and development packages

Career advancement opportunities

Employee discount benefits including:

Green car and cycle schemes

Travel loans

Health Assured - confidential help and

Job summary

North Yorkshire Council is offering a HR Adviser role within the HR Advisory Team based at County Hall, Northallerton. The role provides advice on employment issues, manages caseloads across disciplinary, grievance, capability and probation, and supports managers with policy compliance.

You will deliver manager skills sessions, build relationships with managers, staff and stakeholders, and contribute to service delivery across directorates while working in a hybrid pattern with occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR advisory or casework is desirable.
• Ability to advise on disciplinary, grievance and probation processes.
• Strong stakeholder relationship skills across internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on employment issues and company policies.
• Manage caseloads for HR processes including disciplinary and grievance cases.
• Deliver manager skills sessions to coach teams.

Job description

Are you looking for an exciting and unique opportunity to develop your HR career?

Our HR Advisory Team currently have a great opportunity to join them as a HR Adviser. Our Advisory Team are part of the HR service at NYC primarily providing an HR enquiry service via phone and email and HR casework support to all of the five directorates within North Yorkshire Council plus a number of external customers. The team also undertake a number of other activities including delivering manager skills sessions around key elements of our HR policies and support our HR Business Partner Teams in delivering restructures and service change.

We are a busy front facing team based at County Hall in Northallerton but work in a hybrid way with opportunities to also work from home and/or other council offices as appropriate. The ability to travel across the county to deliver our service when required is however essential.

The HR Adviser role is varied, challenging and rewarding giving you the opportunity to further develop your existing HR skills within a fast paced but highly supportive team.

Key roles and responsibilities:

Provide advice and guidance on a range of employment related issues, terms and conditions, policies and procedure.

Manage and effectively deliver a caseload of various key HR processes - including Disciplinary, Resolving Issues at Work (Grievance Procedure), Capability and Probation cases. Offering informed and considered advice to managers to ensure the most productive case outcomes are achieved.

Developing and maintaining effective relationships with managers, staff, stakeholders (in and outside of NYC) and HR colleagues to ensure service delivery.

Delivering Manager Skills Sessions on key HR processes, to coach and support managers in managing these processes independently within their teams.

Why join us?

We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice, offering a range of training and development opportunities and career progression allowing you to manage your own development journey and empowering you to control your career.

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.

These include:

• Modern flexible working practices
• Learning and development packages
• Career advancement opportunities
• Employee discount benefits including shopping and gym discounts
• Green car and cycle schemes
• Travel loans
• Health Assured - confidential help and support for your wellbeing

Key Dates:

Closing date: Midnight, Tuesday 20th October 2026

Interview date: 27th & 28th October 2026

Company: North Yorkshire Council

Salary: £35,570- £39,481 per annum

Location: Northallerton, North Yorkshire

Sector: Corporate Services

Sector: Human Resources & Recruitment

Job Role: Manager