HR Advisor (Corporate)

Powys County Council; Llandrindod Wells; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional administrative authority in Llandrindod Wells seeks an HR Advisor to manage employee relations casework and provide coaching to operational managers. The ideal candidate should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, and have experience in HR policies and procedures. This role involves collaboration, training delivery, and supporting managers in various HR tasks. A Standard DBS Check is required.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills.
• Ability to set priorities and manage the progress of work.
• An innovative approach to collaborative working.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for HR queries and advice.
• Assist and advise on various HR policies and procedures.
• Deliver HR training and development activities.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop training programmes.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Negotiating skills

Presentation skills

Report writing skills

Job description

Overview

About the role: If you’re looking for a varied and interesting role in HR, our HR Advisor role is for you. Secondments will be considered. The role concentrates on employee relations casework and focuses on providing the best outcomes for service delivery, alongside delivering the Council’s People Strategy. Reporting to a Senior HR Advisor, your duties will include acting as first point of contact for service queries and operational managers, coaching and providing advice to managers (including delivering training), and leading on employee relations casework.

Responsibilities

• Lead on employee relations case work
• Lead on absence management across the Council
• Act as first point of contact for service queries and operational managers
• Coach and provide advice to managers, including delivering training
• Build key relationships with service managers and advise on casework
• Deliver human resource management training and development activities to enable managers to understand and implement policies
• Develop training programmes, guidance documents and templates for service areas/schools; update policies and procedures as necessary
• Provide support in relation to all aspects of recruitment, selection and contractual changes as required
• Support organisational management of change processes and advise on less complex change projects when needed

About you

• An innovative approach to collaborative working and customer engagement
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills
• Presentation and report writing skills
• Ability to set priorities and manage the progress of your own and others’ work in teams
• Able to use own initiative

What you will do

• Act as the first point of contact for managers/schools for HR queries and advise on interpretation of Employment Policies
• Assist and advise managers/head teachers on a wide range of HR policies and procedures, including grievances, investigations into gross misconduct, capability, ill health and sickness absence cases
• Assist and support organisational management of change processes and advise on less complex change projects when required
• Deliver HR training and development activities to help managers understand and implement policies and handle casework
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop training programmes and guidance/documents for service areas/schools
• Update policies and procedures as necessary
• Provide support in relation to recruitment, selection and contractual changes as needed

This position has a requirement for a Standard DBS Check