HR Advisor (Corporate)

POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL; Wales; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government authority in Wales is seeking an HR Advisor to support employee relations and casework. This part-time position offers flexible working with remote options. Key responsibilities include advising managers and leading on absence management. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal and communication skills. Salary ranges from £32,061 to £33,699 pro rata, with a fixed-term contract until March 2026.

Qualifications

• Innovative approach to collaborative working and customer engagement.
• Ability to set priorities and manage workloads
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for service queries.
• Coach and advise managers in employee relations.
• Lead on employee relations casework and absence management.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Negotiating skills

Presentation skills

Report writing skills

Initiative

Job description

Overview

If you're looking for a varied and interesting role in HR, our HR Advisor role is for you. Secondments will be considered. With the ability to support services across the Council, the role concentrates on employee relations casework and focuses on providing the best outcomes for service delivery, alongside delivering the Council's People Strategy. This post is covering an internal secondment, but the HR team are reviewing their ways of working to meet the needs of the organisation and there may be an opportunity for this contract to be extended. We have moved into flexible working and the role can be undertaken remotely with the expectation of visiting our main office in Llandrindod Wells to collaborate as a team and attend service meetings in person as required across the County. This position has a requirement for a Standard DBS Check.

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications / Skills

• 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 and competing demands when working in teams.
• Able to use own initiative.

Additional information

Location: Llandrindod Wells; Salary Grade 8, Point 19 to 22 (£32,061 to £33,699 per annum pro rata; £16.61 to £17.46 per hour). Package: 29.6 hours, Fixed term until 31/03/2026. Contractual hours: 29.6. Basis: Part time. Job category/type: People Services. This position has a requirement for a Standard DBS Check.