Senior HR Advisor

Derbyshire Constabulary; Derby; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Derbyshire Constabulary as a Senior HR Advisor, where you'll provide essential HR support and advice to managers. This role involves managing employee relations cases, coaching stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with employment law. With a focus on people-first values, you'll contribute to a supportive work environment while enhancing your HR expertise.

Benefits

Reward and Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience working as an HR Advisor providing specialist HR advice.
• Understanding of employment law and employee relations.

Responsibilities

• Supporting and advising on complex and sensitive HR cases.
• Representing HR on panels for attendance and performance issues.
• Coaching and training managers in HR issues.

Skills

Coaching

Stakeholder Relationships

Employment Law

Education

CIPD Level 5

Job description

Working within People Services to support our force, providing specialist HR advice and contributing to our organisation’s priorities.

As an experienced Senior HR Advisor, you’ll be the single point of contact for all HR advice and support to managers. You will manage your own caseload covering a range of employee relations issues.

You’ll work in partnership with stakeholders to identify and analyse trends, providing recommendations to improve our service.

This is a rewarding role where you’ll use your CIPD Level 5 qualification and knowledge of employment law to ensure best practice.

What You’ll Be Doing

1. Supporting and advising on complex and sensitive cases, ensuring impartiality.
2. Representing HR on panels to consider attendance, performance, grievance, and disciplinary issues.
3. Coaching, managing, and providing training to develop people management skills and confidence with HR issues.

The Must Haves

1. Experience working within an HR Advisor role, providing specialist HR advice and guidance.
2. Understanding employment law and employee relations.
3. Experience coaching and influencing managers, building strong stakeholder relationships.

What’s In It For You

At Derbyshire Constabulary, we aim to create an environment that puts people first, supporting you in all you do. We offer a range of reward and benefits to all employees.

What’s Next

Please click APPLY to attach your CV and Supporting Statement, detailing how you meet the essential and desirable criteria by highlighting your skills and experience.

We have provided application guidance and information about our recruitment process to support your application.

Interviews are planned for 16th & 17th June 2025.

Who We Are

At Derbyshire Constabulary, policing isn’t just about patrolling streets. Our dedicated support staff, like you, play a vital role behind the scenes in contributing to the safety of Derbyshire.

To learn more about how you can help make Derbyshire safer, visit our careers website.

We value diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from underrepresented and neurodiverse backgrounds to reflect the communities we serve. If you’d like to discuss how we can support you throughout the recruitment process and your career with us, contact the Talent Acquisition Team at: [e-mail]