Senior HR Advisor

Reading Borough Council; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading local authority as a Senior HR Advisor, where you'll be part of a proactive HR team dedicated to modernizing services and enhancing employee engagement. This role offers flexibility with hybrid working and opportunities for professional development. You'll support HR policies and collaborate with managers to ensure effective service delivery. Enjoy generous benefits, including a local government pension scheme and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Flexible working opportunities

Local Government Pension Scheme

On-site nursery

Season Ticket Loan

Lease car salary sacrifice scheme

Qualifications

• Previous HR experience is essential.
• Strong customer focus and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive HR service and support HR policies.
• Work with operational managers to deliver HR Advisory service.

Skills

Customer Focus

Relationship Building

Job description

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Job Description

It's an exciting time for our HR service. Over the last few years, we've taken great strides to modernise the HR services provided to our customers, introducing self-service through a state-of-the-art HR System, transforming our resourcing function, delivering a council-wide leadership development programme, and developing an organisational culture through our Team Reading values.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion are key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

We support hybrid working; it's important to us that working arrangements are designed to enable our employees to excel, and you'll have the option to work on a largely remote basis within this role.

About The Role

The Senior HR Advisor is part of a proactive and efficient HR professional team reporting to the HR Services Manager. The role involves providing a comprehensive and quality HR service, supporting the delivery of HR policies, procedures, and interventions aligned with our HR priorities.

You will support the HR Services Manager and work in partnership with Strategic HR & OD Partners to deliver an HR Advisory service to operational managers within the framework of the HR & OD service plan and the People Strategy.

Join us on our change journey, where we constantly seek to improve and provide an HR service that makes a genuine difference. There will be opportunities to engage in projects and initiatives to shape our practices.

You will be part of a team that relies on everyone to contribute their best. Besides daily colleagues, you'll be part of Team Reading, contributing to making Reading a successful and vibrant place.

Benefits

Our vision is to make Reading a great place to live, work, and play, sharing the benefits of our success. Our values and behaviours guide us:

• Work Together as one team: Collaborate and demonstrate Team Reading values.
• Drive Efficiency: Show initiative, adapt to change, and suggest improvements.
• Be Ambitious: Strive for excellence and constructively challenge leaders.
• Make a Difference to Reading: Provide high customer service and be flexible to needs.

About You

Previous HR experience is essential; sector experience is less important than a strong customer focus and relationship-building skills within a diverse stakeholder group.

Specific Requirements

• Employee Relations casework experience
• Experience in restructuring
• Building positive relationships with colleagues and clients
• Working with customers to identify needs and resolve issues efficiently
• Good knowledge of employment legislation and best practices, including the Employment Rights Act, the Equality Act, TUPE regulations, Trade Union and Labour Relations Act, ACAS Codes of Practice, etc.

Our Offer

We provide a supportive environment for career growth, innovation, and ambition. You'll work in a friendly, collaborative setting with benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement: 25 days plus bank holidays, increasing to 33 days after 10 years, with options to buy additional leave
• Flexible working opportunities
• Modern workspace at the Civic Offices in Reading
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• On-site nursery (Kennet Day Nursery), rated outstanding by Ofsted
• Season Ticket Loan for commuting costs
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme, including insurance, servicing, and road tax

Additional Information

For more details, contact Teresa Kaine, HR Services Manager. The closing date is Monday, 26th May 2025, with interviews scheduled for the week commencing 2nd June 2025. Apply promptly as the vacancy may close early once sufficient applications are received.