Senior HR Advisor

Applefields School; Northallerton; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Professional development

Job summary

North Yorkshire Council in Northallerton is seeking a Senior HR Advisor to join the HR Advisory Team. The role is hybrid, with team meetings at County Hall on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and travel across the county as needed.

You will be responsible for complex casework, coordinating HR activity across directorates and supporting HR business partners in service developments. The role embraces development opportunities within a busy, supportive HR service.

Responsibilities

• Lead on more complex casework.
• Hold a lead portfolio of one of our Directorates and act as conduit between the HR Advisory Team and the HRBP Team.
• Lead on a portfolio area and support the Principal HR Advisor and SHRA team in identifying and delivering service developments.

Job description

Location:Northallerton, North Yorkshire

Hybrid Working (currently the team work together at County Hall, Northallerton on a Tuesday and Wednesday)

Senior HR Advisor (HR Advisory Team)

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 Senior HR Advisor. 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 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 team sits as part of North Yorkshire Council’s high performing HR and OD Service and we are very proud to have recently won the 2025 PPMA Public Sector HR and OD Team of the Year, the PPMA Gold award as well as a recent award for HR and Payroll provider of the year from Education Today.

Our Senior HR Advisor role is varied, challenging, and rewarding role within a fast paced but highly supportive team.

The role…

As a Senior HR Advisor you will be responsible for a number of key areas;

• 1. Lead on more complex casework.
• 2.Hold a lead portfolio of one of our Directorates being the conduit for sharing information between the HR Advisory Team and the HRBP Team.
• 3.Lead on a portfolio area and support the Principal HR Advisor and the rest of the SHRA team in identifying and delivering service developments.

At North Yorkshire Council, we are committed to supporting our employees to grow and succeed. In return for your expertise, you'll benefit from:

• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• Access to learning, coaching, mentoring and apprenticeships.
• Flexible working opportunities including hybrid where appropriate.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Access to discounts and vouchers, including holidays, high street retailers and day to day spending

For an informal conversation about this role please contact Hannah Yeadon, Principal HR Advisor via [e-mail].

Closing date: 04 th October 2026
Shortlisting: 05 th and 06 th October 2026
Interview date: 13 th and 15 th October 2026

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.