Senior HR Advisor

Venn Group; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading local authority in Berkshire is seeking an Interim Senior HR Advisor for a 4-month contract with potential extension. The role involves providing expert HR support during a period of transformation, focusing on employee relations, policy development, and collaboration with trade unions in a dynamic public sector environment.

Benefits

Recommendation Scheme for vouchers

Qualifications

• Substantial HR advisory experience in local authority or similar public sector.
• Experience with blue collar workforces and trade unions.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR advice on grievances, disciplinary cases, and restructures.
• Advise on TUPE processes and occupational health referrals.
• Support performance management and job evaluation processes.

Skills

Employee Relations

Employment Law

Organisational Development

Performance Management

Staff Wellbeing

Education

CIPD Qualified

Job description

Interim Senior HR Advisor

Based in Berkshire, hybrid working

Length: 4 months (with potential to extend)

Inside IR35

We are working in partnership with a Berkshire-based local authority to recruit an experienced Senior HR Adviser to support their Housing Repairs and wider operational teams during a key period of transformation and change. This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident HR professional to apply their expertise in employee relations, employment law, and organisational development within a fast-paced, unionised, public sector environment.

Key Responsibilities of the Interim Senior HR Advisor:

• Provide high-quality, professional HR advice and support to operational managers across a range of employee relations issues, including grievances, disciplinary cases, disputes, restructures, and redundancy
• Act as an adviser during investigations and hearings, offering clear guidance on employment law and internal policy
• Contribute to the development and implementation of HR policies and procedures in alignment with strategic priorities
• Advise and support on TUPE processes, ill health management and occupational health referrals
• Collaborate with trade union representatives and attend local joint consultative meetings
• Assist in preparing cases for Employment Tribunal, as required
• Support performance management and job evaluation processes across operational services
• Work closely with managers to promote staff wellbeing and engagement initiatives

Skills, experience and knowledge required of the Interim Senior HR Advisor:

• Substantial HR advisory experience in a local authority, housing association, or similarpublic sectorsetting
• Experience working with blue collar workforces and engaging with trade unions in a unionised environment
• CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience), with the ability to hit the ground running in a hybrid working environment

To apply for this role or to find out about other jobs, please contact Dan Williams on the London Local Government Recruitment team on 020 7557 7667 or send your CV [e-mail]

*Venn Group’s “Recommendation Scheme”: if you recommend a candidate who is subsequently placed by Venn Group (for a minimum of 2 weeks) you will be eligible for vouchers from a choice of high street organisations