Job Details
- 50% hybrid
- £27 per hour
- 37 hours per week
- 9 months contract
Job Summary
- Provide day to day advice, support and guidance to managers and staff al across the Council.
- To monitor and review Council HR policies and practice.
- Managing casework from within your allocated services
- Lead on and/or participate in a range of people related projects as directed.
- To work with the HR and Payroll Service (inc H&S), supporting colleagues and delivering the service
- Support the learning and development activities of the council
Key Tasks
Operational Responsibilities
Provide day-to-day advice, support and guidance to managers and staff :
- Recruitment and selection, including all aspects of the resourcing cycle from exit interviews to design of new role, job evaluation, advertising, interviewing, skill testing to implementation of the induction process.
- Employment legislation, implementing any new guidelines and processes to ensure compliancy and understanding by managers and staff.
- Working with HR Administrators to ensure quality service standards are met.
- Casework including ill health, discipline and grievances
- Maternity and parental leave
- Staff welfare, health and safety (in liaison with the H&S Adviser)
- Learning and development
- Change management including restructures and redundancies.
- To support organisational development activities from changes to staffing structures and workforce through to changes to ways of working.
- To review HR policies and practices to ensure they are legally compliant and meet the needs of the Council, providing advice, support and briefing sessions.
- To co-ordinate, monitor and promote excellent HR practices
- To provide statistical data and analysis for measurement of HR services and operations.
Team Working Responsibilities
- To work with your colleagues to ensure consistency and quality of HR services offered to customers.
- To ensure staff and managers are supported with timely advice and guidance
- To support team colleagues in times of increased workload
- To contribute to the development of the HR function within the authority
- To contribute to the achievement of the HR service plan and the delivery of the corporate priorities.
- To contribute to the development and delivery of the councils People Ambition Strategy
Communication & Contacts
- To deliver advice and guidance with all levels of staff and Councillors in relation to HR Issues.
- To produce reports and information for the Councils HR Committee and the Local Joint Panel.
- Work with communications colleagues to develop staff communications, intranet content and public facing people related content
- To develop contacts and identify good practice with other local government organisations
- To attend and contribute to HR team meetings.
- To support the development of staff and team leaders
- To work with providers of services to endure the contracts we have are delivered to a standard we expect and raise issues as appropriate (e.g. Occupational Health provider)
- To work with unions colleagues to ensure good working relationships when handling employee relations issues and developing processes and ways of working
Financial / Budgetary Responsibilities
- Oversee and report on any allocated budget
- Ensure awareness of the councils Safeguarding Policy and take a proactive approach to ensure the safeguarding of staff and residents at all times.
- Ensure awareness of the councils policies regarding health and safety and take a proactive approach in keeping staff and the council safe.
Contact:rebeccabentum@carringtonblakerecruitment.com
