Senior HR Advisor

Senior HR Advisor

Contract Length: 3-6 months initially with possibility of extension

Rate of Pay: £250 - £300 per day via Umbrella (Inside IR35)

Working Pattern/Onsite Requirements: Ideally 3 days per week onsite (flexible)

Our client is looking for an experienced Interim Senior HR Advisor to provide a professional and specialist advisory and support service to senior managers and other

clients on a full range of human resources and business support matters.

Key Responsibilities:

• As a senior HR Adviser, to provide professional advice, guidance and logical solutions to line-management and staff on the full range of HR conditions of service and employment-related issues
• Manage and monitor a range of casework to include investigatory and sickness absence interviews, disciplinary hearings, grievance hearings and appeals. This will be on a broad range of cases from routine through to the most complex casework and matters that are ‘high risk’ to the Council
• Prepare for and represent the Division at meetings, negotiations, interviews and hearings, conducted at a range of ‘fora’
• Undertake negotiations with trade unions and employee representatives in both formal and informal situations and on a range of routine to complex, ‘high risk’ issues
• Provide a broad range of advice and support on organisational change, in line with organisational change policy
• Ensure that the employers’ policies are developed and implemented to reflect equal opportunities, legal requirements and best practice; that appropriate advice is provided; that there are appropriate targets, plans and data monitoring in order to maximise strategies to achieve equality in all areas of human resource management in the employer environment
• Provide a senior HR input into the on-going review, development and implementation of HR policy and strategy and the procedures that support them, ensuring consistency and compliance with employment law. This will include the delivery of training and briefings for managers on new policies and employment law
• Provide HR project lead in project work and specific policy development as directed by the HR Team/Business Manager, covering both departmental and wider corporate issues. This will include analysis and interpretation of data and statistical information

Candidate Criteria:

• HR experience within local government context is desirable
• In-depth experience within a unionised personnel/HR environment, supporting/managing change, developing policy and providing an HR advisory and support role
• Able to plan and organise own workloads – often conflicting demands - to achieve proper balance and prioritisation
• Substantial knowledge of employment law and best practice within HR
• Professionally qualified member of the CIPD or equivalent level qualification or equivalent extensive experience and able to demonstrate continuing professional development