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About the role:
If you’re looking for a varied and interesting role in HR, our HR Advisor role is for you.
Secondments will be considered.
With the ability to support services across the Council, the role concentrates on employee relations casework and focuses on providing the best outcomes for service delivery, alongside delivering the Council’s People Strategy. Reporting to a Senior HR Advisor your duties will include
Acting as first point if contact for service queries and operational managers
Coaching and providing advice to managers, including delivering training
Leading on employee relation case work
Leading on absence management across the Council
Building key relationships with service managers and an experience of advising on casework is key. Joining our incredibly supportive and nurturing HR team also brings a host of additional benefits - please see our benefits page for more information.
This post is covering an internal secondment, but the HR team are reviewing their ways of working to meet the needs of the organisation and there may be an opportunity for this contract to be extended.
We have already moved into flexible working because we understand that all important balance between work and life outside of the office. The role of HR Advisor can be undertaken remotely with the expectation of visiting our main office in Llandrindod Wells to collaborate as a team and attend service meetings in person as and when required across the County.
About you:
- An innovative approach to collaborative working and customer engagement.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills.
- Presentation and report writing skills.
- Ability to set priorities and manage the progress of your own and others’ work
and competing demands when working in teams.
- Able to use own initiative
What you will do:
Act as the first point of contact for managers/schools for HR queries and advise managers and employees regarding interpretation of Employment Policies.
Assist and advise managers/head teachers on a wide range of HR policies and procedures, including, grievances, gross misconduct investigations, capability, ill health and sickness absence cases.
To assist and support organisational management of change processes and on occasion advise on less complex change projects.
Deliver human resource management training and development activities that enable managers to understand and implement policies and procedures and enhance their skills in handling individual employee relations and casework issues.
Working alongside colleagues to develop training programmes, guidance documents and templates for service areas/schools and updating policies and procedures as necessary.
Provide support in relation to all aspects of recruitment, selection and contractual changes as and when required.
Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Pay: £32,061.00-£33,699.00 per year
Expected hours: 29.6 per week
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Llandrindod Wells LD1 5LG
Application deadline: 14/08/2025