Hr Advisor - Casework - Cmb865E X2

Are you looking to work for a progressive, forward-thinking, employee centred council?

Do you want to work in a fun and friendly team?

If so, look no further!! We are currently recruiting for two fantastic HR Advisors to join our HR Advisory team.

This role will be managing HR casework so as you can imagine, with over 4,000 staff, every day will be different. If dealing with grievance, disciplinary, performance and absence management lights your fire, then this is the role for you.

In addition to day-to-day casework, you will also have the opportunity to be involved in some exciting transformation projects which will help shape and develop Cumberland as a council and provide you with some excellent personal development opportunities.

Your accountabilities in the role will be, to:

1. Promote best practice and actively contribute in the education and development of line managers and service centre colleagues to enable them to understand and effectively deliver people management practices.
2. Support the implementation of strategic initiatives and operational delivery to services across the council aligned with the Council Plan and Workforce Plan objectives.
3. Provide professional, consistent, accurate, timely advice and guidance on the interpretation and implementation of people management policies, practices and statutory requirements, effectively managing the People Management Portal to improve customer experience.
4. Contribute to the development and implementation of key people management policies, procedures and guidance to meet organisational needs.
5. Review and analyse HR metrics and People Management Portal data to identify trends and interventions to support people management practices and promote the use of metrics and a performance management culture with service managers.
6. Assist with HR casework team projects.

The qualifications, knowledge, experience and expertise we are looking for are:

• Technical, vocational or part-professional qualification at vocational degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience (NVQ4).
• Membership of CIPD or demonstrable experience.
• Extensive generalist people management knowledge
• Experience of providing advice and guidance on core HR practices to support the employee life-cycle
• Up to date knowledge of employment law and legislative frameworks.
• Knowledge of sourcing, analysing and utilising key HR metrics
• Knowledge of key issues facing local government.

The benefits of working for Cumberland

Apart from working within a fab team, we offer a great range of benefits such as:

• Hybrid working – giving you work life balance and the ability to work some of your time at home or within different offices.
• Flexi time scheme – enables you to manage your time around your commitments and accrue additional leave days.
• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days on appointment increasing with service up to a maximum entitlement of 31 days. This is in addition to bank holidays.
• Option to purchase up to an additional 10 days’ annual leave.
• Generous Local Government pension scheme
• Wellbeing benefits such as access to occupational health, counselling, paid disability leave, paid compassionate leave and urgent domestic leave.
• Paid time off for reservists leave – up to 2 weeks.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Next steps:

If you would like an informal chat about this role, please email kelly.eccles@cumberland.gov.uk

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