Hr & Od Consultant

Salford City Council

Salford Civic Centre

Chorley Road

Swinton

M27 5BN

HR & OD Consultant

(Human Resources and Organisational Development Consultant)

Grade: 3C, £36,648 - £39,186

Working Hours: 36 hours 

Contract Type: Fixed Term for 2 years 

Location: Salford Civic Centre – although hybrid working is available and encouraged 

Closing date: Sunday 21st January 2024 at 11:59pm

Vibrant, resilient, challenging - Salford is all this and more. You could join us in working for one of the most dynamic cities in the UK.

Salford continues to change: at the heart of our approach are ambitious plans to transform Salford into a modern global city where we can all make a real difference to the lives of Salford people. As a people centred and values based organisation Salford really is a great place to work. With a positive permission culture and can do approach, we embrace innovation and encourage performance.

We are looking to appoint a of HR & OD Consultant to join our passionate HR team. Depending on skills and experience, the salary for this post is £36,648 - £39,186.

Your style and approach will reflect our values: you will be passionate about what you do always striving to improve things; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver a better service; you will take pride in always getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference.

Reporting into a HR Business Partner, as a HR Consultant you will play a key role in providing solution focused, people centred professional advice to clients on all aspects of the employee lifecycle.

The successful candidate will;

• Work in close alignment with managers and leaders across the Council, Schools and Partners, managing a varied employee relations caseload.
• Quickly develop effective working relationships to influence and support management teams on the development and delivery of their people plans in support of the achievement of organisational and school priorities.
• Have the passion, knowledge, and experience to deliver a high-quality advice, guidance and coaching to managers and leaders.
•  Have good employment law knowledge and take personal responsibility to keep up to date with employment matters.
• Approach the role with a positive can-do solution focused attitude and model and demonstrate our values and behaviours.
• Be adaptable and demonstrate flexibility, and to be open to new ways of working.

If you think you have the skills, knowledge and experience to make an immediate positive contribution to our team then we would be interested in hearing from you. Current or previous experience of supporting schools would be highly advantageous but not essential.

Role Profile.pdf

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What can we offer you?

You will be welcomed into a friendly and trusting environment where your personal and professional development will be actively encouraged.

You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centred and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are also really important to us, so you will have access to a range of benefits including:

• Career development through training and apprenticeships
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Employee Wellbeing and Reward portal with access to high street discounts, salary sacrifice schemes and a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Please upload a CV and Covering Letter detailing your experiences and how you meet the requirements for the post.

If you would like to find out more, please read our detailed role profile attached.

 For an informal chat about the roles, please contact Laura Coluccio, Strategic HR & OD Manager 0161 607 8657 or laura.coluccio@salford.gov.uk

About your benefits

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs. 

Continuous service commitment

New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion.  

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr .

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel by way of a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme. For more information, please visit: GreaterManchester Guaranteed Assessment Scheme | greater jobs