Senior HR AdvisorWest Northamptonshire Council6-Month Contract£22.38 PAYE / £28.61 Umbrella per hourInside IR35Hybrid Working – 2 to 3 days per week on-site
About the Role
West Northamptonshire Council is seeking an experienced Senior HR Advisor to join their HR Advisory Services team on an initial six-month contract. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled HR professional to provide expert advice and support across a diverse range of employee relations, organisational change, and workforce planning activities.Reporting to the Strategic HR Business Partner, you will manage a varied caseload of complex HR matters, partner with managers across the organisation, and play a key role in delivering a proactive, customer-focused HR service.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and resolve complex employee relations cases including disciplinary, grievance, capability, attendance management, organisational change, ill-health, redundancy and dismissal processes.
- Provide professional HR advice, guidance and challenge to managers, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, HR policies and council values.
- Support and lead change management initiatives, including restructures, TUPE transfers and transformation projects.
- Deliver coaching, training and development support to managers on a range of HR matters.
- Build effective relationships with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
- Produce and analyse workforce data and management information to support service planning and decision-making.
- Draft responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and Subject Access Requests (SARs).
- Support job evaluation and job matching processes, including attendance at evaluation panels.
- Assist in the development and implementation of HR policies, procedures and organisational development initiatives.
- Support the Occupational Health process, ensuring referrals are appropriate and managed effectively.
- Contribute to corporate HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives across the wider HR function.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Significant experience working within a HR Advisory or Senior HR Advisor position.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
- Proven experience managing complex employee relations cases from start to finish.
- Experience supporting organisational change, restructures and TUPE processes.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Strong analytical abilities with experience producing and interpreting HR management information.
- The ability to work independently while managing a busy and varied workload.
- Experience within a local government or public sector environment is desirable.
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