How you’ll make a difference:
The HR Casework and Change Team enables our council to perform people management responsibilities effectively through the provision of consistent and practical HR advice.
As the HR Advisor, your knowledge and expertise will make a difference in providing generalist HR advice, with support and guidance to managers on a range of issues. This will predominately be around sickness absence, probation and performance management, and supporting discipline and grievance cases.

What you will be doing:

• Working collaboratively with senior HR advisors and managers across our HR service, you will provide support and advice to all levels of staff, with an aim of timely case resolution and risk mitigation for the organisation.
• You will deliver the HR activity required to support small workforce change projects, including appropriate consultation with staff involvement and trade unions.
• Daily, you will monitor the HR casework and change inbox, responding to queries and where appropriate set up cases.
• Where applicable, you will research and analyse information in your service area, ensuring it is presented clearly and comprehensively.
• Part of the role, will require you to provide effective administration of casework documents.

What we need from you:

• We require you to have generalist HR experience which includes case work practice and workforce change.
• You will have a working knowledge of employment policies, procedures and the legislative framework.
• Ideally, you will hold or be working towards a foundation Human Resources qualification such as the CIPD Certificate in People Practice and have a willingness to develop your knowledge and experience.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Interviews will be held on 4th March 2025

HOW A CAREER AT SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL IS DIFFERENT

• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We invest in the careers of our people, and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work.
• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We’re providing essential services across our internal network to ensure we can fully support our community.
• We’re positive and forward thinking, always looking for new and innovative ways of working work and we’re ambitious about the future.

We’ve achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

WE’RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE, BE PART OF IT!

To view the full job description, please click this link: HR Advisor Casework Chang

• Working collaboratively with senior HR advisors and managers across our HR service, you will provide support and advice to all levels of staff, with an aim of timely case resolution and risk mitigation for the organisation.
• You will deliver the HR activity required to support small workforce change projects, including appropriate consultation with staff involvement and trade unions.
• Daily, you will monitor the HR casework and change inbox, responding to queries and where appropriate set up cases.
• Where applicable, you will research and analyse information in your service area, ensuring it is presented clearly and comprehensively.
• Part of the role, will require you to provide effective administration of casework documents