HR Advisor

at  West Midlands Fire Service

HR Advisor Professional 2C Publish date: Monday 19 th August Closing date: Monday 16 th September 0900hrs Salary: £35,745 - £37,336 Hours: 37 (FT) Overview
West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) is the second largest fire and rescue service in England, serving an area of 902km square and a population of over 2.9 million people.
Our vision is ‘Making the West Midlands safer, stronger and healthier’.
This vision and the strategic goals outlined in ‘Our Strategy’ are what drives the people, professionalism and pride with which we serve our communities.
As a Human Resources (HR) Advisor, you will play a crucial role in supporting the HR department and contributing to the overall success of West Midlands Fire Service.
Your primary responsibility will be to provide expert advice and guidance to both employees and management on a wide range of HR-related matters, seeking to resolve concerns at the earliest opportunity, and though a people focused lens. This position requires a strong understanding of HR policies and procedures, excellent communication skills, and the ability to maintain confidentiality.

In particular you will:

• take a lead role on embedding people policies across the service, ensuring that the HR team is leading by example
• support and case manage all employee-relations matters across the service, including absence management, performance management, investigation processes, and grievances, ensuring that advice and guidance is accurate, consistent, aligned with WMFS policies, and legally compliant
• ensure that data regarding employee relations matters are kept up to date, in recognised case management systems, so that reports are accurate
• play a key role in supporting and coaching line managers to address employee matters and/or conflict resolution at the earliest opportunity
• identify trends and learning from employee relations matters.

Experience and skills Essential skills or experience

• recent and confident knowledge of employment legislation and experience supporting and case managing employee relations matters, including absence management, performance management, investigation processes, and grievances
• being proactive with strong communication skills (both verbally and written) and attention to detail
• organisational and administrative skills, including the ability to prioritise based on business need
• ability to support and influence a range of stakeholders at varying degrees of seniority
• practical and logical; able to solve problems quickly and accurately, through a human experience lens
• be able to identify improvements, promote benefits, and implement change
• the postholder will be required to hold (or be working towards) a CIPD level 5 qualification

Benefits

We offer a friendly working environment and benefits including:

• flexible and agile working arrangements
• on-site free gym facilities
• free parking.

We also offer access to an in-house occupational health facility - including occupational health and fitness advisors, sports therapists, physiotherapists, cognitive behavioural therapy practitioners and counsellors.

In addition, employees have access to:

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• wellbeing programmes
• ‘blue light’ discounts across many retailers through partner schemes
• Sports and Welfare scheme (for a small fee) – with access to discounted products and services.

Diversity
We welcome applications from all eligible candidates. However, as women and Black and minority ethnic employees are currently under-represented in our service, we particularly encourage applications from these groups.
WMFS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect the same of every staff member. Successful candidates will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including - where applicable - relevant level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, qualifications, medical clearance, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. How to apply
To express your interest in this exciting opportunity, you should submit your curriculum vitae alongside a detailed personal statement, outlining your skills and experience in relation to the role as detailed in the .
Questions
If you have any questions about the role, or would like an informal discussion, please contact Joe Campbell by email at josef.campbell@wmfs.net

Please refer the Job description for details