Senior HR Advisor

at  South Gloucestershire Council

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 Senior HR Advisor, your knowledge and expertise will make a difference in providing support and guidance to managers on case management, including complex cases.
This will be around performance management, discipline and grievances, with the aim of timely and appropriate resolution and risk mitigation predominately around Vinney Green Secure Children Home.

What you will be doing:

• The primary purpose of your role will be responsible for supporting and upskilling managers at Vinney Green Secure Children’s Home.Managing a HR caseload you will support manager with case management including complex cases.
• Part of the role will include you reviewing current processes and how they meet the needs of the home.
• You will be responsible for leading the HR requirements for significant workforce change projects.
• Using your experience and knowledge you will be an expert in solving problems to be able to deliver solutions which work for our customers (managers and employees) and are legal compliant.
• You will assist with job analysis and design in relation to workforce change projects and periodically chair validation panels.

What we need from you:

• We require you to have proven, contemporary HR delivery experience and sound technical expertise in employee relations legislation, case work practice and change management principles, ideally gained within a complex operating environment.
• You will be professionally qualified, ideally to Associate CIPD (intermediate level) or equivalent level of experience.It is essential that you have excellent written and spoken communication skills to empathise with and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
• You will be trained in job evaluation methodology, Hay preferable (or willingness to be trained in Hay methodology), and be able to chair validation panels.
• You will have effective reasoning and analytical skills and the ability to form sound judgements to give well-reasoned advice.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

• This is a limited term contract, ending 31st March 2026.
• We are also offering this as an internal secondment opportunity, you should first seek your line managers permission before applying.

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: Senior HR Advisor Casework Chang

• The primary purpose of your role will be responsible for supporting and upskilling managers at Vinney Green Secure Children’s Home.Managing a HR caseload you will support manager with case management including complex cases.
• Part of the role will include you reviewing current processes and how they meet the needs of the home.
• You will be responsible for leading the HR requirements for significant workforce change projects.
• Using your experience and knowledge you will be an expert in solving problems to be able to deliver solutions which work for our customers (managers and employees) and are legal compliant.
• You will assist with job analysis and design in relation to workforce change projects and periodically chair validation panels