About you
As a HR Advisor your tasks will include:
- Advising and coaching managers to resolve employee relations matters and drive performance management (e.g. absence, grievance, disciplinary, performance). Ensuring relevant risks on approaches are shared using your professional skills and knowledge.
- Building HR capability into the business, establishing trusted relationships as an advisor to different areas of the Council.
- Working with the wider HR teams to deliver as one HR function.
- Supporting with the delivery of WSCC plans and policies.
- Analysing People data to drive conversations, target areas for improvement, and make recommendations for pro-active actions to ensure workforce is best placed to deliver their services.
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
Benefits
As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this, we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential.
You will have access to a range of benefits including:
- an excellent local government pension scheme
- generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
- a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
- maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
For a full list, please visit our Rewards and Benefits page.
Further Information
The reference number for this role is CRS01107.
For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Lucy F Stevens (HR Consultant) on [email protected] or Lorna Kennedy (Senior HR Business Partner) on [email protected]
For issues or queries regarding your application please contact [email protected]
Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.
To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explain the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.
Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.
We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.
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Job Reference: CRS01107
