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- Communication skills
- Annual leave
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EDF Energy —Exeter
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- Hybrid work
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- Hybrid work
- Management
- Flexitime
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Tapi —Exeter
- Full-time
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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CoLab Exeter —Exeter
- £32,075 - £34,434 a year
- Part-time
- Human resources
- In-person
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
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HR Advisor - Exeter
City West Country Ltd —Exeter
- Up to £35,000 a year
- Full-time
- Driving
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- Communication skills
- Work from home
- Employee assistance programme
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Senior HR Advisor (People and Culture)
The Deaf Academy —Exmouth
- £37,694 a year
- Full-time
- Bilingual
- Management
- English
- Free parking
- Annual leave
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Ministry of Justice —Exeter
- £30,001 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
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HSE Advisor
Pathfinder Homes —Newton Abbot
- £13,000 - £22,000 a year
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- Microsoft Excel
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- Free parking
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Senior Environmental Consultant (Marine Development)
Royal HaskoningDHV —Exeter
- £40,000 - £52,000 a year
- Part-time
- Analysis skills
- Project management
- Communication skills
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Lifeworks Charity —Torquay
- £51,663 - £59,597 a year
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The Guinness Partnership —Okehampton
- £31,338 a year
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BarrattDevelopments —Tiverton
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Torbay Council —Torquay
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Employee Relations Advisor

Met Office -
Heavitree

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Permanent | Full-time
£35,145 - £49,448 a year
5 hours ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension

Qualifications

Management
Presentation skills
Organisational skills
Communication skills

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Reference number

467665

Salary

£35,145 - £37,701

Your total reward package will be up to £49,448 annually.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Human Resources

Working pattern

Full-time

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Location

Exeter, South West England, EX1 3PB

About the job

Job summary

Were looking for an exceptional Employee Relations Advisor to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Employee Relations Advisor, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

Were a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
Were experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
Were better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Job description

You will provide a pragmatic, professional and pro-active range of employee relations coaching and advice-based services to managers, enabling them to improve levels of engagement and productivity from their people whilst feeling confident and empowered to manage employment matters on behalf of the organisation.

Your key duties:

Be an employee relations (ER) expert by nature - providing best practice ER case support and advice, constantly keeping up with employment law/wider CPD and policy change. Utilising on-going knowledge and ER experience to continuously identify and apply improvements for the service.
Build strong and respected working relationships with various stakeholders key links with directorate areas creating inroads for pro-active led improvement work for both people and data driven enhancements as well as working collaboratively with the Trade Union (Prospect).
Support continuous service improvement no day is ever the same, be an explorer and solution finder, challenge the status quo on where you can add value to improving our practices and employee services.

Be a passionate people professional you champion and widely promote wellbeing, EDI and improvement initiatives and you live and breathe your work, focused on quality, and ensure ethical practice consistently happens, always looking to horizon scan and enhance the overall Met Office Employee Experience.

Person specification

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:

Expert by nature in Employee relations with practical advisory experience in Employee Relations gained from a complex organisation including managing a wide range of complex ER cases and Employment Tribunal preparation and support. (Lead criteria)
Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and ER best practice and examples of where you have evolved policy or practice to meet changing requirements.
You can demonstrate how you live and breathe ER with the proven ability to influence and proactively advise managers and business stakeholders.
In line with our better together value you have experience in coaching and developing others in people management practices inside the team and across the organisation.
Strong stakeholder management, communication and organisational skills.

The panel may perform a preliminary sift of the lead criteria as indicated above.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,145, Met Office contributes £10,181 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their Best Workplaces in Tech 2023, 2024 and 2025 lists, as well as their 54 Best Workplaces for Women 2023 list.

As our Employee Relations Advisor, your total reward package will be up to £49,448 annually, which includes:

£35,145 base pay
An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

How to apply

If you share our values, wed love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.

Closing date: 30th June 2026 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 13th July 2026. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

Using AI in your application

We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment.

How we can help

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at [email protected].

If youre considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds dont always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

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Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact us at: [email protected] If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: [email protected]

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