HR Adviser

Grade F £31,022 to £34,434 pay award pending

Grade G £34,434 to £38,220 pay award pending

Grade H £38,220 to £41,771 pay award pending

Contract: 1x Permanent - Grade H, 2x 12 month Fixed Term Contracts Grade F-G

Role specifics CIPD Level 3 or above

Interview date: TBC

For further information about this role, contact: Tanya.Johnson@bolton.gov.uk

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role

We are seeking to recruit three HR Advisers (one Grade H and two Grade F-G) to join our HR Team. Details of the levels can be found in the job description.

Working in a fast-paced and customer-focused environment, you will provide professional HR advice and support across a range of people matters, including employee relations, attendance management, organisational change and workforce initiatives. Depending on your skills and experience, you may also lead on complex casework, projects and policy development.

This is an excellent opportunity to help shape positive workplace outcomes while developing your HR career within a supportive and collaborative team.

About You

You’ll be a HR professional with experience of providing people-focused advice and support, together with a sound understanding of employment law and HR best practice.

We’re looking for individuals who are solutions-focused and customer-oriented, excellent communicators with strong relationship-building skills, confident managing a varied workload and competing priorities and

experienced in employee relations casework.

Ready to Apply?

If you're looking for a role where you can make a real difference, develop your HR career and help shape a positive employee experience, we'd love to hear from you. Join our team and be part of delivering high-quality HR services that support our people and communities.

Following an office-based induction period, hybrid working is available to staff in line with Council policy, with the expectation that the majority of working hours are completed in the office.

Please note that applications that do not include a cover letter, CV and response to the questions will not be shortlisted.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.

Please answer the following questions within your covering letter:

1. Tell us about a situation where you challenged or influenced a manager to take a different approach to a people management issue. What was the issue, how did you approach the conversation, and what was the result? (maximum 300 words)
2. Tell us about a people management issue you have been involved in, such as attendance management, disciplinary, grievance, capability, recruitment or organisational change. What was your role and what did you learn from the experience? (maximum 300 words)
3. Give an example of how you have worked with managers, colleagues, trade unions or other stakeholders to achieve a positive outcome. What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them? (maximum 300 words)
4. Which role/s are you applying for?

• Permanent Grade H role
• Fixed Term Grade F-G role
• Both

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk