HR Consultant

Job Description

1. To provide advice and support to managers across the Children’s Services on a wide variety of employee relations activities including issues affecting individual members of staff (such as disciplinaries, dispute resolution, grievances, absence management and capability issues), some of which may be complex.
2. To manage a caseload which would include capability, disciplinary, grievance, ill health and other cases.
3. To work with the Head of HR and Payroll and Senior HR Consultant to ensure the staffing implications of proposed changes and developments in the organisation have been identified.
4. To act as client manager for formal investigations.
5. To provide professional HR advice and support to investigating officers, chairs of hearings and appeals panels across Children’s Services.
6. To design and deliver, in conjunction with the Learning & Development team, training solutions in ER related areas to support managers in understanding and application of HR policy
7. Carry out first stage of job evaluations; to analyse and evaluate the profiles in determining the value of each job within the organisation.
8. Contribute to the ongoing review and implementation of HR processes and policy, highlighting areas where policies can be improved through experiences gained in managing casework.
9. To provide support to other directorates in management of HR Casework if required.

Qualifications Essential
• CIPD or equivalent HR qualification and/or extensive relevant experience

Experience Essential
• Demonstrable experience of supporting leaders/managers in complex employee relation’s cases and a detailed understanding of the procedures involved.
• Demonstrable experience of working with senior managers relating to ER case work along with a comprehensive understanding of legal implications.
• Demonstrable ability to use advanced theoretical/practical/procedural/organisational/policy knowledge across a specialist area
• Demonstrable knowledge of employment legislation and its practical implications

Skills Essential
• Demonstrable knowledge of trade union consultation and the ability to work constructively with trade union representatives
• Demonstrable knowledge of employment legislation and its practical implications
• Ability to work across directorates as required with an understanding of the differing terms and conditions.
• Demonstrable ability to use advanced theoretical/practical/procedural/organisational /policy knowledge across a specialist area
• Demonstrable ability to analyse and interpret varied and complex information and develop strategies and solutions for the medium and long term
• Demonstrable ability to use well developed communication skills to present complex/sensitive information in an understandable way, to a range of audiences
• Demonstrable ability to work independently within clear guidelines and regularly use initiative to make decisions, referring to more senior officers for advice on policy/resource issues.
• Demonstrable ability to be polite and courteous when dealing with members of the public
• Demonstrable experience of providing guidance on internal policies and procedures relating to employees, and interpret them based on the needs of individual situations.