HR Consultant

Are you a talented HR professional passionate and enthusiastic about your work and looking for your next challenge in the Public Sector? Are you looking to join a Company whose values are at the heart of what we do? Then look no further!

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Employee Relations (ER) Team at Medway Council in the role of HR Consultant supporting, advising, coaching and engaging our managers to deliver their service plans on employee relations and people matters. You will be joining us at an exciting time where we continue to grow and establish our ER team. We very much want your opinions and experience to form this growth.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for an experienced HR professional who is currently operating at either a HR Consultant or HR Advisor capacity, or an individual who is looking for their next HR role as part of their career progression. What is important to us is that you are confident in your knowledge and hold the ability to provide advice to all levels within the Council. This is a transactional and reactive role and so you must be organised and a proficient communicator.

You will be confident in providing advice and guidance to managers, senior managers and colleagues and be able to build and maintain positive relationships with individuals at all levels of the organisation, including Trade Union representatives to deliver business focused solutions.

You will be Level 5 CIPD qualified or equivalent and have experience of working within HR, with up-to-date knowledge of employment law and best practice and have high professional standards and be able to manage a range of cases.

Person fit is important to us, like our existing team we welcome dedicated and hardworking team players, who are not afraid to roll their sleeves up and get stuck in. Have the ambition to learn and take pride in what you do.

You will work three days per week, of which must incorporate with either a Thursday or Friday working day (one of), so that we have adequate handover with one of our HR Consultants.

What will you be doing?

You will provide expert advice to managers on grievance, disciplinary, performance and capability matters, some of which may be complex, or similar situations affecting employee terms and conditions. Process job evaluations as and when required. Provide support on management investigations, hearings and appeal panels procedures, as well as being part of the panel when required.

Travel will be required from time to time to various sites across our organisation.

Full details are provided in the Job Profile.

Our Team

Sitting in the ER Team, you will report into a Senior HR Consultant under the leadership of our Head of HR and Payroll. You will join an established ER Team of four HR Consultants supporting our corporate business as well as have the opportunity to work alongside our HR Consultant for Schools, together with our fantastic HR Support Team.

The ER Team sit within our wider HR and Organisational Culture Team. Working collaboratively with each other, you will have a constant stream of support and vast experience to tap into.

Regardless of your industry experience, we want to hear from you.

In return we offer you:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Generous local government pension scheme package
• Access to wider training and development qualifications
• Flexible working scheme
• Travel plan discounts
• Car Benefit Scheme from Tusker
• Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
• Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers
• The Government has introduced new ways of supporting parents with childcare costs. Further details are available here: - https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/

Our organisation:

Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.

Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.

We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.

Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.

If you would like to have an informal discussion with the recruiting manager, please call Julie Blackmore on 01634 331373

Full details relating to the interview process will be sent to you, should your application be successfully shortlisted.

Important Information-

Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile

Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement

Medway Council is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All appropriately qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, family commitments, sexual orientation, age, HIV status, religious or political beliefs, social class or trade union activity or irrelevant spent conviction.

For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online

Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.

Please visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.

How to apply

Please be advised that we only accept online applications submitted through JobsGoPublic ATS

If you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.

All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email, if you require documentation/correspondence in different format such as braille or large print, please contact the Resourcing Team on 01634 332878.