Operational HR Practitioner
Salary: Band: 9, £36,647 - £40,220 per annum
37 hours per week
Location: Civic Office (Hybrid working available)
Portsmouth City Council
At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city, but we need the best employees to do so.
With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.
Your new role
HR is responsible for providing a service that is fit for purpose and understands the needs of the business. An operational function that provides a comprehensive and professional Employee Relations service to the City Council, Schools and Academies.
HR practitioners are the link between the business and the employee. We are looking for an experienced and confident self-starter with significant HR experience where the main focus is providing delivery and strong, professional employee relations and customer focused support and advice to managers across all our services.
In this interesting and varied role, you will be working closely with services, increasingly in a consultancy role, assisting and supporting line managers to deliver solutions. You will be part of the employee relations team working in partnership to understand customer needs. This will involve managing and advising on complex employee relations case work and delivering a full range of operational employee relations case work activities. With a good understanding of safeguarding principles and legislation and an understanding of LADO and SAMA you will ensure high standards of customer service. In addition, you will support senior managers with the delivery of organisational change programmes and provide guidance to disciplinary and grievance panels.
To read the full job profile for further information on the role.
What you'll need to succeed
We are looking for an individual with strong interpersonal and relationship building skills who is able to work with people at all levels whilst driving motivation and self-awareness. With the ability to manage conflicting demands whilst dealing with high volume enquires you will be CIPD qualified, have proven equivalent experience or willing to work towards being CIPD qualified. You will have experience of working with policies and procedures with the ability to interpret and implement these. You will have proven successful experience of Operational HR delivering successful outcomes on complex employee matters and case work. You will have as well as proven experience of providing professional advice to Senior Manager/Head Teachers assisting them to drive business processes. You will also have experience of working with and negotiating with Trade Unions.
Please read the job profile for the full details of what you need to demonstrate in your application for this role.
What you'll get in return
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours).
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Flexible working hours including hybrid working.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services - access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Application process:
Please read the full job profile ( click here) for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person.
When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points in the profile with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is important, or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information.
Previous applicants need not apply.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Closing time/date: 10 May 2024 @ 23: 59 pm.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk