Role title: People Operations Adviser

Location: Stafford with flexibility (Hybrid working)

Salary: £38,553 - £42,614 per annum

Contract type: Permanent

Who you’ll be working for:

At Staffordshire County Council, we live and breathe our values, being ambitious, empowering and courageous. If you join us as a People Operations Adviser, we’ll expect you to embody these values too. You’ll need to be:

• Ambitious in your goals and what you want to achieve here Empowering to everyone around you, at all levels Courageous in your approach, ready to think up innovative solutions

If you’re looking for a role full of responsibility and impact, then this is for you.

What you’ll do:

1. Provide invaluable advice, support and guidance

The People Services team deliver all kinds of people-related advice, programmes, and projects across the Council. To help us achieve that, you will work with managers and colleagues on employee relations issues, change management (including TUPE) and organisational development activities.

You will evaluate requests for support and plan action to ensure people-related issues get resolved in a timely, efficient way using informal/early resolution where possible. You’ll coach managers to address situations quickly and sensitively. In fact, you’ll be there for managers in lots of ways: from supporting them with job design to supporting on workplace investigations and employee relations issues to providing expert advice at formal hearings.

2. Make positive change across the organisation

Here, your positive influence will be felt far beyond your immediate team. As someone who’s always looking to improve how things are done, you’ll take a coaching approach and deliver workshops on employee relations and change management. You will work to ensure our managers have the knowledge, skills and understanding to operate key People policies and processes. Hands-on and proactive, you’ll gather and analyse people-related data to spot trends or areas of concern. That way, you’ll be able to suggest how and where we can make improvements that everyone will benefit from.  At the same time, you’ll keep an eye on the bigger picture and ensure that our People practices are compliant and relevant.

Whether you’re building strong relationships with People Operations Manager, Strategic People Partners, collaborating with multi-agency partners or helping to produce accurate reports for the People Leadership Team, you’ll instil confidence in everyone you work with – and be a credible voice around Staffordshire County Council.

3. Provide an accountable service

As a Council, we provide an accountable, responsible service that works with Staffordshire’s communities. You’ll play a vital role by coaching our managers in ethical decision-making and building trust and cohesion.

Ultimately though, we can only encourage accountability if we’re accountable ourselves. That’s why you’ll embody our values in everything you do across the organisation. You’ll be a role model and seek out fresh ways to learn and grow – something you’ll inspire others to do too.

What you’ll need

To apply for this role, you’ll need:

• CIPD or an equivalent degree level qualification Active membership of CIPD, with this position working at Associate level Excellent knowledge of current employment legislation, case law and good HR practice Extensive experience of HR within a large, unionised organisation Experience in successfully delivering and supporting on a range of change projects Understanding and experience of managing TUPE, change and redundancy programmes

How we'll support you

As well as providing you with inspiring leadership and an environment where you can take pride in what you do, you’ll also benefit from:

• An excellent local government pension scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement from 24 up to 33 days (plus 2 extra statutory days and bank holidays) depending on job role and length of service
• The option to buy up to an additional 2 weeks’ annual leave
• A range of flexible working options including agile working, flexible retirement, and great
• Family Friendly Policies Volunteering Scheme
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• Access to health and wellbeing support (including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Counselling Services)
• Eye care vouchers
• Access to our employee benefits platform including bus and rail travel discounts, electric vehicle lease scheme / cycle & car loan scheme etc

Closing date for applications:    4pm Thursday 30 June 2022

Interview dates – First stage:    6 or 8 July 2022

Interviews will be conducted via MS Teams and we’ll fully explain each stage as you progress to ensure you understand how you are being assessed and how you can prepare.

Additional requirements /adjustments?

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process or feel you need to find out more about this role to be able to apply please do get in touch at talent@staffordshire.gov.uk and we’ll respond to you as soon as possible.

How do I apply?

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