HR Adviser

Job Description

Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!

We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

The Lewisham HR team is a critical part of enabling the Council to make such valuable contributions to our community.

What’s the role?

As an HR adviser you will work with managers to ensure our colleagues are able to deliver exceptional public services for Lewisham residents. In this role you will support the management of a range of employee relations matters. You will provide expert advice to support the case management of discipline, grievance, capability and sickness policies in a range of front-line operational teams across the Council.

What’s in it for you?

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

What we’re looking for:

This post will suit an individual with experience of providing HR advice in an operational context in the public sector.

The work is fast paced, and you will need to draw on your HR expertise to provide pragmatic advice with confidence and autonomy. You will need to build trusted and enduring relationships with managers and leaders. You will be expected to work collaboratively across the HR function and the wider organisation and contribute to initiatives to build effective workforce management capability; enshrining a consistent, data-driven, considered and values-based approach in all that we do.

Location

We operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis. You will be required to attend our Council locations at least two days a week. As this role interfaces with many front-line service, the usual patters is that you will attend out head office in Catford and our operational depot in Ladywell at least once per week.

Special conditions

Chartered membership of the Institute of Personnel and Development or demonstrable equivalent experience required.

The recruitment process is anonymous and we don’t accept CVs.

Applicant handbook - please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.

For an informal discussion about this job, please contact Christopher Chipchase - Christopher.Chipchase@lewisham.gov.uk

Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification

Salary

£45,852 - £47,925 per annum (PO2)

N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.

Diversity

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.

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