Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a highly capable HR Advisor to join our fast paced, dynamic OD & HR team at Cheshire West and Chester Council on a fixed term contract until August 2026. The role is for 30 hours per week but with the possibility of this increasing to full time (37 hours per week) As a HR Advisor you will provide professional advice to support Council Directorates on all aspects of HR and people management to ensure that employees are managed in a fair and consistent way. You will have HR experience of supporting the breadth of employee relations casework and effective management of your own workload. You will be able to demonstrate influencing and negotiation skills and a thorough understanding of up-to-date employment legislation and best practice people management. We have just lunched our 2025-2029 People Strategy and you will work collaboratively across the OD & HR service to support the delivery of this strategy throughout the organisation, enhancing our colleague experience and further embed our ‘One Council’ approach. In return you will be playing your part to make a difference to our colleague experience at a high performing Council. You will also receive 26 days annual leave increasing with length of service plus bank holidays, the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave, the ability to work flexibly and from home and have access to a range of benefits in terms of reward and recognition, wellbeing and development. Interviews will hopefully take place w/c 8th September 2025 For an informal discussion about the role feel free to contact Lucy Wilson, HR Lead, lucy.wilson@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk or Danielle Roscoe, Strategic OD & HR Manager, Danielle.roscoe@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information. Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12.60 per hour for all contracted hours. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.