Service: Customer Support Services
Closing Date: Friday 3rd October 2025
Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.
An excellent opportunity exists to work within the Employee Relations Team providing advice and support to managers on issues such as discipline, grievance, performance management, job evaluation, absence management and conditions of service. You will be required to undertake fact-finding investigations for disciplinary cases and report their findings.
This is a part-time post; hours per week, Monday to Friday temporary until 31 March 2026. Remote/ Hybrid options will be considered for this post and we will do our best to find the right fit for the successful applicant, although some presence in the office (and wider Argyll and Bute area, from time to time) will be required.
Providing advice and support to relevant line managers and employees through the HR Adviceline, particularly on employee relations issues such as discipline, grievance, performance management, job evaluation, pay and reward, absence management and conditions of service.
Assisting with the provision of coaching and/or mentoring sessions to managers covering Employee Relations policies and procedures.
Assisting with the review and development of Employee Relations policies and procedures by conducting research into best practice and collating benchmarking data from other organisations.
Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, access to flexible working (flexi-time), Employee Assistance Programme, Group Life Assurance, cycle to work scheme, discounts, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.
Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.
We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.
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