...to join our HR Business Partner team.
The Opportunity
Salary: £35,235 to £37,938 per annum, (£17,617 to £18,969 per annum pro rata’d)
Working Pattern: Part-Time, 18.5 hours per week
Contract type: Fixed term or Secondment until 31 December 2025
Hybrid working: Yes, typically one day each week in our Chichester office and attendance at meetings / other locations as required.
Location: Chichester / any County Council office
Interviews: week commencing 26 May 2025
As a HR Advisor, you will provide pragmatic advice and guidance to managers within designated business areas in support of delivering our People Framework.
You will hold a varied and multiple employee relations case load including sickness absence, bullying and harassment, grievance, conduct, performance management, reasonable adjustments. Your employment relations advice and case management approach will be in line with HR policies, procedures, relevant employment law and HR best practice.
On a daily basis you will advise on both informal and formal people matters whilst keeping our people at the centre of decision making. You will consider and balance employee and business risks in your advice, and coach managers to find resolutions that meet business need.
You will be a forward thinker, with the ability to notice trends/patterns in employee behaviour and propose options for resolutions. Where required, you will also support with HR projects.
You will be a role model for upholding the values of the organisation when dealing with our managers.
What are we looking for?
As a HR Advisor your tasks will include:
1. Advising and coaching managers to resolve employee relations matters and drive performance management (e.g. absence, grievance, disciplinary, performance). Ensuring relevant risks on approaches are shared using your professional skills and knowledge.
2. Building HR capability into the business, establishing trusted relationships as an advisor to different areas of the Council.
3. Working with the wider HR teams to deliver as one HR function.
4. Supporting with the delivery of WSCC plans and policies.
5. Analysing People data to drive conversations, target areas for improvement, and make recommendations for pro-active actions to ensure workforce is best placed to deliver their services.
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
Working for us
As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this, we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential.,
You will have access to a range of benefits including:
6. an excellent
7. generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
8. a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
9. maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave