About the role
Only current employees may apply for this job.
Please note that the advertised salary for this position is subject to a pending pay award. The final salary will be adjusted in line with the nationally agreed pay award.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Human Resources Officer to join the busy HR team.
We are looking for an individual who ideally has previous experience of providing HR support to line managers, headteachers and employees. This may, however, be an ideal developmental opportunity for a newly qualified CIPD HR Officer due to the wide scope of the Council’s operation.
The successful candidate will possess excellent communication skills in both English and Welsh. They must also be customer focused, able to work flexibly within a busy service and possess a commitment to delivering an excellent service.
We welcome applications from non-Welsh speakers. All successful applicants requiring support to learn/improve their Welsh language skills will be offered funded lessons, during work time, to help reach the desired standard.
Our offer to you
We are committed to developing our people and will not only provide support to enable you to quickly and confidently take ownership of this role’s key areas of responsibility, but in addition, we are committed to supporting your development in order that you can progress your career with us.
In exchange for your skills and commitment we will offer you a range of employee benefits including flexible working, competitive annual leave allowance, enhanced family benefits, lifestyle savings and employee health and wellbeing packages.
To support you in maintaining work-life balance, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:
1. Hybrid Working:/ Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location. Due to the nature of the role, it will be necessary for you to travel within Ceredigion on occasion.
2. Flexi-time Scheme:/ Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs. Accrued credit hours may be taken as additional leave.
More information about our wide-ranging employee benefits can be found
Interviews
Interviews will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams on the morning of 23 July .
Get in touch
For further information and an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Martyn Saycell on
Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.
What we offer
Work-life balance
Lifestyle savings scheme
Generous employer pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Learning and development
Where you'll work
People and Organisation
We support the organisation in attracting, developing and retaining a workforce that will deliver services of the highest quality to the citizens of Ceredigion. Our key responsibilities include:
3. Human Resources Advice and Administration: Contracts, Absence; Appraisals; Contracts; Disciplinaries; Grievance; Job evaluation; Managing change; Recruitment and onboarding.
4. Health, Safety and Wellbeing: Advice; Compliance; Risk assessments.
5. Learning and Development: E-learning; Events; Qualifications panel; Training.
6. Engagement and Wellbeing: Ceri+; Internal Communications; Recruitment Marketing.
7. Pay and Benefits: Payroll; Pensions; Timesheets.
8. Systems: Ceri System and Development; Data and Reporting.
Canolfan Rheidol Our Aberystwyth office, Canolfan Rheidol is an award winning building. The office, with its open plan design, provides an excellent space for collaborative working.