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Grade: F15
Contract: 18-monthfixed-term contract, with the potential to become permanent
Reports to: Senior HRAdvisor
Location: Hybrid, with aminimum of two days per week at EMCCA HQ in Chesterfield
Directorate: Resources
Proposed interview date: Week commencing 26 October 2026
The successful candidate will normally be appointedat the minimum point of the salary band, unless exceptional circumstancesapply.
About EMCCA
East Midlands Combined County Authority(EMCCA) brings partners together to help make the East Midlands moreprosperous, sustainable and fairer. We are an evolving organisation, moving ourfocus towards delivery against our Corporate Plan and building the people,systems and capability needed to turn our ambitions into results. This makes itan exciting time to join us. You will have the opportunity to contribute to adeveloping organisation, shape how we work and help deliver meaningful outcomesfor our region.
About the role
As HR Advisor, you will provide practical,responsive and high-quality advice to managers and employees across EMCCA. Youwill manage your own employee relations caseload, helping managers applypolicies fairly and consistently and take ownership of their day-to-day peopleresponsibilities.
You will work closely with the Senior HRAdvisor and the wider HR and Organisational Development team. You will knowwhen to act independently and when to elevate a sensitive, complex orhigher-risk matter. Alongside casework, you will support organisational andworkforce activity and contribute to improvements in our policies, guidance andways of working.
This role offers breadth, visibility andthe opportunity to develop your professional experience within an organisationthat is continuing to grow and mature.
What you'll be doing
- Manage an allocated employeerelations caseload, ensuring matters progress in a timely, consistent andproportionate way.
- Advise managers on disciplinaryand grievance matters, sickness absence, performance and capability, probation,flexible working and other people issues.
- Coach managers to build theirconfidence and take appropriate ownership of people managementresponsibilities.
- Identify sensitive, complex orhigh-risk issues and elevate them appropriately.
- Support workforce andorganisational activity, including consultation, restructures, service changes,redeployment and changes to roles or working arrangements.
- Contribute to the review andimprovement of HR policies, processes, guidance and manager resources.
- Support wider prioritiesincluding recruitment and retention, employee engagement, equality, diversityand inclusion and workforce reporting.
- Maintain confidentiality,accurate records and high professional standards.
What you'll bring
- Practical experience ofproviding HR advice and guidance to managers and employees.
- Experience of managing orsupporting employee relations casework and applying HR policies in practice.
- Clear communication, goodjudgement and the confidence to handle sensitive information with tact anddiscretion.
- Good organisation andcase-management skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities.
- Experience of supportingorganisational change or workforce activity. Experience in local government, acombined authority, with trade unions or with TUPE would be useful but is notessential.
- CIPD Level 5, working towardsit, or relevant practical HR experience demonstrating the knowledge andcapability required for the role.
Our values
Lifting our region
We always putthe long-term prosperity of the East Midlands region and its people firstwhen carrying our roles and achieving strategic outcomes
Working together
We alwayschallenge each other to be exceptional, embracing collaboration and acting tolift rather than win, working as one team
Making an impact
We always makedecisions that are evidence led and which strengthen our regionsystemically. We hold ourselves to account for our actions
Being human
We always takepride in who we are and the diversity we bring, communicating authenticallyand showing genuine interest in one another
If you are a practical and people-focusedHR professional who wants to broaden your experience and help shape a growingregional organisation, we would like to hear from you.
Closing date: 13 October 2026 |Proposed interviews: Week commencing 26 October 2026
- Up to 10 days paid leave in a 12-month period for caring responsibilities
- A hybrid work model with remote working opportunities
- Maternity, Paternity, IVF, Adopters and Foster Carers support
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- 30 days holiday (plus 2 with continuous service) + bank holidays + your birthday (up to five extra days through salary sacrifice)
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