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Grade: F16
Contract: 18-monthfixed-term contract, with the potential to become permanent
Reports to: HROperations & Services Partner
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 Senior HR Advisor, you will work withthe HR Operations & Services Partner to build EMCCA’s ER function. Providingconfident, practical and solutions-focused advice to managers and seniorleaders. You will take ownership of complex employee relations work, helpingpeople make sound decisions that balance employee experience, employmentrequirements and organisational risk.
You will also support organisationaldevelopment and workforce activity as EMCCA evolves. This will include advisingon restructures, consultation and changes to roles or services where thesearise, alongside contributing to wider priorities such as managementcapability, workforce planning, recruitment, retention and HR policy. You will also contribute to organisationalchange and workforce activity, including TUPE and organisational integrationwhere relevant.
You will line manage and support the HRAdvisor, helping to build capability and maintain a consistent, high-qualityservice.
What you'll be doing
- · Independently manage complexand sensitive employee relations cases, providing clear advice, options andrecommendations.
- · Advise, coach andconstructively challenge managers and senior leaders across disciplinary,grievance, performance, capability, absence and other people matters.
- · Interpret employment law, caselaw and HR policy and translate these into practical, proportionate advice.
- · Identify employment risks earlyand help managers understand appropriate mitigations and routes forward.
- · Support organisationaldevelopment and workforce activity, including consultation, restructures,workforce planning and changes to roles or services.
- · Contribute to HR policydevelopment, recruitment and retention, employee experience, equality,diversity and inclusion and management capability.
- · Work effectively with tradeunions, employee representatives, partner organisations and professionalcolleagues.
- · Maintain clear records,governance and decision trails for complex people activity.
What you'll bring
- · Significant professional HRexperience in a complex organisation, including advising and constructivelychallenging managers and senior leaders.
- · Significant experience ofindependently managing complex employee relations matters and applying soundprofessional judgement.
- · Strong and current knowledge ofemployee relations, organisational change and employment law, with the abilityto apply it practically.
- · Experience of supportingorganisational change, consultation and workforce activity. Practical TUPE orcomparable transfer experience would be useful.
- · Strong communication,influencing and relationship-management skills, with discretion, integrity anda pragmatic approach.
- · CIPD Level 7, working towardsit, or equivalent senior-level HR experience demonstrating the capabilityrequired for the role.
Our values
Our values shape our culture and how wework with each other, our partners and the communities we serve.
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 an experienced HR professionalwho enjoys resolving complex issues, building manager confidence and helping anevolving organisation deliver, we would like to hear from you.
Closing date: 13 October 2026| Proposed interviews
- 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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