At a Glance
- Tasks: Support managers in delivering exceptional public services and manage employee relations matters.
- Company: Lewisham Council, a vibrant and diverse community-focused organisation.
- Benefits: Flexible working, local government pension, staff discounts, and excellent training opportunities.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with opportunities for career growth and supportive networks.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the community while developing your HR expertise.
- Qualifications: Experience in providing HR advice in a public sector operational context.
The predicted salary is between 33000 - 40000 £ per year.
Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities! We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants. The Lewisham HR team is a critical part of enabling the Council to make such valuable contributions to our community.
As an HR adviser you will work with managers to ensure our colleagues are able to deliver exceptional public services for Lewisham residents. In this role you will support the management of a range of employee relations matters. You will provide expert advice to support the case management of discipline, grievance, capability and sickness policies in a range of front-line operational teams across the Council.
What’s in it for you? Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:
- Local Government Pension scheme
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
- Season ticket and bicycle loans
- A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
- Supportive staff networks
This post will suit an individual with experience of providing HR advice in an operational context in the public sector. The work is fast paced, and you will need to draw on your HR expertise to provide pragmatic advice with confidence and autonomy. You will need to build trusted and enduring relationships with managers and leaders. You will be expected to work collaboratively across the HR function and the wider organisation and contribute to initiatives to build effective workforce management capability; enshrining a consistent, data-driven, considered and values-based approach in all that we do.
We operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis. You will be required to attend our Council locations at least two days a week. As this role interfaces with many front-line service, the usual pattern is that you will attend our head office in Catford and our operational depot in Ladywell at least once per week.
Chartered membership of the Institute of Personnel and Development or demonstrable equivalent experience required.
Diversity: Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply.
The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.
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