Job detail for HR Advisor (Employment Strategy)

The Service & Team:

Key areas of responsibility for the team include:

• Trade union consultation, negotiation and partnership working
• Pay and reward frameworks
• Terms and conditions of employment and collective bargaining
• Employee benefits
• Employment policies and guidance
• Undertaking employer functions regarding local authority pension schemes
• Job evaluation and related processes

The Role:

Working within a small and supportive team, the HR Advisor contributes across a range of Employment Strategy activities. This may include supporting consultation and negotiation with trade unions, implementing pay awards, developing employment policies and guidance, advising on terms and conditions, and supporting the Council's as an employer within local authority pension schemes.

This is an excellent opportunity for an HR professional looking to broaden their experience in strategic and specialist HR. The role offers exposure to a wide range of people management disciplines, providing valuable learning and development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Working Pattern:

The role if available full time for five days a week but flexible working arrangements will be considered in conjunction with working arrangements for other team members

What you’ll need to succeed:

You will be proactive, self-motivated and comfortable managing your workload independently while working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Relevant HR experience and a willingness to develop knowledge and expertise across specialist HR disciplines. CIPD study or membership is desirable but not essential.
• An understanding of employment law, HR best practice and employee relations
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build positive working relationships and influence stakeholders

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• a national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Kevin Pearce via email:  Kevin.Pearce@Cornwall.gov.uk

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

We recognise that you may choose to use AI tools when preparing your application. We ask that any information you include is an accurate reflection of your own skills, knowledge, experience and achievements. You may be asked to discuss the examples and evidence you provide during the selection process.

We may adapt our shortlisting approach where we receive a high volume of applications. Any shortlisting decisions will be based on the information provided in your application and the essential requirements of the role.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.