HR Advisor - Strategy and OD (Ref: POS001351)

Hours and Pay

Salary: £37,938 - £40,476 per annum
Salary Band: £30,001 to £40,000
Post Type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: Full time

Job and Application details

Categories: HR / Training
Directorate: N/A
Published Date: 01/05/2025
Closing Date: 18/05/2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a forward-thinking organisation with a vibrant culture, providing a broad and diverse range of services across Darlington. If you are a self-starter, with a passion for HR, have bags of creativity who thrives in a busy and varied environment with a good eye for detail, then this role will suit you.

This role will deliver aspects of our new workforce strategy which will be introduced in September including talent, engagement and wellbeing initiatives as well as working on day-to-day business such as job evaluation and maintaining policies.

You will be a team player who is willing and able to roll up your sleeves when needed and getting involved in broader HR activity. Have excellent communication skills and confidence in working and communicating with all levels of managers, employees’, trade unions and external partners. It’s important also that you have a successful track record as a HR generalist who is able to apply their experience, good knowledge of employment law and the ability to evidence shaping HR policy and best practice.

The role is for 37 hours per week and offers blended working with the option of from home or from the Town Hall or other Council buildings, working where is most suitable for your day. Agility around providing an excellent customer service and collaboration experience is the name of the game for us, so we provide the equipment to enable you to have the best day every day. As an employer we can offer:-

• 32 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays, with option to purchase additional Annual Leave
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme with option to make Additional Voluntary Contributions
• Flexi-time scheme
• Flexible working
• Generous Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave schemes
• Staff equality forums
• Green Car Leasing Scheme
• Access to a wide range of training, learning and development
• Confidential service
• Great wellbeing offer including Counselling and Physiotherapy services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Dolphin Centre Fit for Life Discounts
• Local and National retailer discounts
• Arriva Employee Travel Club

See our total reward brochure for the full range of benefits we offer.

If you like what you see and believe you have what it takes to join our small, friendly and supportive team, we look forward to receiving your application.

General Information for Applicants: All applicant email correspondence will come from [email protected] and may be directed to your Junk folder depending on the settings of your email account. Please check both your email and Junk folder as all applicants will be notified whether they have been shortlisted. For detailed information on this role, please refer to the Job Profile in the Vacancy Information document.

For a further informal discussion, please contact Paul Campbell (Head of HR) on (01325) 405288 or 07780525756 or Sarah Parker (Senior HR Advisor) on (01325) 405482. We intend to sift on 20 May and plan to interview on 2 June, 2025 at Darlington Town Hall.

No agencies please.

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