Senior HR Advisor

West Northamptonshire Council
6-Month Contract
£22.38 PAYE / £28.61 Umbrella per hour
Inside IR35
Hybrid Working - 2 to 3 days per week on-site

About the Role

West Northamptonshire Council is seeking an experienced Senior HR Advisor to join their HR Advisory Services team on an initial six-month contract. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled HR professional to provide expert advice and support across a diverse range of employee relations, organisational change, and workforce planning activities.

Reporting to the Strategic HR Business Partner, you will manage a varied caseload of complex HR matters, partner with managers across the organisation, and play a key role in delivering a proactive, customer-focused HR service.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve complex employee relations cases including disciplinary, grievance, capability, attendance management, organisational change, ill-health, redundancy and dismissal processes.
• Provide professional HR advice, guidance and challenge to managers, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, HR policies and council values.
• Support and lead change management initiatives, including restructures, TUPE transfers and transformation projects.
• Deliver coaching, training and development support to managers on a range of HR matters.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
• Produce and analyse workforce data and management information to support service planning and decision-making.
• Draft responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and Subject Access Requests (SARs).
• Support job evaluation and job matching processes, including attendance at evaluation panels.
• Assist in the development and implementation of HR policies, procedures and organisational development initiatives.
• Support the Occupational Health process, ensuring referrals are appropriate and managed effectively.
• Contribute to corporate HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives across the wider HR function.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Significant experience working within a HR Advisory or Senior HR Advisor position.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Proven experience managing complex employee relations cases from start to finish.
• Experience supporting organisational change, restructures and TUPE processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical abilities with experience producing and interpreting HR management information.
• The ability to work independently while managing a busy and varied workload.
• Experience within a local government or public sector environment is desirable.