Job Description

Job Category: Human Resources
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HR Adviser - People Relations | 8834 | Temporary contract to cover maternity leave/secondment opportunity until 31st March 2026 | 37 hours per week | 37,280 - 39,152 per annum | Scale I | Norwich
HR Advisers provide comprehensive information, professional advice and guidance to managers, employees and other stakeholders. They deliver a high quality, progressive, equitable and inclusive employment experience for all employees. Fixed term contract to 31/03/2026.
The HR Service Centre provides HR's front door to all areas of the service for our customers and delivers streamlined, responsive processes across the employee lifecycle including:

• Recruitment transactions from job requisitions to pre-employment onboarding
• HR transactions that feed into employees' terms and conditions and pay
• Learning and Development transactions and specialist admin
• Processing reward transactions and job grading for approval by Policy and Reward specialists as appropriate
• Front Door myOracle helpdesk service level 1 resolution advice and guidance for all HR areas (excluding Health, Safety and Wellbeing), manager urgent advice line and HR casework level 1 - 3
• Formal HR process administration
• Implementation of establishment hierarchy structure change approvals made in the Policy and Reward Centre

Managed by the People Relations Consultants, the People Relations teams will primarily provide the services highlighted in bold above.
HR Advisers will deliver discrete work streams or activities in relation to these areas, primarily managing casework and providing advice and coaching to managers to support their people management practice.
HR Advisers may also be asked to directly manage posts at an appropriate grade within the service.
There may be a level of travel required to local sites for this role.
For an informal discussion about this role prior to submitting your application, please contact Gerry Kemble HR Consultant at
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:

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for Fire Service and Social Care Workers * Relocation expenses (where applicable)

• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions.
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our here.
Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.
We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.
Redeployment closing date: 29th August 2025 at 23:59
All other applicants closing date: 4th September 2025 at 23:59