Job Description

Reference:
25-30068
Job title:
Human Resources Advisor
Directorate:
Corporate Services
Service:
Human Resources Advisory
Closing date:
12/12/2025 10:00
Job type/Hours:
Temporary (maternity) | 37 Hour
Salary:
39,862 - 41,771 a year
Pay Scale:
PS1
Location(s):
Caernarfon

Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this

Information Pack

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.


We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.


(Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)


For further information about this post please contact Eurig Williams on 01286 679084 ar by email: eurighuwwilliams@gwynedd.llyw.cymru


Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH


Tel: 01286 679076


E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru

CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, THURSDAY, 12/12/2025

If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.


Information Pack Corporate Services - comp.pdf

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES


ESSENTIAL


Good interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and persuade.


Diplomatic and inclusive approach towards problem solving.


Work flexibly within a team framework.


A commitment to succeed and identify service improvement opportunities.


Ability to work under pressure, to display initiative / "identifying tasks".



DESIRABLE






QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT TRAINING


ESSENTIAL


Degree and / or evidence of continuous professional development.





DESIRABLE


Member of the CIPD or working towards the accreditation.





RELEVANT EXPERIENCE


ESSENTIAL


Experience of completing projects.


Experience of dealing with people to realise objectives.





DESIRABLE


Understanding of employment law and best practice.


Advise and provide guidance on specialist issues relating to employment.





SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE


ESSENTIAL


Knowledge of recent developments in relation to employment issues.


People performance management or advisory skills.





DESIRABLE




LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS



Listening and Speaking - Higher Level


Able to deal with all aspects of the job verbally in a confident manner in both English and Welsh.





Reading and Understanding - Higher Level


Able to use and interpret correctly any information in both English and Welsh from a wide variety of sources to deal with all aspects of the post.



Writing - Higher Level


Able to present written information in both English and Welsh with complete confidence using the most appropriate language and style to meet the needs of the reader.



Purpose of the Post

Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
Provide the Council with a professional advisory service. Ensure compliance and consistency in working practices and adopt and share best practices and develop and review relevant policies and procedures.

Main Duties

Advise Heads of Departments, senior managers and other managers on all Human Resources matters by promoting a "One Council" culture at every possible opportunity. Provide advice on all aspects of employment, including recruitment and selection, interpreting terms and conditions of employment, managing performance, employment cases, restructuring and changes within services, and exit arrangements. Be proactive and maintain links and an open and constructive relationship with representatives of the Trade Unions Advise and support managers to deal with disciplinaries, concerns and complaints and under-performance; and contribute to preparing and presenting cases as required. Monitor absence levels by promoting the corporate absence management arrangements, provide guidance to managers and regularly consult with the Occupational Health Unit on individual cases to support staff to return to work. Take a central role in developing and reviewing local terms and conditions along with policies and procedures involving the workforce and then promote their consistent implementation across the Council. Promote the Council as an employer of choice by raising awareness of the careers, the employment package and the working conditions offered to staff. Support and offer guidance to managers in relation to workforce planning. Attend relevant departmental management team meetings to secure the input of the human resources department to support developments within services across the Council. Collaborate to develop corporate plans and projects and to secure a Continuous Improvement Plan for the Service. Operate within corporate policies and procedures in relation to equal opportunities and equality and be at the forefront of promoting these principles within the Council. Consult and collaborate closely with the Human Resources Advisers/ Officers within the Service as well as officers of other Departments to provide the best possible service for the customer. Responsibility for self-development. Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy. Operate within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality. Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation. Commitment to reducing the council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the council's Carbon Footprint. Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused. Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.




Special Circumstances

* The possibility of having to attend evening meetings occasionally.