HR Advisor

About The Team & Role 

Gloucestershire County Council are seeking an experienced HR Adviser with a background in the education setting, who is interested in furthering their professional career while working in a large and complex organisation.  

The Council can offer an interesting range of professional challenges. You will gain exposure to a diverse range of work streams including employee relations, change management, pay and reward, and HR policy work, within our busy HR and OD teams based at Shire Hall in Gloucester. This role will work with schools and academies across Gloucestershire to support them with a wide range of HR areas, such as change management and employee relations. 

The role is term time only (42 weeks per year). The expectation is that the ten non-working weeks will be the two-week Easter break, the two-week Christmas break, and the six-week summer break. The working weeks per year are fixed and the role will be required to work the Gloucestershire school half-terms.  

Every member of our team plays an important part in supporting and coaching leaders and managers in the delivery of positive business focussed outcomes, as well as supporting our HR advice service and developing online support resources.   

We are proud of our track record in developing our team and this is an excellent opportunity to work in a commercially focussed and supportive environment, contributing to a wide range of diverse community services including social care, education and Gloucestershire’s fire and rescue service, to name but a few. 

About You 

To be successful you will need excellent organisational skills to allow you to prioritise workloads and ensure our service levels are maintained. We also need your customer-focused nature to help build working relationships with key stakeholders. Previous experience of advising managers in areas including change management, performance improvement, absence management, discipline and grievance is essential.   

Hybrid working arrangements are available for many of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.  

For all your hard work, you will receive the following: 

Flexible and agile working opportunities 

25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service 

An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff) 

Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family 

Career development and qualification opportunities 

Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision 

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) 

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone. 

An in-house Occupational Health service 

Employee discount scheme  

Cycle to Work scheme 

Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply) 

Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network. 

The role is a career grade post with your starting salary being dependent on relevant experience and qualifications. 

If you’re looking for a varied, challenging and, above all, interesting HR Adviser role, then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button. 

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Becky Smith via email at becky.smith@gloucestershire.gov.uk or David Wood via email at david.wood@gloucestershire.gov.uk 

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview week commencing 7th July 2025.