HR Officer - Ashford Borough Council : Job Details

Job Title: HR Officer

Location: Ashford, Kent / Hybrid Working (2 Days within the office)

Salary: £38,964 to £41,994 pa depending on skills and experience

Job Type: Full time, Permanent

Working Hours: 37 Hours Per Week

Closing Date: 8th December 2024

About The Role:

Due to a recent period of workforce expansion we are looking to grow our People Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a diverse employee base and help to deliver the Council’s ambitious Borough Plan.

We support over 600 employees across several sites in the Ashford Borough and are looking for dynamic professionals to join our experienced and supportive team.

An opportunity to work alongside our two other HR Officers in the employee relations team, supporting managers and staff across a range of specific service areas. This role will deliver a strong advisory service in the areas of attendance management, health and welfare support, dispute resolution, performance improvement and job evaluation.

About you:

Candidates will need to be confident, resilient and great team players. Working on their own initiative they will need to have experience in handling complex employee relations cases in large organisations and be CIPD qualified at level 5 (or have equivalent experience).

Benefits:

We offer a wide range of benefits including:

• Hybrid working (minimum of two days in the office)
• Local government pensions scheme
• Excellent benefits including sickness pay and life insurance,
• A positive working culture and a commitment to ongoing learning.

Additional Information:

• Initial Screening calls 13 December
• Face to Face Interviews 17 December

Ashford Borough Council recognises the need to ensure the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults when they come into contact with the services we provide.

We welcome applications form the Armed Forces Community.

To find out further information about the role and to view the full job description, please visit the council’s website.

Please click the APPLY button and you will be redirected to the council’s website to complete your application.

Candidates With the Relevant Experience or Job Titles Of; Human Resources Executive, HR Advisor, Human Resources Advisor, HR Generalist, HR Officer, Employee Relations Advisor, Resourcing Talent Advisor, Senior HR Coordinator, Group HR Operations Officer may all be considered.