HR Officer

What is the job role?

The successful candidate will support HR Business Partners with a wide remit of generalist duties including HR casework, employee relations, organisational change, information management and more. You will build positive working relationships with managers across the organisation, providing advice and support on the application of the Council’s HR policies, procedures, terms, and conditions, and support the organisation to proactively embed a One Coventry culture.

Who are we looking for?

The successfully appointed colleague should be able to demonstrate:

A track record of successfully applying relevant employment law knowledge and HR best practice to support managers.

Excellent written and verbal skills, and the ability to present key HR information clearly and concisely.

A proactive, can-do attitude with demonstrable experience of engaging and working in partnership with a range of stakeholders, including managers, trade unions, employees, and external partners.

Relevant HR experience (generalist or specialist) gained in large complex organisation(s) with multiple stakeholders, including employee relations experience covering complex disciplinary, grievance, organisational change, TUPE etc.

Maintain appropriate records, systems and information in a way that allows up to date and timely information to be available and in line with relevant Data Protection legislation.

CIPD Level 5 qualified or working towards this.

We look forward to you bringing your expertise, skills, and collaborative approach in supporting our culture transformation at Coventry City Council.

Please apply by demonstrating how you meet our key objectives and responsibilities on the personal statement of the application form.

We value and respect the diversity of our team and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities. Our workforce data shows that men and people from minority ethnic backgrounds are under-represented and encourage applicants from these backgrounds to apply. This does not prevent individuals with other protected characteristics as set out within the Equality Act from applying for this post.

Please note that we do not accept personal CVs.

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Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

Members of the Armed Forces and veterans

Are currently in care or have previously been in care

If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable. 

Interview date: Monday 1st July

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.