Human Resources Advisor

Company Description

Job Advertisement

Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on the 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 Eleri Jones on 01286 679029 or via e-mail: [email protected]

Interviews will be held on 08/10/2026

Application forms are available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

E-Mail: [email protected]

CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, 29/09/2026

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.

Person Specification

Personal attributes

Essential

• Good inter-personal skills with the ability to influence and persuade
• Diplomatic and inclusive approach towards problem solving.
• Work flexibly with a team framework
• A commitment to succeed and identify service improvement opportunities
• Ability to work under pressure who can display initiative / “identifying tasks”

Desirable: –

Qualifications and relevant training

Essential: Degree or equivalent qualification.

Desirable: Working towards full membership of the CIPD or already a chartered member

Relevant experience

Essential: Advising and providing guidance on matters relating to the workforce

Desirable: Already working in Human Resources’ provision

Skills and specialist knowledge

Essential: Knowledge of recent developments within human resources and employment law.

Desirable: Ability to use a computer together with knowledge of Microsoft Office packages e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Language requirements

Listening and Speaking – Higher: Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions. Able to give a pre-prepared presentation and respond to any comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.

Reading and Understanding – Higher: Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal. Able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports, articles through the medium of Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.

Writing – Higher: Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).

Job Description

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 operational consistency, adopting and sharing best practice as well as developing and reviewing policies and relevant procedures.

Main duties

• Advise Head of Departments, Senior Managers and other managers on all personnel matters by promoting a “One Council” culture at all possible opportunities.
• Provide guidance on recruitment arrangements and best practice by ensuring compliance with the corporate Recruitment and Appointments Policy.
• Be proactive and maintain links and an open and constructive relationship with representatives of the Trade Unions.
• Advise and support Managers to deal with disciplinary action, complaints and under-performance; deal with applications for re-grading and appeals, preparing and presenting cases as required.
• Assist to monitor absence levels and promote the corporate absence management arrangements and consult with the Occupational Health Unit on individual cases in order to support staff to return to work.
• Take a central role in developing and reviewing local working conditions along with policies and procedures involving the workforce, and then promote consistency in their implementation across the Council.
• Promote the Council as an employer of choice by raising awareness of the careers, the employment package and the work conditions offered to staff. This involves undertaking presentations for existing staff and prospective applicants for jobs in the future.
• Support and offer guidance to managers in relation to workforce planning for the future.
• Attend relevant departmental management team meetings in order to secure the input of the human resources department to support developments in services across the Council.
• Collaborate to develop corporate plans and projects and to ensure a Continuous Improvement Plan for the Service.
• Act within the corporate policies and procedures in the context of equal opportunities and equality and be at the vanguard in terms of promoting these principles within the Council.
• Consult and closely collaborate with Personnel Officers/Human Resources Officers within the Service and Officers from other departments in order to provide the best possible service for the customer.
• Be a member of the Human Resources Advisory Team.
• 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.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsibility to report any worry or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.

Special circumstances

• The possibility of having to attend evening meetings occasionally.