Senior HR Advisor

Location: Luton - This role is office based predominantly; candidates will need to be able to attend hearings. There may be the opportunity to work from home once or twice a week.

• Contracting Authority:
  Government Client
• Contract Length: 31/03/2026
• Clearance: DBS

Please make sure, when completing your application form, you give clear examples of how you meet the essential and desirable criteria.

• Experience of budgetary systems. HR experience within local government context.

• Professionally qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development or equivalent level qualification or equivalent extensive experience and able to demonstrate continuing professional development.
• Substantial knowledge of employment law and best practice within HR.
• Demonstrable knowledge of issues affecting HR within local authorities and/or Education.
• In-depth experience within a unionised personnel/HR environment, supporting/managing change, developing policy and providing an HR advisory and support role.
• In-depth interpersonal skills - able to consult, influence and contribute to negotiations with a wide range of people at a senior level both inside and outside of the Council. Will include trade unions and all levels of employees.
• Demonstrable presentation skills – able to give effective presentations and training to managers and employees.
• Able to demonstrate a creative approach to problem solution, analysis and interpretation of employee-related matters, statistics and performance indicators and Human Resource policy development and presentation.
• Apply a broad understanding of HR issues and policy to make judgements and decisions that provide the basis for problem resolution.
• Able to plan and organise own workloads – often conflicting demands - to achieve proper balance and prioritisation. Able to operate computerised HR systems including data input and data manipulation, word processor and spreadsheet applications.

Our dedicated team would be pleased to discuss in more detail how we may be able to help