Being key members of the management teams they support, as HR Advisor you will act as the first point of contact to our managers, providing advice and guidance to the business to improve people management capability and manage casework.
We provide HR support to teams across the whole of England, so some travel will be involved.
We aim to provide a great place to work and blended working forms part of our flexible and inclusive approach to future ways of working. It is an informal arrangement which gives you the option to work some of the week from home, and some of the week from our Forestry Commission workplaces, subject to role requirements, business needs, and regular review. Informal blended working arrangements will be available as agreed with the line manager.
Job overview
Key responsibilities and accountabilities
You will be responsible for delivering general advice and guidance to managers on all HR operational matters. It is essential that the successful applicant has strong HR generalist skills, proven experience in managing HR and employee relations and can provide sound advice on policy matters associated with the full HR lifecycle.
You will work collaboratively with your peers and HRBPs to provide outstanding support to the organisation.
Relationship Management
- establish, maintain and nurture relationships with the wider HR team and operational teams across the business to ensure delivery of all HR services and operational matters
HR Management
- demonstrate a ‘hands-on’ approach to HR management and will contribute to the successful delivery of the full HR lifecycle through taking personal responsibility for their areas of work
- support or leading employee relations cases and documentation to support the case management of disciplinary or grievance issues raised by staff
Recruitment
- manage vacancies for roles across parts of the organisation
- preparing documents for approval, sending applications, sifting and interview documents to hiring managers, supporting pre-employment and onboarding checks, and any queries relating to recruitment
And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
Person specification
Essential professional and technical experience
- effective administrative skills and excellent attention to detail
- excellent spoken and written communication skills
- competent IT user with experience in MS Office suite of applications
- experience of working in a HR or recruitment team
- employee relations expertise including planning, managing and risk mitigation of employment cases
- HR Systems and process knowledge, together with an understanding of current employment law
- knowledge of the application of employment policies and practices, including compliance requirements for HR
- effective influencing and communication skills
- HR service management expertise including familiarity with the structures, processes and tasks undertaken across and operational HR service
- ability to quickly build and maintain key relationships with a diverse and complex range of stakeholders.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £33,854, Forestry Commission contributes £9,807 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience.
Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.
How to apply
You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.
You will be assessed on experience, behaviours and strength based questions during your interview. You may be asked to complete an assessment exercise as part of this.
The Behaviours being assessed at interview are:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Medical
Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window).
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is not regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact
Recruitment team
Further information
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: [email protected].
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.
Attachments
Forestry England Job Description - HR Advisor (PB5) - Opens in new window (pdf, 81kB)
