Job title: Human Resources Adviser

Responsible to: Senior HR Business Partner

Principal working contacts:

  • HR business partnering team
  • Shared service recruitment and transactions teams
  • Care Inspectorate colleagues and management
  • Trade Union officials and representatives

Job purpose

The HR adviser will work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to provide expert advice and guidance on a wide range of HR related matters. This includes all employment related matters, employee relations, people management policies and employment regulations.

The HR adviser will play a crucial role in fostering a positive work environment, promoting employee engagement and contributing to the overall success of the Care Inspectorate through the delivery of a cohesive HR service across the organisation.

Key responsibilities

  • To provide advice and guidance to managers and staff members on complex case management issues including absence management, wellbeing, disciplinary, dignity at work, capability and grievance matters, during both informal and formal processes.
  • Support the Senior HR Business Partner in developing, implementing and evaluating HR policies, practice and procedures in line with best practice and to ensure that statutory obligations and organisational objectives are met.
  • Provide advice, guidance and coaching to managers on HR policies and procedures, ensuring that managers are equipped with the knowledge and understanding to effectively operate within the parameters of the policy.
  • Design, deliver and evaluate people management training on HR related policies, projects and practice.
  • Facilitate and support organisational change initiatives by providing expert advice and guidance. Collaborate with stakeholders to develop change strategies and monitor the effectiveness of these initiatives.
  • Promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as part of the culture of the organisation and contribute to working groups as required.
  • Keep abreast of employment law and best practice issues and be able to advise management on these. Keep abreast of key issues and changes in the social care sector.
  • Support the Senior HR Business Partner with HR input into relevant projects, working groups or focus groups, including providing specialist advice and support to managers in a range of complex organisational change and redesign issues.
  • Foster productive working relationships and collaborative working throughout the organisation and in all working practices in accordance with the Partnership Agreement with the trade unions.
  • Assist in maintaining management information systems to ensure that information for statutory reporting purposes and that additional information for organisational reporting purposes, is collated.
  • Assist in preparing written reports to the Board/Committees, and advisory and guidance notes for Line Managers.
  • Actively support and develop junior members of the HR team, providing advice and guidance on work related matters.
  • Process the necessary administrative tasks associated with the day-to-day HR queries and issues.
  • Undertake any other ad-hoc duties as defined by the Senior HR Business Partner or Head of Human Resources.

Other duties

This job may require travel to Care Inspectorate offices throughout Scotland and may involve some occasional overnight stays and unsocial hours.

This job profile is a broad picture of the post at the date of preparation. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time. Consequently, the post holder will be required to carry out any other duties to the equivalent level that are necessary to fulfil the purpose of the job, and to respond positively to changing business needs.