North Norfolk District Council Hiring for HR Advisor at Cromer Full Time

About The Role

North Norfolk is a fantastic place to live, work and visit – covering over 360 sq miles of coastal and rural environment, with a population of over 100,000 people living in 120 distinct communities, our District is one of England’s top holiday destinations and a place where people positively choose to live.

We’re looking for a third HR Advisor to join a re-organised, highly regarded, and busy HR team. Each of our Advisors have their own directorate of circa 110 people to support. This is a great development opportunity to really grow your career, and play your part in supporting the residents and businesses of North Norfolk.

For an informal discussion please contact: James Claxton, HR Manager, 01263 516 352.

About You

As an Advisor, you’ll provide smart, pragmatic, and timely advice to all of our people, no matter what their role. You’ll have your own list of corporate responsibilities/projects to be involved in. You should expect to be busy advising and supporting across the full range of HR activities.

You will have a solid understanding of effective people management practice, a good foundation knowledge of broad HR topics and a CIPD level 3 qualification (or equivalent experience). You will need to be a strong and confident communicator able to communicate across all levels of the organisation. You will be someone who enjoys being busy and is able to manage a varied and full workload.

About Us

We’re committed to promoting equality of opportunity for the people and communities of North Norfolk. We respect and value difference in our district and across our workforce, and we want everyone to feel included and able to play their part in making North Norfolk a great place to live, learn, work and visit.

Our coast and environment are really important to us. We are part of Coastal Partnership East, an organisation with responsibility for our coastline from Holkham to Felixstowe in Suffolk. We have a net zero strategy, and a team of people working to deliver these important initiatives.

As one of the largest employers in the district, we offer a number of benefits that are open to all employees. We have a really supportive culture of enabling our people to learn and grow through attending courses, e-learning, and their day to day job roles. Our office in Cromer is clean, modern and light with onsite lunchtime catering.

We have an active health and well-being group with a new strategy, mental health first aiders, domestic abuse change champions, employee assistant program, and employee discounts portal.

We have a great forum for communication with regular updates from Directors and Chief Executive, employee voice through our Staff Focus Group, and great working relationship with Unison, our onsite recognised union.

Most people that work for North Norfolk District Council are able to enjoy a great work life balance, as part of our hybrid approach to work. If your role supports hybrid working, all we ask is that you have a stable and reliable internet connection.

In terms of the numbers, if you are new to the public sector, you’ll enjoy 24 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and when you’ve been with us for five years, this increases to 29 days (assuming the role is full time). We provide access to a great pension scheme, based on your local authority career average earnings.