Scottish Government Hiring for HR People Advice and Wellbeing Case Officer at Edinburgh Full Time

Overview:
The Scottish Government’s ambition is to be a world-leading, diverse employer where people can be themselves at work. We are committed to ensuring Scottish Government workplaces are environments where everyone feels respected and supported, demonstrating inclusion and equal opportunity in the workplace, both in principle and in practice.

The key purpose of the People Advice and Wellbeing Team is to empower and build capacity in our leaders, staff and managers to enable them to create the culture where that ambition can be embraced and delivered.

The team provides dedicated HR support and advice to colleagues across the organisation in order to ensure fair and consistent advice, with a focus on wellbeing and inclusion of colleagues and on resolution of issues as the earliest possible opportunity.

The team focuses on ensuring that the SG employee experience is a positive one; ensuring the translation of policy into practice is effective, consistent and appropriately takes account of individual circumstances and reflects the Fair Work principles and status of the SG.

There are circa 30 staff in the team supporting a diverse range of business areas across the Scottish Government which are located throughout Scotland.

Responsibilities:
Support the People Advice and Wellbeing team’s approach to early intervention and wellbeing by providing expert advice and support to managers and staff at all levels on HR issues (informal and formal) including: performance management; sickness absence; discipline; fairness at work and resourcing – liaising effectively with HR policy colleagues, legal and other HR colleagues as appropriate.

Manage the investigation and resolution of formalised employee relations issues such as discipline, Fairness at Work, performance and attendance.

Working closely with the People Advice and Wellbeing Manager and the business area to understand Directorate and Divisional people challenges, pressures and priorities. Build capability in the business area by working closely with managers and staff to identify and resolve issues through early intervention.

Work with the People Advice and Wellbeing Manager and the business area on the delivery of the wellbeing strategy by supporting managers as they work to improve culture, staff wellbeing and organisational and personal resilience.

Support the People Advice Directorate’s policy work by contributing to policy reviews and ensuring policies are designed with an inclusion and wellbeing focus.

Staff management of People Advice and Wellbeing Support Officer.

Competencies

People Management

Communications and Engagement

Analysis and Use of Evidence

Improving performance

Self Awareness

Essential Criteria & Qualifications:
No specific qualifications are required to apply for this vacancy.

Essential Criteria

1. Recent experience of managing HR cases within a demanding and diverse environment. You must be able to use evidence to assess risk and to develop innovative solutions which deliver a successful outcome for all.

2. Excellent interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills, with an ability to communicate persuasively, defend decisions, negotiate with confidence and work collaboratively.

3. Evidence of sound decision making based on evidence, legislative requirements application of policies and procedures and best practice.

4. Proven planning and organisational skills, as well as the ability to respond quickly to new demands, work across teams and manage competing priorities and tasks.

Provisional Sift/Interview dates

To be confirmed.

Additional Information

For further information on this vacancy please download and review the “Person Specification” which you will find below.

Person Specification

To apply, you must fully complete and submit an online application via this website before the closing date using evidence based examples to demonstrate your knowledge/skills (300 words). Remember, your answers should be clear, concise and reflect what actions you undertook. You may want to use the STAR(R) approach to respond to each criterion.

To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Stuart Renton at [email protected]

The Scottish Government is a diverse and inclusive workplace and we want to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever type of assessment is used. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know via [email protected]

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