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Human Resources Advisory Services Manager

£55,592 - £58,885 a year | Permanent

Reference:: 25-30112
Job title:: Human Resources Advisory Services Manager
Directorate:: Corporate Services
Service:: Human Resources Advisory
Closing date:: 16/01/2026 10:00
Job type/Hours:: Permanent | 37 Hour
Salary:: £55,592 - £58,885 a year
Location(s):: See Job Advertisement

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*PLEASE NOTE* Cyngor Gwynedd is committed to being an inclusive employer, and to enhancing the diversity of the workforce. Your application form will be assessed anonymously. Your title, name and email address will not be shared with the appointing panel for the purpose of shortlisting. You should carefully consider this when completing the further information section of the application form.

Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.

(Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)

For further information about this post please contact Ian Jones on 01286 679804 or via email; ianjones@gwynedd.llyw.cymru

Interview date to be confirmed.

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru

CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, 16/01/2026

If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.

Person Specification

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

ESSENTIAL

•Implementation

•The ability to challenge the status quo consistently and constructively

•The ability to work effectively to demanding deadlines

•A positive and constructive attitude towards overcoming obstacles

•Professional maturity to handle sensitive and complex issues

•Flexibility regarding working hours

•Strong communication and interpersonal skills

•The ability to think strategically and influence stakeholders at all level

DESIRABLE

QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT TRAINING

ESSENTIAL

•A degree and/or professional or equivalent management qualification, usually in a field such as:

- Human Resources

- Business Management

- Law

- Social Sciences

•CIPD Level 7 in the field of Human Resources, or an equivalent qualification.

•Chartered membership of the CIPD.

•Evidence of continuous personal development.

DESIRABLE

•Senior management/leadership qualification

•Project/programme management qualification.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

•Experience of working in the field of Human Resources and/or Equality within a large and complex organization.

•Experience of developing, establishing, and implementing employment policies and working conditions within a large and complex organisation

•Experience of leading teams to deliver projects or workstreams and achieve change.

•Experience of managing change and engaging on significant and substantial projects.

•Experience of advising, challenging, and strategically influencing politicians and senior officials.

DESIRABLE

SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

ESSENTIAL

•Understanding of the policy and legislative context for the field of employment and human resources.

•Skills and mature understanding of maneging change and project management.

•Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

DESIRABLE

Specific understanding of the field of scrutiny.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

Listening and Speaking - Higher Level

Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions.

Able to give a pre-prepared presentation and respond to any comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.

Reading and Comprehension - Higher Level

Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal.

Able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports, articles through the medium of Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.

Writing - Higher Level

Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).

Job Description

Purpose of the post

•Lead the team(s) the post-holder is responsible for, to effectively and efficiently deliver what matters to the residents of Gwynedd by creating and maintaining an environment of respect and trust while enabling, empowering and inspiring staff.

Main duties

LEADING

•To be accountable for the Service and the most effective and efficient use of available resources.

•Lead Service staff by encouraging and motivating them to take ownership of Ffordd Gwynedd principles and to be accountable for ensuring that this happens.

•Ensure an environment within the team that promotes and encourages the well-being of staff.

•Assist the team to establish operational principles, considering relevant Acts (e.g. Health and Safety, the Well-being of Future Generations Act, Social Services and Well-being Act) and ensure that they adhere to them.

•Awareness of how the team's systems work and provide facilitation to challenge these when required.

•To ensure that the team contributes to the aims of the services or other organisations that try to deliver what matters to the people of Gwynedd.

•Promote the need to identify and act on future threats and opportunities including preventative measures.

•Ensure they are aware of the legal and political climate that impacts the service, ensuring that team members are aware of the required elements.

•Be alert to good practice within the service field and ensure that the team considers the appropriateness of this good practice for them.

•Lead change within the service field where there is a need to do so.

•Deal with concerns raised by Elected Members regarding the Service.

•ENABLING AND EMPOWERING

•To recruit and develop individuals and teams to ensure they have the necessary skills to deliver the roles required now and in the future.

•Equip the team to establish what matters to the people of Gwynedd and by doing so establish the purpose of the team and ensure this is kept up-to-date.

•Ensure that decisions are evidence-based.

•Help the team to review and challenge its performance.

•To create and support an environment that enables each team member to contribute to and make decisions in order to provide the best possible services.

•Ensure an environment of trust and accountability within the team, ensuring appropriate communication with and within the team.

•DELIVERING

•Equip the team to consider what measures indicate performance against the purpose and take ownership of these measures.

•Encourage the team to be innovative, enterprising and to learn from experience to improve performance

•To motivate and/or mentor the team to identify and act in a timely manner to remove barriers that prevent the ability to deliver what matters to the people of Gwynedd.

•To resolve any barriers that the team cannot solve

•To ensure that complaints receive appropriate attention and the team considers any lessons that arise in order to improve the service.

•To work in a pro-active manner; be open to a different way of thinking; energetic and committed with personal integrity in order to achieve the functions below whilst ensuring that Department staff are developed to demonstrate the same characteristics.

•SELF-REFLECTION - on personal achievement of what is in the job description.

•SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE POST

•Lead the work of developing and reviewing the Council's work conditions

•Lead on and contribute to projects that develop the human resources service within the Council.

•Lead on matters regarding the equality field focusing specifically on those aspects that have an impact on employment issues.

•Support Service officers to give advice to managers on a wide range of matters concerning employing staff, including matters dealing with planning the workforce, dealing with complaints, disciplinary investigations, absences, re-structuring services, compulsory redundancies, TUPE transfers.

•Ensure that the human resources officers/advisors are aware of the latest changes in legislation, conditions of employment, policies and procedures, and to do so by regular contact and regular team meetings.

•Give advice to the members of the Employment Appeals Committee and report to other Council committees as required.

•Participate in the negotiations between the employer and the trade unions, maintaining a good and effective relationship.

•Supervise the Council's jobs evaluation scheme, as grounds to ensuring an equal pay defence

•Develop relevant training programmes for managers on subjects relating to the human resources field

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