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Grade: F15

Contract: 18-month fixed-term contract, with the potential to become permanent

Reports to: Senior HRAdvisor

Location: Hybrid, with aminimum of two days per week at EMCCA HQ in Chesterfield

Directorate: Resources

Proposed interview date: Week commencing 26 October 2026

The successful candidate will normally be appointed at the minimum point of the salary band, unless exceptional circumstances apply.

East Midlands Combined County Authority(EMCCA) brings partners together to help make the East Midlands more prosperous, sustainable and fairer. We are an evolving organisation, moving ourfocus towards delivery against our Corporate Plan and building the people,systems and capability needed to turn our ambitions into results. This makes itan exciting time to join us. You will have the opportunity to contribute to adeveloping organisation, shape how we work and help deliver meaningful outcomes for our region.

As HR Advisor, you will provide practical,responsive and high-quality advice to managers and employees across EMCCA. Youwill manage your own employee relations caseload, helping managers apply policies fairly and consistently and take ownership of their day-to-day people responsibilities.

You will work closely with the Senior HRAdvisor and the wider HR and Organisational Development team. You will knowwhen to act independently and when to elevate a sensitive, complex orhigher-risk matter. Alongside casework, you will support organisational and workforce activity and contribute to improvements in our policies, guidance andways of working.

This role offers breadth, visibility andthe opportunity to develop your professional experience within an organisation that is continuing to grow and mature.

• Manage an allocated employee relations caseload, ensuring matters progress in a timely, consistent and proportionate way.
• Advise managers on disciplinary and grievance matters, sickness absence, performance and capability, probation,flexible working and other people issues.
• Coach managers to build their confidence and take appropriate ownership of people management responsibilities.
• Identify sensitive, complex orhigh-risk issues and elevate them appropriately.
• Support workforce and organisational activity, including consultation, restructures, service changes,redeployment and changes to roles or working arrangements.
• Contribute to the review and improvement of HR policies, processes, guidance and manager resources.
• Support wider priorities including recruitment and retention, employee engagement, equality, diversity and inclusion and workforce reporting.
• Maintain confidentiality,accurate records and high professional standards.

• Practical experience of providing HR advice and guidance to managers and employees.
• Experience of managing or supporting employee relations casework and applying HR policies in practice.
• Clear communication, good judgement and the confidence to handle sensitive information with tact and discretion.
• Good organisation andcase-management skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities.
• Experience of supporting organisational change or workforce activity. Experience in local government, acombined authority, with trade unions or with TUPE would be useful but is not essential.
• CIPD Level 5, working towardsit, or relevant practical HR experience demonstrating the knowledge and capability required for the role.

We always putthe long-term prosperity of the East Midlands region and its people firstwhen carrying our roles and achieving strategic outcomes

We always challenge each other to be exceptional, embracing collaboration and acting tolift rather than win, working as one team

We always make decisions that are evidence led and which strengthen our region systemically. We hold ourselves to account for our actions

We always takepride in who we are and the diversity we bring, communicating authentically and showing genuine interest in one another

If you are a practical and people-focusedHR professional who wants to broaden your experience and help shape a growing regional organisation, we would like to hear from you.

Closing date: 13 October 2026 |Proposed interviews:
Week commencing 26 October 2026

• Up to 10 days paid leave in a 12-month period for caring responsibilities
• A hybrid work model with…