People Operations Adviser

You will work with a People Business Partner and team of People Operations Advisers and your key responsibilities will include:

• Adopting a triage approach to all employment relations issues to ensure they are resolved at the earliest opportunity.
• Providing advice, support and challenge on a wide range of complex Employment Relations activity.
• Interpreting and assessing current and future case and employment law, to identify and develop changes to policy and procedures.
• Supporting all change management activity.
• Developing strong and effective working relationships with stakeholders.
• Developing strong and effective working relationships with colleagues from across people services and the wider organisation to share knowledge and information to ensure the delivery of an excellent service to our customers.

The Ideal Candidate

The minimum criteria that will be used to shortlist for this role will be:

• Experience of working in HR within a large, complex organisation.
• Experience of advising managers at all levels on complex employee relations issues.
• Experience of successfully delivering and supporting change management projects including TUPE, redundancy, workforce design and organisational development.
• An ability to influence, negotiate and persuade on complex matters, confidential and sensitive issues
• CIPD qualification or equivalent qualification/experience.

This is a fabulous opportunity to build on your skills whilst playing your part in our drive to continuously improve our People Services offer.

Interviews will be held during the week starting 9 November 2026.

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Emma Hart, People Operations Manager at: emma.hart@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

Please note: The minimum criteria in the ideal candidate section detailed above will be used if you are applying under one of our Interview Guarantee Schemes, detailed below.

About Staffordshire County Council

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.