Description Proposed Interview Date: Thursday 8 and Friday 9 May 2025 Closing Date: Monday 28 April 2025 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: FC6 £29,508.69 - £32,437.03 Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week (Monday to Friday) Location: Fife House, Glenrothes with option of blended workstyle Supporting Statement As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement. In completing your application, please give full details of your relevant work history and qualifications. Your supporting statement should be no more than 2 sides of A4 and should tell us about your interest in this position and the skills, abilities and experience you would bring to the team, specifically covering: Your skill and ability to foster effective working relationships with managers. Your skill and ability to interpret and give advice on HR policies and procedures. Your experience in managing a varied and busy workload. Job Details We have 2 HR Officer vacancies and are seeking enthusiastic practitioners who are committed to making a difference in a challenging and rewarding role as part of our HR business partnering team. In HR, we pride ourselves on our ability to work collaboratively, balancing compliance, consistency and pragmatism in our support and advice and support to managers across the Council. Our aim is to deliver a professional HR service that helps managers to support and manage their employees through planned activities such as workforce planning and workforce change and through comprehensive HR case work. This requires the ability to understand the organisation and the challenges services face, to build effective working relationships with managers and the Trade Unions, and utilising knowledge and experience to provide timely advice and support to ensure effective management of a range of operational HR activities. As an HR Officer within HR’s People Solutions Team, you will report to an HR Business Partner, and actively support a range of absence management, grievance, disciplinary and performance management cases. Providing professional advice to managers, you will ensure effective case progression within procedures and best practice. You will provide support to HR Advisers and HR Lead Officers on change projects, supporting consultation, communication and implementation of workforce and structural change of varying scales. You will represent HR at hearings, offering advice, and participate in a range of meetings, where you will prepare and deliver management information and relevant updates. You will also be involved in other assigned projects, such as delivery of training, data collection and analysis, and research, and will participate in the HR Duty rota, providing information and advice to support our shared service centre model. The Person We are looking for candidates who can bring the following: Educated to SCQF Level 8 (HND or SVQ Level 4 or equivalent) Enthusiasm and motivation to grow and develop your HR knowledge and skills Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships with managers, employees and colleagues. The ability to organise and prioritise a varied and busy workload, working flexibly to meet deadlines and changing demands. A good understanding of employment legislation and its practical application. Experience of providing practical advice on HR policies and procedures The ability to present information clearly and persuasively, both in writing and verbally Confidence in using HR systems and technology, including preparing reports, collating evidence, undertaking research, analysing, interpreting and presenting data to inform recommendations. If you are passionate about HR and ready to take a positive step in your career, we would love to hear from you. The HR Service We champion good people management across the Council, supporting all aspects of employment. The HR Service is currently structured around four functional teams: HR People Solutions (these vacancies), covering business partnering and the attendance support unit; HR Policy and Reward; HR Strategy, Organisational Development and Wellbeing; and Health & Safety and People Analytics. Within the HR People Solutions Team, led by an HR Service Manager, there are five HR Business Partners, each partnering a Council Directorate, and an HR Team Manager who leads the work of the Attendance Support Unit. You will report directly to an HR Business Partner and be primarily assigned to deliver activities to drive forward case management, employee relations and projects within the assigned Directorate. We value opportunities for personal development, teamwork, knowledge sharing and collaboration. You will be given opportunities to support activities in other areas too, including working with other teams within our HR Service. The HR Service is based in Fife House, Glenrothes, where we have desk-based and collaborative workspaces. We offer an option of a blended workstyle, providing a balance of office working and home working. We have a range of policies and practices in place to support employees including flexible working patterns that balance individual and service need, family friendly policies, training and development opportunities, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme and opportunity for Shared Cost AVCs, employee counselling service, and discounts on a wide range of products and services. Further Information Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information. Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services. Directorate Information - Council Department information Social Media - Search for more 'Fife Council Jobs' on Facebook or follow us on X FCJobsOfficial. We are currently shaping our future workstyles however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time. For Further Information Please Contact: Lee-Anne French - lee-anne.frenchfife.gov.uk or Linsey Gilmartin - linsey.gilmartinfife.gov.uk