People & Organisational Development Adviser

Location: Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen

Duration: Permanent, Full Time

About the Role:

The purpose of this role is to support and contribute to the provision of the People Services cluster by delivering a professional advice and guidance service to managers across the organisation.

The People & Organisational Development Advisor role will work across the various Centre of Expertise teams within the Cluster and in line with the demands and priorities of the organisation.

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

• Associate Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Evidence of continuous professional development

The postholder is able to demonstrate:

1. Providing advice on people management relating to at least two of the following areas:
   
   • Organisational and job design including workforce planning
   • Organisational resourcing and talent management, including designing recruitment and selection initiatives
   • Pay, reward and remuneration, including equal pay and job evaluation
   • Managing change in a transforming organisation
   • Developing, resourcing and delivering training and development on effective people management
   • Employee Relations processes (such as discipline, grievance, attendance management)
2. Building and maintaining successful working relationships at all levels in the organisation
3. Problem-solving and responding appropriately in a variety of situations
4. Critically evaluating information and developing practical business-orientated solutions
5. Facilitating customer-focused solutions
6. Sharing knowledge and working collaboratively with others within the functional area and across the wider organisation
7. Consultancy and facilitation skills with demonstrable ability in influencing and coaching managers, with specific focus on encouraging managers and employees to become self-sufficient

About Us

Please see the Job Profile for further details.

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact AskHR@aberdeencity.gov.uk.

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a silver award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners/spouses/families: armedforces@aberdeencity.gov.uk. We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application/selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:

• have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)
• looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
• are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
• have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
• are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

*"New Scots" are defined as refugees and asylum seekers who are in Scottish communities and include those who have been granted refugee status or another form of humanitarian protection, people seeking asylum, those who have been refused asylum, and those whose application has been refused but who remain in Scotland.