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HR Advisor - GLA14137

Job details
Posting date: 05 September 2025
Salary: £36,319.27 to £42,291.44 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 21 September 2025
Location: Glasgow Central, G2 1DU
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week
Company: GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND ARMS LENGTH ORGANISATION
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: GLA14137

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Summary

Job Description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced HR Advisor to join our busy HR team within Education Services to deliver a professional HR service to both Managers and Heads of Establishment.

The Role Includes:

You will provide expert technical advice, guidance and case management whilst ensuring effective interpretation and application of Council policies and procedures.

You will work directly to an HR Officer, whilst providing support and assistance across the team and to the Senior HR Officer on day-to-day operational matters and HR service improvement projects.

What You’ll Bring:

  • You will be customer focused supporting our Heads of Establishment across the city and have excellent communication skills coupled with the ability to manage a range of conflicting priorities. Experience of HR service delivery within a unionised environment is desirable.

  • You should be highly organised and have excellent administration, digital and data analysis skills with experience in using Microsoft Excel. You will also enjoy working as part of a fast-paced and friendly team with a desire to create a positive working environment.

Hybrid working is available in this role. If you’re shortlisted for the post we look forward to telling you more about our approach to ensuring the needs of the service are met along with flexibility to manage and maintain your work life balance.

We are committed to supporting the successful candidates with their future career pathway through development and success in post. Ideally, you will be in possession of, or working towards, a relevant HR qualification.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with us about the roles on offer, please contact Karen Strachan, HR Manager, at karen.strachan@glasgow.gov.uk or on 07788 568686.

Application Packs

The following alternative Application Packs can be requested in other format for example, Braille, Audio and other languages. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 0141 287 1054. Packs will be posted out to you 2nd class within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request. Please note the closing date of the job advert if requesting this to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return to us.

Further Information

Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see

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For further information about working for us please refer to our website GCC HR Policies

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