HR Advisor
| Posting date: | 09 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 November 2025 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN1 1NJ |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75748761 |
Summary
Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance
Wigan Council
Wigan Life Centre
College Avenue
Wigan
WN1 1NJ
Salary: Grade 6, £29,540 - £32,597 per annum.
37 hours per week
1 permanent position
1 temporary position until December 2026
We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.
We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!
Your role:
We’re pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for experienced HR professionals to join our HR Operations Team as an HR Advisor.
In this role, you’ll provide expert guidance to a diverse range of stakeholders, ensuring alignment with relevant policies, procedures, and employment legislation.
You’ll support employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, attendance management, dignity at work, and performance capability with a particular focus on supporting attendance.
Additionally, you’ll play a vital role in our HR Advice Hub, responding to enquiries and delivering high-quality support across the organisation and to our customers.
About you:
To thrive in this role, you’ll be confident in offering professional, solution-focused HR advice, drawing on your experience in employee relations.
You’ll be a trusted partner to our customers, helping them navigate complex HR matters such as supporting attendance, performance, and conduct issues.
We’re looking for someone who enjoys problem-solving and can translate challenges into practical, business-focused solutions.
Your ability to build strong, respectful relationships will be key whether working with colleagues, trade unions, or external partners.
Flexibility is important, as travel within and occasionally outside the borough will be required. A full valid UK driving licence is essential.
About us:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.
The HR and OD Service are responsible for delivering a full HR and OD function across the whole of Wigan Council, schools who buy back our services and other external partner organisations. The team work collaboratively together to achieve the best possible services.
As an employer we show our appreciation for our employee’s hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of rewards and benefits, including but not limited to generous annual leave, flexible working opportunities and an extensive wellbeing offer.
We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.
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For further information about the role, please contact Nicola Sentance on 01942 486518.
Interview dates:
Priority candidates: 28th October 2025
All other candidates: 29th October 2025
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