Job Description
What you’ll do…
Being key members of the management teams they support, as HR Advisor you will act as the first point of contact to our managers, providing advice and guidance to the business to improve people management capability and manage casework. We provide HR support to teams across the whole of England, so travel will be involved including occasional overnight stays. We aim to provide a great place to work and blended working forms part of our flexible and inclusive approach to future ways of working. It is an informal arrangement which gives you the option to work some of the week from home, and some of the week from our Forestry Commission workplaces, subject to role requirements, business needs, and regular review. Informal blended working arrangements will be available as agreed with the line manager.
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Where you’ll work…
You can be based at our Wendover site or Santon Downham site. There will be an expectation for the post holder to travel across the South and East districts as well as to National Office in Bristol and other sites across the Country.
What you'll earn (you won't find "competitive salary” written instead of a figure on our watch!)
£33,854
What you'll receive in return (Benefits)
Benefits…
Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
- 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
- STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
- free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
- a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.
Read more about the benefits on the Forestry England website.
CIPD Requirement
Closing Date
What you’ll do…
Being key members of the management teams they support, as HR Advisor you will act as the first point of contact to our managers, providing advice and guidance to the business to improve people management capability and manage casework. We provide HR support to teams across the whole of England, so travel will be involved including occasional overnight stays. We aim to provide a great place to work and blended working forms part of our flexible and inclusive approach to future ways of working. It is an informal arrangement which gives you the option to work some of the week from home, and some of the week from our Forestry Commission workplaces, subject to role requirements, business needs, and regular review. Informal blended working arrangements will be available as agreed with the line manager.
Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.
Where you’ll work…
You can be based at our Wendover site or Santon Downham site. There will be an expectation for the post holder to travel across the South and East districts as well as to National Office in Bristol and other sites across the Country.