HR Advisor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of Human Resources Advisor within the People Services function. This role is central to supporting and delivering people strategies in alignment with the WMP People Strategy Vision and Values ensuring the Force meets its strategic requirements through exceptional HR service delivery.

This role will be supporting within the Crime portfolio specifically ROCU and Counter Terrorism. There is a requirement to successfully pass MV and SC vetting in this post.

This post will be primarily located at Lloyd House with requirement to regularly visit the Counter Terrorism Unit.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• People Management Advice: Provide tactical advice and support on all HR matters including contentious issues attendance welfare and grievance management.
• SLT & Portfolio Engagement: Collaborate closely with portfolio HR Managers providing input and updates for Senior Leadership Team (SLT) meetings including data reports and strategic options.
• People Plans: Manage and update portfolio-specific people plans covering talent skills training and recruitment ensuring fairness and consistency across the force.
• Disciplinary & Dispute Support: Offer comprehensive advice regarding disciplinary policies and actively support misconduct hearings ensuring fair and professional outcomes.
• Occupational Health & Wellbeing: Manage Occupational Health referrals support IHR processes and engage sensitively with stakeholders to ensure timely case management.
• Policy & Regulation Compliance: Ensure adherence to regulations (e.g. Regulation 28 Police Staff Pay Panel) providing timely and accurate advice to line managers and supporting all necessary paperwork and processes.
• Team Management: Oversee HR Officers ensuring service delivery meets quality and consistency standards across portfolios and maintain effective working relationships with Occupational Health to improve processes and manager capabilities.
• Workforce Planning: Ensure accurate workforce planning and establishment management focusing on student officer rotations officer postings and functional alignment with entry routes and training programs.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Utilise data to identify risks opportunities and solutions providing evidence-based HR guidance.

To view the full job description for this position please see the following link: role is an excellent opportunity for HR professionals looking to make a strategic impact by shaping HR services and ensuring alignment with broader organisational goals.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• CIPD Qualified: Fully or partially qualified or actively studying toward it.
• Experience in Complex Organisations: Experience within fast-paced complex environments with competing HR demands.
• HR Generalist Expertise: A solid background in providing advice across a range of HR policies and processes.
• Strong Employment Law Knowledge: A deep understanding of employment law and its practical application within a large organisation.
• Case Management Proficiency: Expertise in managing complex cases to successful outcomes.
• Workforce Planning Knowledge: Familiarity with establishment management and workforce resourcing processes.
• Leadership & Communication Skills: The ability to manage relationships provide clear communication across functions and effectively manage HR Officers.
• Data-Driven Approach: Use of data to provide insights identify risks and offer solutions in HR decision-making.
• Administrative and Confidentiality Skills: Strong planning prioritisation and confidentiality skills adhering to GDPR and data protection regulations.

Prospective officers and staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.

Vetting: Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting and Security Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical: Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks which may include a drugs test and if required a fitness test.

Interviews: Interview dates to be confirmed.

Contact: For further information regarding this role please contact Pamela Obadun at

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume seasonal and high-peak times the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled these circumstances the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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