HR Advisor

Domesday Book. Shakespeare’s will. Tweets from Downing Street. War time records. These are just some of the 11 million items held by The National Archives. With a collection like this – one of the largest in the world – you’d think we could rest on our laurels a bit. Well, think again. As a HR Advisor, you will be a key part of the HR Business Partnering team supporting colleagues by providing best practice HR advice and guidance to ultimately help us to deliver our commitment in becoming the 21st century national archive: inclusive, entrepreneurial, and disruptive., As HR Advisor, you will provide essential support to HR Business Partners, line managers and the wider HR function.
You will be the first line of support to staff requiring advice on employee relations matters and you will play a key role alongside HR Business Partners in upskilling line managers capability.
You will have an eye for detail and will proactively analyse data and identify trends and areas for continuous improvement.
You will take the lead on ensuring that our HR policies and guidance are up to date and work with HR Business Partners and other key stakeholders to regularly refresh and improve our policy, guidance and tools.
You will also provide support for our essential HR Operations activities to ensure we consistently get the basics right., If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
+ Contact The National Archives via careers@nationalarchives.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
+ Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Working for the Civil Service
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

You will be CIPD level 3 qualified or with relevant experience working in a HR team providing advice and guidance on managing disciplinary, attendance, performance, and other employee relations cases.
You will be able to work in a busy environment with a varied workload and must be able to use your own initiative as well as working collaboratively as part of the wider People, Inclusion and Change directorate.
With good organisational and time management skills, you will be able to prioritise your work and see it to its full conclusion.
With a strong focus on customer service, you will use your strong interpersonal skills to build relationships across the organisation.
You will continually seek to improve processes to enhance efficiency and ways of working. The ideas and suggestions you make will help to support the wider People, Inclusion and Change directorate, as well as The National Archives.
Join us here in beautiful Kew, just 10 minutes’ walk from the Overground and Underground stations, and you can expect an excellent range of benefits. They include a generous pension and flexible working, as well as discounts with local businesses. We also have an on-site gym, restaurant, and shop.
This is a full time post. However, requests for part-time working, flexible working and job share will be considered, taking into account at all times the operational needs of the Department. A combination of onsite and home working is available and applicants should be able to regularly travel to our Kew site for a minimum of 60% of their work time., + CIPD Level 3 or demonstrable equivalent experience.
+ Experience of managing disciplinary, grievance, attendance and performance employee relations cases.
+ Confident and articulate communicator, able to build rapport and trust with people at all levels.
+ Experience using initiative in problem solving and decision making on issues with some degree of complexity, able to exercise good judgement on when to escalate.
+ Proven ability to manage own time and prioritise work.
+ Experience of HR systems and reporting, including MS Office products.
+ Experience of updating HR policies
Desirable criteria:
+ Experience of Workday

Alongside your salary of £32,721, The National Archives contributes £9,479 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Generous benefits package, including pension, sports and social club facilities, onsite gym, discounted rates at our on-site cafe and opportunities for training and development.
Any move to The National Archives from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk