HR and Organisational Development

Help shape the future of our workforce and play a key role in supporting the organisation through a wide range of strategic and people-focused HR functions.

HR Policy and Reward

• Develops and reviews employment policies , ensuring legal compliance and alignment with organisational goals
• Manages employee relations including Trade Union facility time agreements, disputes resolution and appeals
• Leads on pay, grading and benefits strategy including terms & conditions, job evaluation, pensions policy and employee benefits
• Responsible for workforce equalities including statutory reporting and managing equalities outcomes

HR People Solutions

• Leads strategic change programmes aligned with Council Priorities, supporting the organisations workforce through people centre approaches.
• Supports attendance through training, promoting wellbeing, data insights and early intervention, and procedure development.
• HR Business Partner teams support casework, recruitment, workforce planning, and compliance.
• Drives digital transformation with innovative solutions, improved reporting, and staff engagement.

Health & Safety and People Analytics

• Focuses on Prevention, by ensuring that workplaces and employees are safe, healthy and protected when carrying out their work.
• Ensures that operations and working practices are compliant with health and safety regulations.
• Manages HR workforce systems and data analytics to support data driven-based decision-making
• Ensuring employees are supported and trained in safe Moving & Handling and Manual Handling techniques through provision of training, assessments and audits.
• Leads on provision and access to Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Employee Counselling services

HR Strategy, Organisational Development and Wellbeing

• Creates, sources and delivers a range of approaches to developing people and capabilities required for a Digital Council. As well as digital skills this includes mindsets and practices.
• Leads on recruitment, onboarding, workforce planning and compliance. This includes resourcing strategies to support our workforce needs and the Plan for Fife aspirations such as workforce youth investment and the Life Chances approach.
• Supports Social Work and Social Care staff through creating, sourcing and delivering a range of professional development opportunities. Specialist areas of support include Trauma Informed Practice and Whole Family Wellbeing.
• Supports the improvement of organisational performance through activities such as leadership development, employee engagement and culture and behaviours work.
• Supports the wellbeing of our workforce.
  

Some of our HR roles across our 4 team areas include:

• HR Officer/ Adviser / Lead Officer / Team Manager / Service Manager
• Digital Skills and Learning Officer / Adviser
• Workforce Development Officer / Adviser
• Health and Safety Adviser / Lead Officer
• Manual Handling Adviser