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This role is available immediately on a permanent basis. Although this is a full-time role, we welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours, (minimum of 0.8 FTE, 29.2 hours) or job-sharing arrangements. Other flexible working arrangements will also be considered.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working with an expectation of 2 days per week presence on campus.

• Are you passionate about providing exceptional HR advice to your organisation?
  Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your HR knowledge and expertise are valued and developed?
• If so, we want to hire people like you to our award-winning HR team at the University of Exeter.

The Opportunity

We currently have a vacancy for a talented HR professional to join our HR Advisory team. The focus of the role will be to provide comprehensive and pragmatic HR advice and support to line managers and employees across the University on all aspects of HR. Working alongside our HR Partners and Senior Partners, you will play an integral role in helping our managers drive high performance and positivity across their teams while ensuring a key focus on staff health and wellbeing. Key aspects of the role will include:

• Being a pivotal point of contact for line managers for advice on day-to-day staffing matters.
• Building and maintaining strong working relationships with leaders across our academic and professional services communities.
• Developing a strong working knowledge of University HR policies and procedures, and be confident in providing clear and accurate advice and guidance to managers and employees.
• Working with colleagues across HR to ensure effective management of key HR processes. This will include advising on employee relation casework, referring employees to the Occupational Health Service, supporting at end of probation hearings and more.

About You

We are looking for people with:

• Proven, recent experience of working in a fast-paced generalist HR role (to include advising on disciplinary, grievance, and performance issues etc.) in a complex organisation.
• Resilience and the ability to work well under pressure. You will have a proven ability to plan, prioritise and organise your own work effectively in a demanding environment.
• The ability to work effectively with others in a team environment and able to act with diplomacy in sensitive situations and maintain confidentiality.

If this sounds like you then please read the Job Description for more details.

Why our staff love working here

• Flexible working opportunities
• 41 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Actively inclusive organisation ensuring equality and fairness for all
• Leading parental leave initiatives
• Multiple wellbeing and health initiatives for staff
• Sustainability and the environment being at the heart of what we do
• Beautiful campus environment when working from either Exeter or Penryn
• Inspiring research that really makes a difference to the world

About us

Our well-established HR team has over 100 employees and provide a comprehensive HR service, which is consultative in approach, agile and adaptable to the changing needs of the University.

With over 27,000 students and 6,400 staff from 180 different countries, we offer a diverse and engaging environment in which to work. We are an equal opportunity employer, a Disability Confident employer and an Athena Swan accredited institution.

As one of the UK’s top Universities, we have a challenging and ambitious agenda. Key to us achieving our goals is our staff. Whether top, international academics, technical staff working in our labs, or professional services staff, we recruit, develop and help our employees to flourish.

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022).

Would you like to know more?

Interested? We would be delighted to answer any questions to help establish that this HR Advisor role is the right job for you. To find out more email: Lynn Stoyle, HR Casework Manager at [email protected]