HR & Recruitment Advisor - Maldon District Council

HR & Recruitment Advisor - Maldon District Council

Maldon District Council

Temporary, Full Time

Up to £25.00 ph (PAYE)

Location: Maldon

Closing Date:  25th July 2025

Essex County Council (ECC) are delighted to be supporting Maldon District Council to recruit an HR & Recruitment Advisor on a 3-month temporary basis.

Key Accountabilities

The Resources and HR Team are looking for a confident, approachable and organised individual to complement the established team who provide HR support to the Council with learnt HR experience. Covering the entire employee lifecycle the responsibilities including recruitment, pre-employment and compliance checks such as DBS and health surveillance, managing staff change processes, arranging training, maintaining accurate staff records and responding to a wide range of HR related queries.
Providing HR support for less complex tasks which require some understanding of relevant processes, regulations and legislation. HR & Recruitment Advisors must ensure attention to detail, accuracy and customer focus to enable the highest possible standards of support and advice to resolve requests.

Please note you will be required to work in the Council offices 1-2 days per week.

The Experience You Will Bring

The successful candidate would ideally have worked in a similar role within local government and able to demonstrate the following: 

• Working in a customer focused, support service role with good admin skills
• Ability to analyse and respond to requests and understanding when to escalate a case
• Ability to be accurate, detailed and professional in approach to work
• Maintain confidentiality
• Ability to deliver high standards and good customer service.
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft and HR related systems (Select HR), and ability to learn new systems quickly.
• HR experience is essential, CIPD Level 3 qualified or working towards
• Good communication skills, recognising when different communication methods are needed. 

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website or email louise.butler@essex.gov.uk for further information.

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