HR Adviser

ABOUT THE ROLE

At Northumbria University we pride ourselves on having exceptional people, driven and motivated to provide students with an exceptional experience while at university. We are looking for a proactive and experienced HR Adviser to contribute to the recruitment, development and retention of high quality staff, support managers to drive performance and provide well informed advice and creative solutions to resolve people management and development issues.  

ABOUT THE TEAM

As part of the Human Resources Management Team you will work closely with other People functions including HR Business Services, Equality Diversity and Inclusion, Health, Safety and Sustainability, Organisational Development and People Experience to deliver the best service to our customers.

ABOUT YOU

As the main contact for managers and staff in your area, you will pride yourself on delivering excellent customer service and helping them achieve their business objectives. You will be confident, well organised and able to work at pace.

To be successful you will be qualified to degree level (or equivalent), with a professional qualification in HR, and experience in a generalist HR role.

To apply for this vacancy please click ‘Apply Now’.  Your application should include a covering letter and a CV.

ABOUT US

At Northumbria, we embrace tomorrow. We pursue new thinking, forge new partnerships, create, and exchange new knowledge, and find new solutions. Our inspirational academics, partners and students work together to tackle tomorrow’s challenges head on. We are ready for the future whatever it may hold. 

Awarded the title of

University of the Year

 in the 2022 Times Higher Education Awards, Northumbria University is a research-intensive modern university with a global reputation for academic excellence. 

Northumbria recorded the biggest rise of any UK university for research power in the Research Excellence Framework for the second time in 2021 and is now ranked top 25 for this measure. 

One of the largest universities in the UK with over 37,000 students from 137 countries, filled with world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and students at the heart of an outstanding experience, Northumbria is a new kind of excellent university.  Discover more

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Northumbria University is a great place to work.  We empower our exceptional people to achieve shared ambitions and promote a positive work life balance.  To say thank you, we offer a wide range of benefits including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, continued commitment to your learning and development and

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Our Northumbria Values are guiding principles that define who we are, what we do and what is important to us. Our Values are: Academic Excellence; Innovation; Inclusivity; Collaboration; and Ambition.

Our Behaviours describe how we do things and how we work together at Northumbria, reflecting our culture and our decision-making. Our Behaviours are: We listen and learn, we support one another to success, we respect everyone and their contributions, we trust in ourselves and each other and we are bold.

Our Behaviours were co-created by colleagues from a range of roles across the University, who worked collaboratively to consider what it feels like to work for Northumbria, and where we need to continue to transform together to achieve what’s important to us. 

Colleagues at Northumbria are based for the majority of their time on campus as campus as this keeps our campus vibrant, with a strong sense of community, and welcoming to all colleagues, students, and visitors.  The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.

Northumbria University is committed to creating an inclusive culture where we take pride in, and value, the diversity of our staff.  We encourage and welcome applications from all members of the community.  The University holds a bronze Athena Swan award in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, we are a Disability Confident Leader, a member of the Race Equality Charter and are participating in the Stonewall Diversity Champion Programme.  

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