HR Adviser

University of the West of Scotland – Professional Services

Paisley Campus

Full time: 35 hours per week

UWS have an exciting opportunity to join our People and Wellbeing team as a HR Adviser. Working closely with the HR Business Partners, the postholder will provide a pro-active and effective HR service for all university colleagues.

As an ambassador for the department, you will contribute to building the departments reputation, actively raising its profile through positive impact on the business by building strong, collaborative internal and external relationships. This will include liaising regularly with union representatives to support UWS employees and aid change management.

Within this busy role, the successful candidate will be involved in dealing with HR operational queries from managers and employees, providing information, sign posting and advising on process and procedure. As well as this the HR Adviser will provide advice on employee relation matters such as disciplinary, grievance, performance and absence management. Providing training and coaching to management on these matters and analysing the data to identify any trends.

The successful candidate should have the following:

• HND or equivalent experience
• Experience of providing operational HR advice, referring to relevant policies and procedures.
• A strong understanding of employment law and experience of dealing with complex cases.
• The ability to effectively manage long-term and short-term absence, liaising closely with Occupational Health.
• Proficient in coaching and training managers on disciplinary, grievance and performance issues.
• A working knowledge of processing and administration of core HR information using HR information systems.
• A proactive and organised in approach in managing workload
• An excellent communicator with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

About us

The University of the West of Scotland is one of Scotland’s largest and most dynamic modern universities. Our reach across the country, together with our London campus, means that UWS is a significant force in global knowledge creation, innovation, and a leading provider of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree education. Our degrees provide students with a transformational experience; equipping them with highly sought-after graduate skills that set them up for global success in world-leading sectors, industries and businesses.

With cutting-edge courses, modern pedagogy and practical knowledge, we enable our students and staff to experience the joy of learning, teaching, research and innovation, and apply their knowledge for the benefit of others.

UWS is officially ranked by Times Higher Education in the top 200 universities worldwide under 50 years old (2023 Young University Rankings).

Our professional services teams are the backbone of UWS, providing robust and innovative solutions to support the vast range of work across learning and teaching, and research and innovation. You will join a supportive and dedicated team, playing a key role in a range of work that will help drive forward our ambition to deliver world-leading research, and graduates who will design, shape and build a new future.

We offer our staff a caring and supportive environment, across five campuses, and a competitive benefits package which includes:

• 24 days of annual leave, plus a further 12 days for public/university holidays
• An additional days leave on your birthday
• Defined benefit contribution pension scheme (including death in service benefits upon joining the scheme 
• A flexible approach to working pattern and work-life balance
• Employee discount scheme across 3,500 retailers
• Fitness facilities across our campuses
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing resources, including occupational health, physiotherapy and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional, career and research development opportunities.

Interview date: To be confirmed

The University reserves the right to shorten/extend the closing date of any position where a high/low volume of suitable applications are received. Therefore, if you are interested in this role, an early application would be encouraged.

You can find out more about how the University uses your personal data as part of the recruitment process by looking at the UWS HR Applicant Privacy Notice at www.uws.ac.uk

UWS are committed signatories to the Armed Forces Covenant. 

UWS is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups.

UWS is a “Disability Confident” employer.

University of the West of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC002520.