HR Graduate - Pay, Reward & Policy

Grade: E, F, G

Salary: 1-6 months £19,698, rising to £20,493 after 6 months and then £22,627 for the final 12 months of the scheme.

Contract: 2 years fixed term position as part of the NYCC graduate programme

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week

Location: County Hall, Northallerton

We have an exciting opportunity for two graduate trainees to join our Pay, Reward and Policy Team.

The team is a specialist function within the Human Resources and Organisational Development Service. They act as subject matter experts and play a vital role in attracting, retaining and engaging employees through development of the total rewards package that we offer to our employees; including salaries, leave entitlements, salary sacrifice schemes and benefits that extend beyond the boundaries of the employment relationship.  The team also reviews and develops Corporate HR policies to support our workforce and our strategic priorities, taking into account best practice and legislative requirements.

The HR and OD Service is a corporate function that works across the County Council and offers its services to other organisations on a commercial basis.  The service includes the following:

• Employment Support Services (payroll, transactional HR)
• HR Shared Service (operational HR support and advice, employee relations case work)
• Pay, Reward and HR Policy
• Organisational Development
• Workforce Development
• Resourcing Solutions
• Training and Learning
• Health and Wellbeing
• HR Business Partnering
• Commercial HR (HR solutions for the education sector and other public sector organisations)

The benefits of this opportunity include:

• Gaining experience of working for a large, complex and highly regarded public sector organisation;
• Working alongside experienced generalist and specialist HR and OD professionals;
• Gaining an in-depth knowledge of the HR and OD profession across a range of functions;
• Gaining experience of partnership working, both within the Council and with partner organisations;
• A range of opportunities to support your ongoing professional development;
• The opportunity to develop a network with over 100 HR professionals who work across our HR and OD service.

Graduates who join NYCC are expected to:

• Achieve the objectives set for them; ask for help/clarity where needed;
• Develop their knowledge through self-directed study – further research, reading and questions;
• Fully participate in all training opportunities through on the job experience, mentoring and coaching and formal training and learning;
• Work toward becoming a member/associate of the relevant professional body, where appropriate;
• Make the most of the opportunities available within NYCC; and demonstrate NYCCs expected behaviours of:

§  Focussing on customers and communities;

§  Taking responsibility;

§  Working together;

§  Acting with Integrity

§  Building a culture of continuous improvement and innovation; and leading by example.

Benefits of working for us

We want you to work to live not live to work, we want you to enjoy the things in life that really matter to you and this is important to us. We can offer you a range of employee benefits including a competitive salary, generous leave entitlement, flexible working hours, a government pension scheme and access to our ‘Everybody Benefits’ package which includes a variety of retail discounts.

You can also expect to receive ongoing support throughout your role and to be part of a friendly and dedicated team.

As a Council we are lucky to benefit from access to modern technology which has enabled us to work from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. The successful candidate will be fully enabled to work from home, with their base location being County Hall, Northallerton. In the near future, you will be required to attend County Hall on some days.

Start your journey to a great career and join us as a graduate

Contact & Apply

If this role sounds like it could be for you, and you would like to gain more information, please email Sarah Longstaff (HR Business Partner) Sarah.Longstaff@northyorks.gov.uk 

Key dates:

Closing date: Sunday 11^th July

Interview date: Week commencing 19^th July.