Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales
Human Resources Advisor
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The role
Are you an HR professional who enjoys building strong relationships, solving people challenges and helping managers get the best from their teams? We are looking for a proactive and customer-focused Human Resources Officer to join our People Team.
In this role, you will provide expert advice and support across a wide range of people matters, helping managers and employees navigate HR policies, procedures, and employment legislation with confidence. You will play a key role in supporting employee relations casework, delivering people initiatives, and identifying opportunities to improve the experience of our workforce. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys working collaboratively, influencing positive outcomes, and making a real difference across the organisation.
Applications will be considered on a full and part-time basis.
As an organisation, we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home, and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed upon appointment. Any regular face-to-face meetings or training will be planned in advance.
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Lucy Bowen at lucy.bowen@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
Interviews will take place on the week commencing 26th October 2026 through Microsoft Teams.
About Us
The People Team is committed to creating a positive and supportive working environment where our people can thrive. We work closely with managers and employees across Natural Resources Wales, providing professional advice, guidance, and practical solutions that support organisational objectives and enable high-quality people management.
As part of a collaborative and experienced team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of people initiatives while developing your own skills and expertise. We value partnership working, continuous improvement, and a customer-focused approach, ensuring that our services add value and support the success of colleagues across the organisation.
What You Will Do
- Provide professional HR advice and guidance to managers and employees across a broad range of people matters.
- Advise and coach managers in the application of people policies, procedures, and best practice, building confidence and capability in people management.
- Facilitate and support employee relations casework, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance, ill health, and sickness absence cases.
- Develop productive working relationships with stakeholders, building trust and confidence across the organisation.
- Analyse and interpret people data and information to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Support the delivery of people initiatives and projects that contribute to organisational priorities and workforce objectives.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the People Team to ensure a consistent and high-quality service.
- Identify emerging people issues and recommend appropriate interventions or solutions.
- Deliver a professional, responsive, and customer-focused HR service.
- Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
- Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post.
- Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
- Required to take part in incident response activities.
- Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
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Your qualifications, experience, knowledge, and skills
In your application and interview, you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.
- CIPD Level 5 qualification, Associate CIPD membership, or equivalent professional HR qualification and experience.
- Experience of providing professional HR advice and guidance to managers on a broad range of people matters.
- Experience of supporting employee relations casework, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, and absence management processes.
- Sound knowledge of employment legislation and HR best practice, with experience of applying this in the workplace.
- Experience of coaching and supporting managers to build confidence and capability in managing people issues.
- Experience of building effective working relationships and influencing positive outcomes with a range of stakeholders.
- Ability to analyse information, identify trends, and make practical recommendations to support workforce and organisational needs.
- Experience of handling sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
Welsh Language level requirements
Essential: Level A1 - Entry level
Welsh language levels
Please note, if you do not meet the Welsh language level requirements for this role, your application will not be considered.
Additional Information
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.
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Natural Resources Wales is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Although we hold a Skilled Worker visa sponsorship licence, it applies only to specific roles that meet both the eligibility criteria and salary requirements set out by the UK Government under the Skilled Worker visa route.
Benefits
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
- Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme).
- 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days.
- Generous leave entitlements for all your life needs.
- Commitment to professional development.
- Health and wellbeing benefits and support.
- Weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose.
See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.
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We're passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
We are committed to equal opportunities, and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale, and annual increments are paid each year.
We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on a variety of topics, stay current in their field, and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards. Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop, and use their Welsh language skills.
You are welcome to apply for any vacancy in Welsh or English, and any application submitted will be treated equally. Applications are welcome from individuals who want to work full-time, part-time, or job share.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the closing date to apply.
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