Hull City Council
Job Evaluation Officer
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Job Evaluation Officer
Number of Vacancies: 1
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Regular
Proposed Interview Date: Friday, November 13, 2026
Hours of Work: 37
Hiring Manager: Paul Shepherdson
Contact Number: 01482 613165
Job Description Summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Organisation Development (OD) and Human Resources (HR) Team as a HR Analyst — Job Evaluation Officer.
This is a key role supporting the development, maintenance and application of the Council's job evaluation framework, ensuring roles are evaluated fairly, consistently and in line with organisational values and behaviours. You will play an important part in promoting the Council as an employer of choice by supporting equitable pay and grading arrangements across the organisation.
Reporting to the Policy, Projects and Industrial Relations Manager, you will work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation and with external customers. You will provide a comprehensive, professional job evaluation service, offering expert advice and guidance on:
- Job description content and role design.
- Job evaluation methodologies and scheme application.
- Evaluation outcomes and appeals.
The postholder will be responsible for undertaking job evaluations and managing appeals to ensure equitable and consistent remuneration across the Council, supporting compliance with equal pay and employment legislation.
We're looking for someone with the skills, knowledge and experience to operate confidently in a job evaluation environment. You will have:
- A Level 3 qualification in an OD/HR-related subject or well-developed experience working within a job evaluation setting.
- Knowledge and experience of maintaining and applying job evaluation schemes.
- Sound knowledge of job description writing, organisational structure design, and HR policies and procedures.
- A good understanding of equal pay and employment legislation.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to provide clear, professional advice to a range of stakeholders.
You'll be joining a supportive OD & HR team where your expertise will directly contribute to fairness, transparency and organisational effectiveness. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills while making a meaningful impact across the Council.
Please ensure your application clearly demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification within the job description.
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Role and Purpose
To provide a professional job evaluation service to officers across the Council and to external customers of OD & HR. To provide advice and guidance on how posts fit within structures, and the required contents of Job Descriptions. To provide a pay and grading service to Senior Management and Partnerships contributing to the achievement of the Council’s resourcing needs.
Principal Accountabilities
- Assists in the promotion and implementation of the job evaluation process. Deals with evaluations, re-evaluation applications and appeals to achieve equitable and consistent remuneration throughout the Council.
- Monitor and maintain quality standards and contribute to the development and implementation of the Council’s pay strategy and structure. Undertakes research to ensure the council and partnership organisations remain attractive as a mainstream employer.
- Provide a professional, high level responsive and effective advisory service to Senior Managers and Partnerships on job evaluation, pay and grading, structure issues to meet service requirements and to ensure equal pay risks are managed and minimised.
- Maintain effective working relationships with trade union officials and ensure that meaningful communication takes place to address appropriate issues and ensure a good industrial relations climate is maintained.
- Assist in the development, promotion and implementation of the Council’s pay and grading related policies. Take action to increase Senior Managers’ and partnership awareness and understanding of the Council’s pay and grading related policies and to equip them with the skills to implement the policies effectively, including through the development and delivery of practical workshops and briefings.
- Positively represent OD & HR at meetings as required.
- Assist with development of the OD & HR team and its staff to achieve agreed objectives and maintain the level of professional expertise to meet the current and future needs of the Council.
- To provide a comprehensive, professional Job Evaluation resource support to, and represent, the service on pay and grading related issues as directed.
- To assist the Chair and provide specialist advice, to the Job Evaluation Panels as required to include all aspects of panel administration and participation in the Job evaluation panel process ensuring that panel members are provided with expert advice in order to achieve equitable and consistent remuneration throughout the Council. Communicates Panel decisions and the rationale behind the decision to the Assistant Directors and other appropriate managers.
- The above duties may involve having access to information of a confidential nature and may be covered by the Data Protection Act. Confidentiality must be maintained at all times.
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Compensation Grades: GRADES 8
Pay Ranges: £37,563.00 - £40,444.00
Job Classifications: 3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post)
Benefits of Working for Hull City Council
- A competitive salary
- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
- Supportive and forward-thinking culture
- Great career development opportunities
Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.
We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.
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