People Officer (Pay & Reward) | £29,542 - £32,046
Position reference: POP&R
Directorate: Core | Service: People, Communications and Intelligence
Salary: £29,542 - £32,046
Working Arrangements: Agile Working
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Fixed term until 31/12/27
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
Suitable for Secondment: Employees wishing to be considered for secondment should agree with their head of service before submitting an application form.
See our range of Employee Rewards: Employee rewards and benefits
Closing date: 27/11/2026 at 23:59
This post requires a Basic Criminal Record Check
Prospective employees will be required to give a reasonable account of any significant periods (6 months or more in the past 3 years) of time living abroad.
When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker.
Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.
At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to people’s lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.
We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
There’s so much happening in our thriving borough, and now’s the perfect time to join our excellent People Services team as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- We’re an award-winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough supporting around 243,000 people.
- Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
- If you join the team you’ll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we’ll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
- We’ll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
- There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- Key to our success is working with our residents, partners, businesses and organisations and building these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.
About the Post:
An opportunity has arisen to join the People Service Centre Team at Barnsley Council as a People Officer.
This role will have a particular focus on supporting an important project to review and update our job profile information. You will provide practical data and administrative support, including making agreed changes across identified job profiles, maintaining accurate information and supporting activity linked to job evaluation.
Alongside the project work, you will support the wider People Service Centre as required, helping us to maintain accurate people and organisational information and deliver an effective, professional service to our customers. This fits well with the wider People Officer role, which includes maintaining People Services data, organisation information, systems and documentation and supporting service improvements.
Creativity, ambition and a focus on people. That is what matters at Barnsley Council. Our award-winning council is on an exciting journey of change. It is all about putting people at the heart of everything we do, listening to our communities and customers and continuing to improve the services we provide.
Your role in our journey
You will play an important part in helping us make sure our people information and job profiles are accurate, consistent and up to date.
Working within the People Service Centre, you will support the project through accurate data and administrative work, progressing agreed updates to job profiles, supporting job evaluation activity and helping us maintain high quality records and information.
You will need to be comfortable working with detailed information, managing a busy workload and working collaboratively with colleagues across People Services.
What you will need
You will need a Level 2 qualification in a related discipline, together with relevant experience of working in an HR or administrative environment.
You will be methodical and diligent, with good attention to detail and the ability to manage your own workload and meet deadlines. You will have experience of using Microsoft applications to process, present and manipulate data, together with confidence in using IT systems in a working environment.
You will also need good communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
A lot to look forward to
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we will do all we can to support you to be truly excellent.
If you are organised, confident working with data and detail, and enjoy being part of a busy team where your work makes a practical difference, we would love to hear from you.
We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to discuss any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including those relating to caring responsibilities.
We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of choice and particularly welcome applications from under represented groups.
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: People Officer Job Profile.pdf
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile.pdf
Help with your application form
Please ensure you view the job profile for this role, as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.
We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to address any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including as a result of caring responsibilities.
We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued and everyone truly feels able to be themselves. If you have any support needs during the recruitment process, please let us know.
CV's are not accepted for this role.
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Salary range
- £29,542 - £32,046 per year