Redeployment Consultant

You’ll be joining the Recruitment & Attraction team, working at the heart of Dorset Council’s approach to internal mobility and employee support. This role is all about people, helping colleagues affected by organisational change to navigate the redeployment process with clarity, compassion, and practical guidance.

You’ll work closely with the HR Centre of Excellence to deliver a joined-up, consistent service, while remaining plugged into live recruitment activity to actively identify and match people to suitable opportunities. Although this post uses a generic HR Adviser job description, your focus will be on delivering and shaping the council’s redeployment process, ensuring every step, from skills capture to selection outcome, is coordinated and well supported.

You’ll help define how the process works in practice, supporting the use of a central register, expression of interest forms, and internal shortlisting approaches. You’ll also track outcomes, support managers with expectations, and input into key decisions around trial periods, training, and reasonable adjustments.

We’ll support your development, encourage fresh thinking, and give you space to lead on this important work during a time of transformation.

What you can expect to be doing
You will:

• support eligible employees to identify suitable roles and prepare internal applications
• advise and guide both employees and managers throughout the redeployment process
• help to actively match people to roles using live data and insight
• liaise with recruiting managers to support shortlisting, selection and appropriate offers
• coordinate consistent tracking of redeployment activity, outcomes and feedback
• support the application of salary protection, trial periods and fixed term contract terms
• shape new tools and processes, including the skills and preferences form and reporting dashboard

About you
You’ll bring relevant experience with knowledge of HR and recruitment, with the confidence to work independently and the emotional intelligence to support people through change. You’ll be organised, thoughtful in your communication, and committed to delivering fair, consistent and people-centred outcomes. You’ll enjoy making systems better and spotting ways to improve how we do things, and most of all, you’ll care about making a difference when it counts.

At Dorset Council, we are working together to create a fairer, more prosperous, and more sustainable Dorset for everyone, now and in the future.

We: 

• provide essential services that support over 380,000 residents 
• work in partnership to make a real difference 
• value every role and the impact it has on our communities 
• support our employees to grow, develop, and thrive 

You will: 

• be part of a team that works together for a better Dorset 
• have access to a range of benefits and support 
• have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression 

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation where different skills, perspectives, and backgrounds strengthen both our council and the communities we serve. 

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. If you declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role, we will offer you an interview. We also want our recruitment process to be accessible. If you need any reasonable adjustments, just let us know on your application. 

This role is UK-based, and we will need to confirm your Right to Work as part of the appointment process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications, so the job title in any attachments may differ from the advert. If needed, we will provide additional details in a context statement. 

If you’re passionate about making a difference, we’d love you to join us. 

Find out more about how to apply.