Decipher this job ad to earn £40,000 a year

COUNCILS are not known for using plain English. But one town hall’s advert for a £40,000a-year ‘people partner’ has taken jargon to a new level.

The job in human resources at North East Lincolnshire Council has been advertised with a 3,000-word ‘role profile’. The ‘true generalist role’ has been ‘redesigned to support the organisation in its desire to achieve its outcomes for its people and place’.

Applicants must ‘offer strategic advice ... across the whole employment lifecycle’ while required skills include ‘storytelling’. Critics described the post as a waste of money.