Band 6 Senior Employee Relations Advisor

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Enfield; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Senior Employee Relations Advisor to provide specialist ER advice to managers in accordance with HR policies. The role covers attendance management, disciplinary, grievance, and bully & harassment issues across the Trust, with a focus on practical guidance and resolution.

You will work with the Associate Employee Relations Partner, support casemanagement, and coach junior ER colleagues.

Qualifications

• Experience in employee relations within a complex, multi-site NHS environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of employment law and NHS terms and conditions.
• Ability to advise managers on disciplinary, capability and grievance matters.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist employee relations advice to managers across the Trust.
• Support attendance, disciplinary, grievance and bully & harassment cases.
• Coach and mentor junior ER staff and support casemanagement.
• Travel between hospital sites and provide on-site presence.

Skills

Employee relations

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Advising managers

Case management

HR systems (Oracle)

NHS terms and conditions

Unionised environment experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Graduate CIPD

Job description

Band 6 Senior Employee Relations Advisor

To work in the ER Service to provide specialist employee relations advice within agreed HR policies and procedures, including managing attendance, disciplinary, grievance and bully & harassment;To deliver world class HR service by providing responsive and effective employee relations advice and guidance to managers, which supports the operational and strategic service plans of the Trust;To provide practical advice and guidance to managers to enable the casemanagement and resolution of complex employee relation issues across the Trust; Take an active role in coaching and mentoring the junior members of the ER service team.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Employee Relations Advisor on a permanent basis.

Your role will be to support, give advice and guide a range of all people management matters and mentor junior staff.

The current role you shall be working with the Associate Employee Relations Partner providing expert advice and support as a Senior Employee Relations Advisor specifically to employees.

The post holder will be responsible for providing high quality people management advice and guidance to employees ensuring they are in keeping with RFL Trust policies and procedures. The post holder shall provide guidance on sensitive matters, as well as coaching/responding to staff face to face, by e-mails, MS Teams and telephone queries.

As part of the pro-active management process, you will be expected to develop strategies for managing staff sickness/absence and other people management policies and processes.

A degree of flexibility will be given to the role but as the role is to support all hospital sites there is an expectation of regular on site presence and cross site travelling.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification

Royal Free Shared Commitments

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Shared Commitments

Education & Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent (normally gained through extensive professional work experience within a Qualifications HR environment)
• Graduate CIPD

Experience

• Employee relations experience in a complex, multi-disciplinary and culturally diverse organisation
• Experience of operating effectively in a customer facing environment
• Up to date knowledge of employment legislation and understanding of the risks of non-compliance
• Experience of advising managers on complex and serious individual and/or collective conflict situations including disciplinary, capability and grievance issues
• Knowledge and experience of using HR systems, example oracle
• Experience and knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions of Service including Agenda for Change
• Experience of preparing Employment Tribunal information
• Experience of working in a multi -unionised environment
• Able to plan and organise the work of themselves and others to ensure the achievement of targets and outcomes
• Able to provide direct support to managers on complex case management issues.
• Well developed written and oral communication skills
• Able to analyse complex information and identify appropriate recommendations
• Able to advise managers on case management issues related to terms and conditions, discipline, capability, grievance or change management
• Well developed influencing and negotiating skills

Personal Attributes

• Resilience in challenging situations
• High levels of personal influence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£45,953 to £54,254 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS