Employee Relations Advisor

Royal Berkshire; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Berkshire is seeking a confident Employee Relations Advisor to join our Employee Relations Team. You will provide professional ER advice across a broad range of matters, coach managers, and manage investigations while ensuring compliance with employment legislation and Trust policies.

You will contribute to policy development and help strengthen our Just Culture approach in a large, fast-paced healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Up-to-date specialist knowledge of employment legislation and current people management issues.
• Experience providing advice and guidance on a range of employee relations issues.
• Ability to interpret information and deliver practical, compliant ER solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional advice on a broad range of employee relations matters in line with legislation.
• Coach managers to handle workforce matters fairly, consistently and in line with policy.
• Manage a varied caseload including investigations and employee meetings and maintain accurate case records.

Skills

Employment legislation knowledge

Advisory experience

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Education

Degree or CIPD Level 5 in progress

Job description

We are looking for a confident and motivated Employee Relations Advisor to join our Employee Relations Team. We are seeking someone with relevant advisory experience, strong communication skills and knowledge of employment legislation who can remain calm, organised and professional in a busy environment. Working closely with managers across the Trust, you will provide professional advice on a broad range of employee relations matters and help identify fair, practical and timely solutions. You will manage a varied caseload, providing timely and practical advice to managers on matters including attendance, conduct, performance, grievance resolution, flexible working and employment terms and conditions. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your employee relations expertise and contribute to policy development, organisational initiatives and help strengthen a Just Culture approach and employee relations capability in a large fast-paced organisation. If you are organised, approachable and passionate about good people management, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will build constructive relationships with managers, employees and trade union representatives, while coaching managers to handle workforce matters fairly, consistently and in line with employment legislation, national terms and conditions, Trust policies and best practice. Alongside managing your own caseload, you will be providing advice ona broad range of workforce matters and people management. You will support informal and formal processes, including investigations and employee meetings, maintain accurate case records, utilise workforce intelligence reports, administer contractual changes and employee entitlements and help strengthen managers' confidence and capability to enhance employee relations across the Trust. Whilst you will be capable of working independently, you will also work alongside the Senior Employee Relations Advisors and Employee Relations Manager to deliver a consistently high quality and effective service. You will apply your employee relations knowledge to interpret and analyse relevant information and utilise your excellent interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills to identify, advise and implement appropriate solutions.

About us

Diversity makes us interesting... Inclusion is what will make us outstanding.

Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.

We support flexible working wherever possible, with requests considered on an individual basis taking into account service requirements, operational needs and the requirements of the role.

Our primary method of communication will be via email. However, if you would prefer to be contacted through a different method, please inform the recruitment team.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full roles and responsibilities

Education/Qualifications

• Educated to degree level / part qualified or studying for Level 5 CIPD qualification or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

• Up to date specialist knowledge of employment legislation and current people management issues and the ability to interpret and apply it appropriately
• Previous experience in providing advice and guidance on a range of employee relations issues
• Skills and ability to embrace new technology and tools to deliver a high quality and up-to-date ER service, responsive to changing ways of working

Skills

• Able to work on own initiative to add value and contribute to business success
• Skills and ability to embrace new technology and tools to deliver a high quality and up-to-date ER service, responsive to changing ways of working

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.