Employee Relations Learning Adviser

RSPB; Moreton-in-Marsh; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Employee Relations Learning Adviser to enhance managerial skills within their organisation. This pivotal role focuses on designing and facilitating training workshops that empower managers to navigate HR policies effectively. You will collaborate with various teams to foster a supportive learning culture, ensuring that managers are equipped to handle performance conversations and support their teams' well-being. If you are passionate about management development and eager to contribute to a diverse and inclusive workplace, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance Scheme

26 days' Annual Leave

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of employee relations and HR practices.
• Experience in designing and facilitating learning events.

Responsibilities

• Design and facilitate workshops on people management skills.
• Evaluate learning interventions and report on progress.

Skills

Employee Relations Knowledge

Facilitation Skills

HR Policy Understanding

Coaching Skills

Learning Design Cycle

Mediation Knowledge

Inclusive Learning Design

Education

Relevant HR Qualification

Job description

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Employee Relations Learning Adviser

Reference: JAN20256179

Expiry date: 23:59, Wed, 5th Feb 2025

Location: Flexible in UK

Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave

Do you enjoy bringing people together to connect and collaborate? Are you interested in helping us make the RSPB the best it can be?

Due to an internal seconded promotion, we are now looking to recruit an Employee Relations Learning Adviser to be part of the Learning & Organisational Development team. This role will develop and deliver training interventions, primarily peer support workshops, to support managers in developing their people manager skills. This role is a vital expression of our People Statement, ensuring our workforce know that this is a place where they can thrive, feel proud of the work they do, and be supported to be themselves.

This role would suit an Employee Relations Adviser, HR Generalist or experienced People Manager with a good understanding of HR policy and procedures who has experience of developing and running learning and development courses or programmes. This role will help build a strong learning culture through developing the capability of our line managers. You will collaborate and connect with L&OD and HR, as well as establish and maintain relationships with people from across the whole organisation.

About the role:

The post holder will design and facilitate a range of learning opportunities, including workshops, action learning sets and peer support sessions. The topics of these sessions will be people management skills and applying HR policy into practice.

• Having supportive conversations around performance and underperformance.
• Dealing with poor conduct/behaviours.
• Having supportive absence conversations that align with absence policies.
• Supporting the mental health and well-being of their teams.
• Balancing the individual and organisational needs in practice.
• Conversations with team members to tackle informal grievances to prevent escalation.
• Taking ownership of uncomfortable situations.

Your role will be to:

• Design and facilitate workshops and interventions. These workshops will be discussion-based, focusing on managers’ experiences of putting HR policy into practice. Through peer support and expert guidance from HR colleagues, you will ensure the learners are developing their skills and understanding of putting policy into practice.
• Market these workshops - Alongside other L&OD colleagues, you will raise the visibility of these opportunities to ensure good uptake throughout the management community.
• Evaluate - Through evaluation strategies, you will identify the impact of these workshops and adjust them where necessary based on that feedback. You will provide reports on progress with the target audience.
• Occasionally be involved in 1:1 support, working with managers to understand their situation/challenge and using your coaching skills, specialist guidance, and consultancy approaches to support them and help them move forward.
• Work closely with our HR (Human Resources) colleagues on cases such as capability, probation, grievances, investigations, and conflict.
• Travel around the UK will be essential. Approx. once a month.

Necessary qualifications and experience:

• Good understanding of employee relations processes, being able to demonstrate knowledge of ACAS best practices and knowledge of how managers can provide support and direction to enable teams and individuals to thrive.
• Able to facilitate a variety of learning events (from workshops, peer support sessions, and action learning sets).
• Experience in facilitated conversations.
• Experience in working with managers to support HR cases (such as capability, conduct, grievances, absence management and managing investigations).
• Experience in leading on all elements of the learning design cycle, from the learning needs analysis to the evaluation of a learning intervention.
• Able to create a blend of learning products that are accessible, equitable, and inclusive to suit a variety of learning styles and preferences.
• Knowledge of workplace mediation.
• Experience in creating and designing engaging self-learning products (such as topic guides, pocketbooks, workbooks, worksheets, e-learning, and videos).
• Experience of supporting managers working with staff and volunteers together.

If you are passionate about management development, enjoy working with manager cohorts to increase confidence and are looking to join our supportive and creative team to bring the latest best practice to our work programme, we would love to hear from you.

Additional Information

This is an 18-month contract role for 30.00 hours per week. We are looking for someone who would be able to start as soon as possible.

As part of this application process, you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence of how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above.

Before applying for this role, we recommend reading through the candidate guidance notes attached to the top of this advert.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments at the application/Interview stage, please get in contact.

This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

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