Employee Relations Specialist

St George's University Hospitals; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in London is seeking an Employee Relations Specialist to support a variety of HR functions including case management and policy development. The ideal candidate should promote a just culture and have an understanding of equality and diversity in relation to employee relations. This role requires collaboration across teams to ensure compliance and a welcoming workplace for all staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide full range of ER support across the employee relations lifecycle.
• Supporting ER projects, conducting investigations, managing formal and informal casework.
• Promote just culture approach to employee relations and understand equality and diversity matters.

Job description

Overview

The aim of the Human Resources Directorate is to set a clear direction for human resource management across St George's and to use the Trust's vision and values as a basis for real change to improve working lives for our staff to enable us to continue to deliver excellent care for our patients.

The ER operational team provides a specialist advisory service to both staff and managers across a wide range of Human Resources matters including; Recruitment, medical staffing, workforce information, terms and conditions, HR policy, employee benefits, employee relations, workforce strategy and retention. The ER Specialist role is a key driver in the ER Strategy and the ER improvement Plan, To act as a subject matter specialist and support divisions as assigned by the Head of ER, supported by a Band 6 ER Advisor who they will line manage.

Responsibilities

The ER specialist will provide the full range of ER support across the employee relations lifecycle. This will include supporting ER projects, conducting investigations, managing formal and informal casework, supporting hearings up to and including dismissals, and supporting Employment Tribunals.

The post holder will also contribute to ER strategy projects and policy development workstreams including improvement activity and training. The post holder will be expected to promote a just culture approach to employee relations and understand equality and diversity matters relating to ER Cases contributing a culture of compassionate leadership across the Trust.

Contribution to Trust Vision

The postholder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the trust vision of: A thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system. One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.

Values and Expectations

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment. The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non‑clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role. The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take.