HR Advisor

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as an HR Advisor on a fixed-term contract. This full-time role offers hybrid working, focusing on employee relations and HR support. Ideal for those looking to grow their HR career with a supportive team.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discount

Competitive pension scheme

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation

Qualifications

• Experience in Employee Relations and ER case work management.
• Working knowledge of employment legislation.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR advice on sickness management and formal casework.
• Promote a good employee relations climate with Trade Union Representatives.
• Support organizational change programs.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

CIPD Level 7 Advanced Qualification

Job description

We are recruiting for anHR Advisorto join us on a fixed-term contract or secondment opportunity for12 months.

You'll be joining our supportive HR team working across Community Directorate and Corporate Services. This is an ideal opportunity for someone keen to develop their HR career and passionate about providing excellent HR advice to managers and staff.

The focus of this role will be to have an immediate and positive impact in our HR support and advice function within our Trust where you'll be a key member of local teams, providing expert HR advice and guidance. This is a full time role with hybrid working which will include working at home, at our team base in Littlemore Oxford, and across our services.

You'll be specifically working on absence and performance management, employee relations case work as well as getting involved in wider HR-related project work to increase your HR generalist knowledge, and to help coach our leaders in supporting our staff.

If you have a strong background in employee relations and enjoy a varied HR portfolio, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

• Promote a good employee relations climate, acting as a point of contact with Trade Union Representatives in appropriate instances.
• Provide professional guidance and support to managers on appropriate HR issues including sickness management, redeployment and formal casework including grievance, capability and disciplinary cases escalating when necessary.
• Advising managers and staff on a range of HR issues including flexible working requests, various types of leave, employment breaks and the application of the probationary policy.
• Provide managers with regular updates, advice and information on a range of HR issues.
• Supports organisational change programmes with guidance from a senior HR team member.

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:“Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are:“Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Employee Relations experience including practical experience of ER case work management

Desirable criteria

• Studying towards a Level 7 Advanced level CIPD qualification
• Previous experience of working within an organisation with formal trade union recognition

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Working knowledge of employment legislation

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to deal effectively with sensitive issues
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload

All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.

Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.

We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.

Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.

We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing