People & OD Advisor

NHS; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Gateshead is seeking a People & OD Advisor for a 12-month fixed term contract. The role involves delivering high-quality operational advice in Employee Relations, managing sickness absence, and supporting organizational change. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Human Resources or equivalent experience, along with strong communication and analytical skills.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing support

Staff networks for diversity

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a Human Resources field or equivalent experience.
• Experience working within a People and OD environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational advice on Employee Relations and Terms & Conditions.
• Support line managers in managing and reducing sickness absence.
• Analyse sickness absence figures to identify trends.
• Provide advice on complex or sensitive issues.
• Support corporate projects and people policies.

Skills

People & OD knowledge

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in Human Resources or equivalent

Associate CIPD member

Job description

We are delighted to be looking for 2 People & OD Advisors on 12 month fixed term contracts to provide guidance and advice on a range of matters including terms & conditions, absence, discipline, grievance, harassment and bullying, organisational change, ensuring consistent application of employment law.

The successful candidates will be assigned to a clustering of business units / departments, working with a small team and a much wider support network of aligned corporate specialists, in a matrix model of working.

The People & OD Advisor role is at the heart of our directorate model, reporting to the Deputy People & OD Lead and working closely with the directorate operational teams. Successful candidates will use initiative, self-motivation and self-direction, to manage own case loads, priorities and demands to ensure that work is delivered on time and meets quality and assurance standards.

Main duties of the job

You will have a key role in supporting People & OD and the Trust to deliver the ambitions of the People Plan, providing operational advice and specialist knowledge on all Employee Relations and Terms & Conditions related matters.

Provide a comprehensive, high quality service focusing significantly on reducing sickness absence, delivering the timely conclusion of employee relations matters, and supporting organisational change processes.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Job responsibilities

• To provide a comprehensive, high quality service focussing significantly on supporting line managers in managing and reducing sickness absence in specific areas.
• To analyse sickness absence figures and reasons for absence in specific areas, in order to identify trends and concerns that can be proactively addressed.
• Provide advice and support to managers on a wide range of complex or sensitive issues, working within policies and procedures including disciplinary, capability, grievance, harassment and bullying, organisational change, job evaluation, redeployment, flexible working, terms and conditions, making judgements on a case-by-case basis.
• To support People and OD Leads as required with corporate level projects and people policies, ensuring that they represent best practice, meet all appropriate employment legislation and NHS specific guidance, drive improvements and effective people practices.
• Role modelling our values, taking the initiative and working collaboratively across all POD Teams to implement solutions that resolve underlying issues and create sustained change and improvement.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a Human Resources field or equivalent experience
• Associate CIPD member

Experience

• Experience of working within People and OD Environment

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.