Senior Employee Relations Advisor

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading mental health service as a Senior Employee Relations Advisor, where you will manage employee relations issues and provide high-quality support in a proactive and customer-focused environment. This full-time role offers flexibility and the chance to make a real difference in frontline care services. You will work closely with stakeholders to enhance employee relations, ensuring compliance and best practices while fostering a culture of compassion and excellence.

Qualifications

• Highly motivated and person-centred.
• Solution-oriented with sound judgment.
• Committed to excellence in frontline care services.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex employee relations caseloads.
• Provide advice for early resolution of workplace issues.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to influence employee relations.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Effective Communication

Problem Solving

Job description

Are you looking for an exciting new role within the field of People & OD, one that challenges the norm and offers creative solutions to employee relations?

About the Role

We are embarking on a journey to transform our People & OD function into a proactive, effective, and customer-focused service to meet future challenges. As the Senior Employee Relations Advisor, you will collaborate with a team of dedicated colleagues to deliver high-quality educational and operational employee relations activities, aligned with our ‘Just & Restorative Learning’ culture, values, and behaviors.

Key Responsibilities

1. Manage a complex caseload of employee relations issues, ensuring compliance with legislation, best practices, case law, and policies.
2. Provide advice and support to facilitate early resolution of workplace issues, understanding organizational challenges and risks, and offering mitigation strategies.
3. Lead with compassion and strive for excellence, working closely with stakeholders to influence and shape the future of employee relations.

Candidate Profile

We seek a highly motivated Senior Employee Relations Advisor who is person-centred, solution-oriented, and possesses sound judgment and professional challenge skills. Effective and timely communication, along with high interpersonal skills, are essential for success in this role. A commitment to excellence and making a difference in frontline care services is also vital.

Additional Information

This is a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week. The Trust supports flexible working arrangements and is open to discussing your preferred working hours.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust encourages applications from individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges, recognizing the valuable perspective this brings to our work.

About Us

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) offers the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK, including substance misuse services. We collaborate with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. Our scope is unique, built on care and treatment, science and research, and training.

Employing around 5,000 staff, we serve a population of 1.1 million across multiple services, including inpatient wards, outpatient, and community services. We provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people annually and treat over 45,000 community patients in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark, as well as substance misuse services in Bexley, Bromley, and Greenwich. Working at SLaM offers the chance to be part of an organization with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care, with access to professional development and the opportunity to work with world leaders in the field.

Contact

For further details or informal visits, please contact:

• Name: Kwesi Moodie
• Job Title: Employee Relations Manager
• Email: [e-mail]