Senior HR Advisor

NHS; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service organization is seeking a Senior HR Advisor to join its HR team in Maidstone. The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive Employee Relations service and lead on various areas including recruitment and equality. Responsibilities include managing a caseload, supporting HR partners, and being involved in investigations. Candidates should have a CIPD L5 or equivalent experience, alongside a strong understanding of Employment Law and training experience. This is a full-time fixed-term role.

Qualifications

• Must be part qualified or have equivalent experience in an Employee Relations setting.
• Experience in writing reports/letters and knowledge of Employment Law.
• Experience managing a case load and delivering training.

Responsibilities

• Manage operational caseloads ensuring quality standards are met.
• Handle grievances, disciplinary cases, and organisational changes.
• Involved in investigations and preparation of documentation.

Skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Education

CIPD L5 or equivalent

MCIPD Qualified

Job description

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior HR Advisor to join our dynamic HR team. To provide a professional, comprehensive, and timely Employee Relations service to Directorates or Corporate departments and to ensure the HR Business Unit delivers an exceptional, professional, effective, and efficient service to the Trust as measured by internal service level agreements or key performance indicators.

To take the lead on specific areas e.g. Agenda for Change, Equality and Diversity, Recruitment, and HR communications as directed by the Employee Relations Manager.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

We have a 12-month full-time Fixed Term post & full-time permanent post

Main duties of the job

• Manage an operational caseload, ensuring cases are managed to quality standards
• Provide an objective and professional approach regarding job analysis
• Support HR Business Partners in all aspects of change management to ensure that change, where possible, is planned, managed and implemented in accordance with Trust policies
• Support HR Business Partners and where required deliver HR training
• Provide advice and support to HR Business Partners as appropriate.
• Monitor trends in employment practice/caseload within KMPT

About us

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Job responsibilities

• Handle referred individual grievance, disciplinary and capability cases, in addition to organisational change through all formal stages up to and including preparation for tribunal and other legal proceedings.
• Be actively involved in investigations, including the preparation of all documentation for hearings in conjunction with managers.
• Assist in the development and review of employment policies, including response to legislative changes

Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Training, Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge

• CIPD L5 or working towards/willing to work towards
• Must be part qualified as minimum or have demonstrable equivalent experience in an ER setting
• Experience in writing reports/letters
• Knowledge of Employment Law
• Has experience managing a case load
• Is a trained investigator
• Can work on own initiative
• MCIPD Qualified
• Has experience delivering training

Skills

• Can demonstrate ability to work on own initiative

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.

Deputy Chief People Officer - HR Operations