Senior HR Advisor | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Maidstone is seeking a highly motivated Senior HR Advisor to join its dynamic HR team. The post involves managing operational caseloads, providing professional support to HR Business Partners, and handling complex Employee Relations issues. Candidates must hold a full UK driving licence and have relevant HR experience. This full-time role offers an opportunity to contribute to the Trust's mission of delivering exceptional care to the mental health community.

Qualifications

• Relevant HR experience, particularly in Employee Relations.
• Knowledge of employment law and HR best practices.
• Ability to handle grievances and disciplinary cases effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage operational caseloads to quality standards.
• Provide professional support to HR Business Partners.
• Monitor employment practice trends within the Trust.

Skills

Employee Relations

Change Management

HR Training

Investigation Skills

Education

Full UK driving licence

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.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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.

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.

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Dec 2025.