Senior Human Resources Advisor

The Methodist Church in Britain; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Senior HR Advisor within the HR Advisory Team for a 24-month fixed-term contract. The role provides first-line HR advice to managers and staff, managing a caseload of employee relations matters and blending working from County Hall with home.

You will attend sites as needed, support policy development and collaborate with payroll, Occupational Health, Health and Safety and Recruitment. Visa sponsorship is not offered.

Qualifications

• Experience of providing HR advice and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex employee relations caseload, including sickness absence, disciplinary, grievance and bullying and harassment cases
• Provide HR advisory support to an assigned service
• Act as first line of HR advice and support to managers and staff
• Provide HR advice and guidance drawing on current HR best practice and employment legislation
• Take a lead on specific policy development and projects
• Develop and maintain working relationships with partners such as the payroll provider, Occupational Health, Health and Safety, EDI and Recruitment
• Represent HR on ill-health, grievance, performance and disciplinary panels, and on appeal panels as appropriate
• Coach managers to develop their people management skills and confidence with complex HR issues
• Contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of a professional HR service
• Attend meetings in person on sites as needed

Skills

HR best practice

Employment legislation

Job description

Senior HR Advisor in the HR Advisory Team at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, on a 24-month fixed-term basis. The holder acts as first-line HR adviser to managers and staff, owning a caseload of employee relations matters such as sickness absence, disciplinary, grievance and bullying and harassment cases. Designated service areas and blended working from County Hall and home, with in-person attendance at sites when needed, set this role apart. Visa sponsorship is not offered.

What the job involves

• Manage a complex employee relations caseload, including sickness absence, disciplinary, grievance and bullying and harassment cases
• Provide HR advisory support to an assigned service
• Act as first line of HR advice and support to managers and staff
• Provide HR advice and guidance drawing on current HR best practice and employment legislation
• Take a lead on specific policy development and projects
• Develop and maintain working relationships with partners such as the payroll provider, Occupational Health, Health and Safety, EDI and Recruitment
• Represent HR on ill-health, grievance, performance and disciplinary panels, and on appeal panels as appropriate
• Coach managers to develop their people management skills and confidence with complex HR issues
• Contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of a professional HR service
• Attend meetings in person on sites as needed

Experience

• Experience of providing HR advice and guidance

Skills & knowledge

• Up-to-date knowledge of HR best practice
• Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation

Checks & eligibility

• Permission to work in the UK
• DBS disclosure, with the cost deducted from salary once started

What’s offered

• Flexible working requests considered under the flexible working policy
• Blended working from County Hall and home