Employee Relations Advisor

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will bring
• Education to degree level, or equivalent experience in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field, together with a CIPD diploma-level qualification.
• Recent, demonstrable experience in a generalist HR function, including advising on employment terms and conditions and applying policies and procedures.
• Current knowledge of employment law and HR practice, with the ability to provide pragmatic advice and recognise when a matter requires escalation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to negotiate and be appropriately assertive while remaining sensitive in contentious situations.
• Experience of using HR data, effective time-management skills, and the ability to establish, use and review systems and procedures.
• A flexible, self-aware and collaborative approach, with the ability to work on your own initiative, establish credibility and demonstrate openness, honesty, inclusiveness and personal integrity.
• A clear commitment to Trust values, confidentiality, data protection, equality, diversity and inclusion, and treating every individual with dignity and respect.
• Confidence using Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel. Experience at advisor level, within the NHS, with Agenda for Change, ESR, Being Fair, basic project management, HR data analysis, or automation and AI tools such as Copilot would be advantageous.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• Qualified CIPD Diploma level

Desirable criteria

• CIPD Level 5 qualification or working towards, or equivalent HR experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Recent demonstrable experience of working in a Generalist HR function.
• Demonstrate knowledge of up-to-date Employment Law and current HR practice
• IT literate - Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Recent experience of advising on employment terms and conditions, and the application of policies and procedures.

Desirable criteria

• Experience on advising on Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Understanding of Being Fair Culture
• NHS experience.
• Experience in working in an advisor level role.
• Experienced in using ESR
• Experience using automation and AI tools such as Co-Pilot

Additional Information

Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.

UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.

The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.

The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.

COVID 19 Risk Assessment

Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.

The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.

If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.

Covid Vaccination Status

Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.

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