Senior Employee Relations Advisor

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will bring
• CIPD qualification at diploma level, or equivalent relevant experience, together with evidence of continuing professional development.
• Significant experience of managing complex employee relations cases and advising on employment terms and conditions, policies and procedures.
• In-depth, current knowledge of employment law and HR practice, with the judgement to identify legal, financial, reputational and organisational risks.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, challenge constructively and establish credibility at all levels.
• Strong analytical, organisational and time-management skills, including the ability to interpret policy, analyse HR data, manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• A flexible, self-aware and collaborative approach, with a commitment to customer-focused service, Being Fair, confidentiality, equality, diversity, inclusion and treating people with dignity and respect.
• Confidence using Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel. Experience in a unionised or NHS environment, Agenda for Change, line management, ESR, case management systems, project work or automation and AI tools would be advantageous.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualified CIPD Diploma Level or equivalent experience
• Degree or equivalent level of experience

Desirable criteria

• Associate CIPD membership
• Evidence of CPD

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience dealing with complex ER cases.
• Demonstrate in depth knowledge of up to-date Employment Law and current HR practice
• Understanding of Being Fair Culture
• IT literate - Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Recent experience of advising on complex employment terms and conditions, and the application of policies and procedures.

Desirable criteria

• Experience working within a unionised environment
• Experience on advising on Agenda for Change terms and conditions.
• Line management experience
• NHS experience.
• 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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