Senior Employee Relations Advisor

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Job overview

We are seeking experienced senior employee relations practitioners to be part of an exciting new employee relations function at Pennine Care. You will work as part of a team of Senior Employee Relations Advisors supported by an Employee Relations Business Partner to ensure that the Employment Relations advisory service is customer focused and delivered to the highest possible professional HR standards.

You will bring with you significant experience of employee relations. You will be driving change, in improving the experience of our staff and leaders, through the provision of high quality employee relation support that is based on developing a just culture and creating a great place to work.

As part of a new team, you will embrace innovative thinking about how we can do things differently within the Trust to move forward with our Employee Relations agenda.

Some home/remote working is supported in the roles.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for applicants with significant experience of
providing HR advice and support in an Employee Relations setting with demonstrable experience of working with managers at a senior level and
effectively working with staff side and staff representatives.

As an experienced employee relations professional you will hold strong interpersonal and communication skills which you can use to build collaborative relationships with stakeholders across the Trust including our Trade Union colleagues. Utilising your skills to support an effective just and learning culture you will demonstrate the ability to design and implement inclusive conflict resolution approaches.

You will play an integral role in nurturing and developing a new team acting as a subject matter expert developing training programmes for both managers and the ER team to develop the competence and capability of both.

The role will work with an allocated network to become the point of contact for all employee relations matters working closely with the network leads to support the needs of the business.

The postholder will need to hold level 7 CIPD or nearing completion of this in order to apply and should be able to evidence continued professional development and knowledge in the field.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The role will provide senior Employment Relations support, through a coaching style approach, to managers within the organisation and ensure the provision of expert, customer focused employment relations management advice, offer guidance on human resources policies, case management other workforce productivity initiatives.
• The post holder will provide expert advice as well as provide professional supervision to allocated members of the wider team. The role will be expected to work collaboratively with the Network HR Business Partners and Network Senior Management teams to
  ensure awareness of Network challenges and support effective employee relations within the Network.
• Ensuring that the provision of advice and support to managers and staff in the interpretation and application of HR policies and procedures and complex areas of employment relations is accurate, governed by national and legal frameworks as well as providing a specialist interpretation of national terms and conditions of service,
  local policies and procedures and National workforce initiatives. Ensuring that problems are identified and resolved quickly, effectively and fairly and that throughout all processes there is open and effective communication with staff and their representatives.
• Responsible for the management and maintenance of the team key performance indicators and standard operating procedures within the Employee Relations Service.
• Management of an allocated Employee Relations Advisor and oversight of the professional development of roles within the team to ensure that professional CPD is maintained.
• In line with development priorities, collaborate with other members of the workforce and OD service in developing HR and OD initiatives that create and add value to the business and performance of the Trust.
• To identify and progress early interventions to minimise workplace conflict and assess the feasibility of introducing alternative approaches to resolving disputes.
• Influence and drive business thinking and develop approaches that support operational business objectives, organisational design and resource plans and have an awareness around the implementation of workforce change processes
• Support the development and embedding of a just and learning culture within the organisation
• To provide specialist Employment Relations support to investigating officers, undertaking disciplinary, grievance, absence and performance processes and managing other aspects of employee relations in line with Trust policies and procedures.
• To provide advice and support to investigating officers and act as a panel member where appropriate in employment related hearings, providing senior advice and support to managers, considering the evidence presented to determine the appropriate action / outcome and advising on policy and procedural interpretation and
  organisational precedents.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with staff side representatives and Trade Union full time officials, including proactive communication of relevant employment relations issues.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the ER tracker casework management systems
• Work in close partnership with other Trust departments to continually improve the impact and quality of the Employee Relations advice provided
• Work in partnership with Workforce and Information Teams in relation to the obtaining of relevant workforce reports, providing analysis and interpretation of reports to HRBP's, Network meetings and People and Workforce groups where required. Ensuring that follow up and actions are completed in a timely manner
• Collate monitoring information as required with deadlines for management reports
• Play a key role in supporting the review and development of workforce policies,
  procedures, tools, training and quality improvement systems.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Level 7 CIPD or near completion

Hints and tips for completing your application can be found here.

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

What happens after your application has been received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What happens if I am offered the position after interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.

If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 200.1KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 128.7KB)
• Policy Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 117.0KB)