Senior Employee Relations Advisor

Managerial responsibilities

Provide professional advice and support to managers in all areas of employment relations such as grievance, disciplinary, fair treatment and absence management procedures, ensuring that problems are identified and resolved quickly, effectively and fairly and that throughout all processes there is comprehensive and effective communication with staff and their representatives.

Advise managers and staff on the interpretation and application of terms and conditions of service and contractual issues.

Advise and support managers to undertake investigations, including: decisions on suspensions and advising on the approval process to suspend as appropriate; supporting the manager in the development of the investigation report; supporting the presentation of the findings at the hearing.

Attend formal employee relations meetings as appropriate and advise managers on documentation, ensuring consistency, accuracy and best practice.

Support the Head of Employee Relations and HR Business Partners with the effective management of Employment Tribunal claims, undertaking relevant duties as delegated to them.

Support the Head of Employee Relations to produce and monitor monthly employment relations data for key performance indicators.

Support the interpretation of this information, identify any problem areas and work with Trust managers to address them.

Support the Head of Employee Relations to provide monthly feedback reports on employee relations activity to the HR senior team.

Lead on supporting managers to proactively manage short term sickness cases, by reviewing reports sent to managers identifying cases that have triggered under the Trusts sickness absence policy.

Work with the Head of Employee Relations to further develop monitoring mechanisms against which the Employee Relations Team can measure performance.

Deputise for the Head of Employee Relations when required.

Professional responsibilities

• Provide professional advice and support as a full panel member in employment related hearings, providing guidance to managers to determine appropriate action.
• To be familiar with the Trusts computerised Employee Relations and ESR information record systems and input and retrieve information as required.
• Keep up to date with current employment law legislation and best practice and make recommendations when policy and procedure needs to change to reflect this.
• Be a trained Agenda for Change job evaluator and participate in job evaluation and matching panels.
• Provide advice and guidance to Trust managers with the development of job descriptions and person specifications in line with the Agenda for Change job evaluation and methodology.
• Foster a positive climate of employee relations within the Trust, to support the implementation of a partnership approach and to develop and maintain good working relationships with representatives of accredited Trade Unions.

Please see attached job description