Employee Relations Specialist Adviser

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Band 6 - Fixed Term Full Time Position (until 31 March 2024)

Interview date: W/C 14th August 2023

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a CIPD qualified Human Resources professional to join a busy team at the Isle of Wight NHS Trust. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a proven track record of delivering a wide range of HR services in a challenging employee relations environment.

Within this role, the successful candidate will provide a comprehensive, efficient, and professional operational employee relations service working across the whole organisation and across all staffing groups, in order to support the Trust in achieving its strategic and operational objectives.

The post holder will undertake project work and other specific work as directed by the Employee Relations Manager.

Experience of working within an NHS environment with all staff groups is highly desirable, although applicants from other employment backgrounds will be considered.

For more information or an informal chat, please contact Nikki Butler on nikki.butler1@nhs.net

Aligned to a clinical division and/or corporate area the postholder will provide advice, guidance, and support to managers on all areas of employee relations including grievance and discipline, attendance management, performance management, termination of employment on grounds of capability, equality and diversity, organisational change including redundancy and TUPE, employment legislation including maternity rights and terms and conditions of employment.

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values areCompassion,Accountable,Respect andEveryone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.

Within this role, you will:

• Provide ongoing advice, guidance, and coaching support to line managers and staff in order to enhance the employee relations capability within the organisation.
• Work closely and collaboratively with Trust managers and colleagues within the People and Organisational Development function to ensure synergy of service provision and training delivery.
• Ensuring managers are aware of their responsibilities in the appropriate application and implementation People Services policies, practices, and procedures.
• Deliver sessions on the Management Essentials programme, and any other ad hoc training sessions acting as the lead facilitator to underpin the organisational leadership and managerial strategy.

You should have previous experience of providing HR advice in accordance with current UK employment legislation including TUPE, the Equalities Act 2010, Employment Rights Act, and the ACAS code. The successful applicant will have highly developed communication skills and will participate in the delivery of training to support line managers to develop their people management skills and improve their confidence in dealing with employee relations issues.

You should be able to manage a range of competing priorities to meet objectives, while having the ability to influence, and develop strong working relationships across a range of stakeholders internally and externally.

The role will involve working from home as well as attendance in the office or other Trust sites. It is essential that the successful candidate can fulfil the travel requirements of the post.