Employee Relations Advisor

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced HR professional, capable of working autonomously, using their professional judgement, specialist knowledge and influencing skills, to support the resolution of employee relations issues. Working in a complex, challenging and fast-paced environment, you will be responsible for providing advice and guidance on a range of issues including health and absence management, conduct, grievance, discrimination, bullying & harassment, flexible working, and performance.

Applicants should be CIPD qualified (Level 5), with experience of advising and coaching managers through a range of employee relations issues, interpreting policies/procedures, and applying a sound knowledge of employment law. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, along with a proven track record of building strong and trusting relationships. You should be capable of dealing with a number of competing priorities and focused on resolving employee relations cases effectively and efficiently, in line with agreed quality and performance indicators.

If you are looking for your next challenge and wish to join us as we come together with our partners into one community, mental health and learning disability Trust for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, then we are keen to hear from you. We will offer you a supportive work environment along with continuous professional development opportunities to assist your future career progression.

Main duties of the job

The Employee Relations Advisor will support the provision of high quality, specialist employee relations advice and conflict resolution services for managers and staff within the Trust to promote a fair and just culture.

Working in a highly complex, challenging and fast-paced environment, the post holder will be responsible for supporting employee relations cases, providing advice and guidance to line managers on a range of issues including health and absence management, conduct, grievance, discrimination, bullying & harassment, flexible working, and performance.

The post holder will be an experienced professional capable of dealing with a number of competing priorities and using professional knowledge and judgement to utilise best practice systems, policies and processes that ensure consistent, robust, and timely support to enable employee relations cases to be managed efficiently, in line with agreed quality and performance indicators.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Moorgreen Hospital

Botley Road, West End

Southampton

Hampshire

SO30 3JB

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Moorgreen Hospital

Botley Road, West End

Southampton

Hampshire

SO30 3JB

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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