Associate Director of People - London, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will be a key member of the Senior leadership team acting as the professional lead for employee relations for all staff groups.

The postholder will be the key relationship manager for staff side interactions and communication and will take a lead on managing the Joint Staff Committee (JSC).

To work closely with relevant members of the wider People and OD team to ensure that our employee relations practices are delivered in a person-centered and compassionate way.

The postholder will also have a key role in the development of our people managers and HR practitioners.

The post holder will lead the Employee Relations team, ensuring that concerns and complaints are expertly triaged, and that HR Investigations are completed to a high standard in a timely manner; to ensure systems are in place to mitigate conscious and unconscious bias.

The post holder will develop a practice of learning, feedback, and quality improvement on managing employee relations matters, working with learning and development colleagues to contribute to the development of people management capability across the Trust.

To ensure that high quality reports are produced around ER activity to meet both internal and external requirements.

To manage ER project and improvement strands as directed by the Deputy Chief People Officer and Chief People Officer.

The postholder will work closely with relevant members of the wider People and OD team to embed a restorative just culture approach across the organisation and ensure that our employee relations practices are delivered in a person-centered and compassionate way.

This will include ensuring that there is a clear framework for all our Employee Relations policies and that these are fit for purpose and updated in line with relevant case law and any changes to national terms and conditions.

The postholder will also have a key role in the development of our people managers and HR practitioners.

The post holder will lead the Employee Relations team, ensuring that concerns and complaints are expertly triaged, and that HR Investigations are completed to a high standard in a timely manner, as well as ensuing that systems are in place to mitigate conscious and unconscious bias.

They will also ensure that high quality reports are produced around ER activity to meet both internal and external requirements.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.

We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.

There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness.

Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations:
care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services.

Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark:
as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care.

You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.

ER and Investigations

To provide technical advice and support to the team and managers through the stages of ER cases such as disciplinary, capability, grievance, dignity at work and sickness management including investigations and procedures.

Attend internal hearings and appeals as necessary as well as attending external Employment Tribunal hearings where required.

Liaising with Trust solicitors in relation to documentation required for Employment Tribunals, collating relevant information, and supporting with identifying and preparing Trust witnesses.

Managing the legal budget ensuring processes are in place to reduce spend.

Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analysing, interpreting and presenting data and information relating to Trust ER cases.

Deliver bespoke investigations for complex and/ or unusual cases (such as SOSR) as

Design and implement appropriate methods to gain feedback from customers on a regular basis and conduct case reviews to u