Senior Employee Relations Advisor - London, United Kingdom - South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the HR team as a Senior Employee (ER) Relations Advisor.

This is an HR Employee Relations post offering the successful applicant a unique opportunity to work in this dynamic and developing HR service.

The post is a substantive one within the service.

The post offers the opportunity to shape the development of the Employee Relations process role, within the service and across SWLSTG also.

The applicant's primary role will be to support the HR ER function of the team and to liaise with HR colleagues and line managers and service leads alike.

The postholder will be based within the HR Department team base located at Tolworth Hospital but will have an opportunity to work remotely for some of their assumed 5 day working week (Mon -Fri 9am to 5pm) with 30 minute lunch break.

About the location:

Kingston (Tolworth)

Our community hub in is based at Tolworth Hospital in borough of Kingston close to a number of shops and with good transport links close to the A3 and a bus ride away from Surbiton station, which has fast connections to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo.

Establish strong working relationships with managers in assigned Service lines to support the employee relations and management upskilling requirements within the service. Working with the Head of Human Resources, Trust Senior ER lead and assigned HR Business Partners as appropriate.
Provide an expert and up to date knowledge to all employees and staff side representatives on HR policies and procedures and employment law processes as applicable and ensuring appropriate signposting and support.
Provide first point of contact HR advice and support to the designated Service Line management team to facilitate early resolution of employee relations issues ensuring that the risk associated with such cases are effectively managed seeking advice and support from the Lead Employee Relations Officer or Head of Human Resources as appropriate and including: 1. Management of Sickness Absence
Disciplinary
Grievance
Harassment and Bullying
Performance management - capability
Investigations
Supporting to resolve issues as informally as possible or ensuring that the formal processes are carried out in line with HR Policy and procedure. Supporting line managers and formal hearing panels up to and including dismissal hearing panels.
In conjunction with the Lead Employee Relations Advisor work with the Head of Human Resources and HRBPs in performance management and engagement including tactics and initiatives to improve staff attitude survey results and health and wellbeing HR Projects assigned by the Head of Human Resources and/or HR Business Partner
Work and prepare line managers to attend formal hearings and present their management cases. Support new managers at formal hearings to present their case if and where appropriate.
Play a lead role in conjunction with HR Business Partners on consultation and restructuring processes including advice regarding redundancy. Where appropriate provide support to line managers in the handling of redeployment and redundancy processes including support to conduct 1;1 consultation meetings and provide written communication to affected employees ensuring that all rights and entitlements in an 'at risk' situation are advised and maintained.
Accurately record all ER related case work on the Trust's recording system and escalate complex ER issues to the other ER Advisor(s) and HRBPs for advice, support and guidance.
Compile reports for the Service Line senior management on HR/ER activity highlighting any areas of concern in conjunction with the Service Line HR Business Partner
Work proactively in raising staff management skills of line managers through the preparation, design and facilitation of HR management briefing sessions in conjunction with all HR Advisor peers across both Trusts to ensure that consistent message and process is applied to all staff in line with agreed policies. Briefing and training sessions to be scheduled to run throughout the year.
To work in partnership as appropriate with the joint Trust's recognised trade unions and their representatives and Regional Officers in resolving staffing issues or other joint working projects.
To work as a member of job evaluation panels with staff side representatives to ensure an efficient and consistent job evaluation process across the joint Trusts.
To participate in the update and revision of HR Policies, guidance and document templates as requested.
Service Line HR project work as requested by the Head of Human Resources or the Borough/Service Line HR Business Partner
To support the Trust in reaching its vision of excellence in everything it does by leading and promoting equal opportunities, fairness, equity and inclusion.