As one of the UKs best employers, we believe in putting people at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for an experienced and proactive Employee Relations Advisor to join our People, Culture and Digital team and help us create a positive, supportive and inclusive workplace culture.
Location: Central Office, Cheadle - Stockport (Hybrid Working). Hours/Contract: 37.5 hours per week | Permanent. Salary: £36,040 per annum, with pay increments every two years.
Responsibilities
You’ll provide accurate, professional employee relations advice and support to line managers, investigators, and hearing/commissioning managers. You’ll help them interpret policies, procedures, legal guidance and organisational precedent to make balanced and informed decisions across a wide range of employee relations casework.
* Employee relations matters
* Sickness absence management
* Capability and performance processes
* Change management support
* Policy review and development
You’ll also play an important role in improving our policies and procedures, ensuring they reflect best practice, wellbeing principles and the Trust’s inclusive tone of voice.
Qualifications
* CIPD Level 5 qualified
* Experienced in providing employee relations advice to managers
* Confident managing a varied HR caseload
* Skilled in research, policy development and writing
* Experienced in using HR systems and databases
* Able to build strong working relationships across teams
* An excellent communicator with strong written skills
* Knowledgeable in employment law and HR best practice
* Passionate about inclusion, wellbeing and people-focused HR
* Experience within education, healthcare or social care settings would be an advantage
Benefits
* Annual leave: 27 days plus 8 bank holidays, rising to 30 after five years and 33 after ten years
* Generous pension scheme and death-in-service benefit (up to 7% company pension contributions and up to 6× basic salary death-in-service benefit)
* Occupational sick pay and family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave
* Reward and discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances, etc.
* Eligibility to apply for a Blue Light card
* Real living wage employer
* Refer a friend scheme
* Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
* Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday
* Promotion of wellbeing across the organisation, including Mental Health First Aiders and free weekly yoga (in person or online)
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home
* Inclusive networks: Disability & Neurodiversity, Race Equality, Proud Together (LGBTQ+), Together for Men, Women Together
We welcome applications from individuals who have the right to work in the UK. We are not providing sponsorship for overseas staff. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people and encourage applications from those with lived experience. If any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential, please discuss it with the Recruitment or HR shared service teams, and we will support you.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including a DBS check (at no cost to yourself).
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