Role Overview
The People and Culture Directorate is seeking to appoint an experienced Senior Employee Relations Advisor to work within our busy but friendly Employee Relations team. This position offers the opportunity to grow and develop in a supportive, progressive environment.
Key Responsibilities
Support the development of a just and restorative learning culture, including reviewing and developing employee relations policies and management training packages that reflect current legislation, caselaw and best practice, and embed Trust values and behaviours.
Provide advice on a range of complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary processes, grievance, performance, management of change, TUPE and absence management. Provide professional advice to hearing panels up to dismissal.
Work collaboratively with staff side representatives, partners, senior and operational managers and staff.
Qualifications and Training
* Postgraduate Diploma (CIPD Level 5) or equivalent qualification
* Demonstrated evidence of current continuous professional development
Desirable qualifications
* Additional HR specific training & development e.g. Trained Job evaluator
Experience
* Experience of advising operational managers across a wide range of specialised HR and employee relations matters within a complex, multi‑site, unionised environment.
* Experience of supporting complex organisational change programmes.
* Proven track record of success at addressing employment issues to ensure effective resolution of concerns.
* Experience of working collaboratively in partnership with staff side, managers and staff.
* Experience of advising on employee relations panels up to and/or including dismissal.
* Demonstrable experience of supporting managers with employment tribunal claims and subsequent processes including liaison with Trust solicitors.
* Experience of interpreting data to formulate effective HR strategies, including audits and surveys.
Desirable experience
* Experience of working within an HR role in the NHS.
* Support of ET cases through information provision.
* Experience of managing TUPE transfers.
Knowledge
* Excellent working knowledge and understanding of employment law and recent case law.
* Good working knowledge of IT packages e.g., employee relations databases, PowerPoint, Excel, Word.
Desirable knowledge
* National NHS priorities and significance of HR contributions.
Skills
* Ability to form effective business relationships to drive HR services.
* High level communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to professionally and confidently present complex and sensitive data and information.
* Confident and resilient, with the ability to negotiate and influence others.
* High degree of credibility & professionalism.
Values and Behaviours
* Demonstrate understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trusts Equality and Diversity Policy and associated legislation.
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 Apr 2026.
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