Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Lochgilphead, is currently looking to recruit x 2 Employee Relations Advisers until the 31st of March 2025 on a rate of £19.05/hour PAYE – working up to 35 hours a week. These roles will be mainly remote based but must be able to travel to various locations within the organisation.
Responsibilities:
- Contributing to the design and review of the Employee Relations Advice service
- Maintaining accurate records in order to create high quality analytics and reports
- Contribute to change programmes to meet current and future needs of our customers
- Establishing and maintaining good working relationships with colleagues and customers
- Respecting the confidentiality of customers colleagues and other departments at all times
- Providing advice and support to relevant line managers and employees through the HR Adviceline, particularly on employee relations issues such as discipline, grievance, performance management, and reward, TUPE, organisational change, Job Evaluation, absence management and conditions of service
- To manage a caseload of basic employee relations cases for client departments covering all aspects of employee relations
- Attending interviews and hearings as required to advise on HR policies and procedures.
- To ensure processes and procedures are followed in relation to documenting and recording advice team activities
- To undertake fact finding investigations for basic disciplinary cases
- Assisting with the provision of coaching and/or mentoring sessions to managers covering Employee Relations policies and procedures
- Assist with the review and development of procedures, guidance and training materials for Employee Relations policies and procedures and leading on elements.
- To assist with the review and development of Employee Relations policies and procedures by conducting research into best practice and collating benchmarking data from other organisations
- To attend meetings and contribute to relevant internal and external working groups as appropriate
- To maintain and update systems with appropriate and accurate information that will enable accurate reporting of HR Advice and outcomes of employee relations cases.
- To maintain administrative information and filing systems.
- To gather and collate customer satisfaction with the HR advice service to support continuous improvement and professional development
- To produce clear and concise reports and analytics with regards to Employee Relations
- Undertake other duties appropriate to this job and grade, and as required by the line manager and ensure appropriate outcomes are achieved.
Essential Skills:
- HND or equivalent experience
- Providing information and guidance to employees/customers through written and spoken communication.
- Good knowledge of employment law
- Computer literate with good knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Will be required to travel in accordance with duties of the role
- Should be able to demonstrate the following organisational competencies;
i. Customer Focused
ii. Working with others
iii. Delivering Results
iv. Innovative thinking
v. Managing change
vi. Team leadership
- The post holder should be able to demonstrate the following professional behaviours (CIPD Profession Map Band 1);
i. Curious/ Future Focused
ii. Decisive thinker
iii. Skilled influencer
iv. Personally Credible
v. Collaborative
vi. Driven to deliver
vii. Courage to challenge
viii. Role model
- Must be able to demonstrate a personal commitment to upholding the strictest levels of confidentiality in relation to the role.
Desirable Skills:
- Foundation level 3 Membership of the CIPD or willing to work towards
- Degree in HR or related subject
- Working within an HR environment.
- Gathering information through researching professional materials/internet/networking
- Sound knowledge of council’s terms and conditions of service
- Understanding of HR administrative processes, from new start to leaver
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.