Location: Across sites, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (frequency of visits to each site, to be agreed locally)
The Senior Employee Relations Manager, based across the Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust plays a vital role in delivering strategic leadership in employee relations. Overseeing a wide range of operational functions and guaranteeing the application of outstanding employee relations practices, the suitable candidate will play a crucial role in promoting a fair and learning-oriented culture within the Trusts, encouraging ongoing improvement, and enhancing organisational resilience.
As a key strategic collaborator, the Senior Employee Relations Manager is tasked with effectively managing and advancing employee relations practices across both trusts. This dynamic position demands a proactive approach to leading the Employee Relations Team, ensuring their activities align with the trusts' strategic goals while fostering an environment of collaboration and empowerment.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide strategic oversight and direction for the Employee Relations Team, setting ambitious targets and cultivating a high-performance culture that aligns with the Trusts' mission and values.
* Mentor and develop team members to enhance their capabilities, ensuring they are equipped to address complex employee relations issues while promoting a learning and just workplace environment.
* Collaborate closely with the Head of Employee Relations and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) to define and implement People strategies that drive organisational effectiveness, improve employee engagement, and support continuous cultural improvement initiatives.
* Lead case reviews for complex employee relations matters, applying a just and learning approach to conflict resolution and employee engagement, ensuring fairness and transparency in all processes.
About us
Our vision for Single Corporate Services: Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care.
This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.
Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services? Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme.
Job responsibilities
For further details, please see enclosed Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications:
* Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Professional Qualification (Post graduate level 7) or equivalent
* Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
* Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
* Coaching Qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £53,755 to £60,504 a year pro rata, per annum.
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