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)
Position Type: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Band 6 £37,338- £44,962 per annum
The role of Assistant Employee Relations Manager at Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust offers vital HR expertise to managers and staff, particularly in addressing complex and sensitive employment matters.
Main duties of the job
In this capacity, you'll actively oversee employment relations cases, ensuring they align with policies and deadlines. You'll also work closely with managers to review intricate cases, extracting lessons learned and improving management effectiveness. Your guidance will cover a broad spectrum of employment issues, all while supporting the trusts in meeting their strategic and operational goals in accordance with national and medical terms and conditions.
By fostering a culture of learning and improvement, you'll help ensure consistent service delivery across both trusts while contributing to the overarching aims of a Single Corporate Service. As a key player in the Employee Relations function, you will provide essential support and advice to Employee Relations Advisors, particularly in managing employment relations cases and ensuring adherence to Trust policies and regulatory standards.
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.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU, and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in-person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In your role, you'll collaborate with the Employee Relations Manager to analyse ongoing cases, identify trends, and generate insights that lead to improved processes and management practices. You'll prioritise transparency, fairness, and teamwork, effectively communicating with both employees and management to address their concerns.
Moreover, by facilitating training sessions and sharing best practices, you'll be instrumental in cultivating a just and restorative culture within the team while driving continuous improvement initiatives across both trusts.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Educated to degree level or to be able to demonstrate knowledge to the equivalent level
* Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Professional Qualification (Post graduate level 7) or equivalent
Desirable
* Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working in a customer focused environment responding to management needs
* Experience of advising on complex issues e.g. providing advice on TUPE transfer leading on due diligence, organisational change including redundancy situations, ill health dismissals, conflict resolution cases - experience of facilitating meetings
* Understanding and interpreting of employment legislation
* Facilitation skills to deliver training
* Mediation skills to resolve conflict situations
* Experience of taking minutes at formal hearings
Additional criteria
Essential
* Knowledge of a range of HR policies, processes and practices e.g. absence and capability, disciplinary and grievance procedures
* Knowledge of current employment law, data protection and ACAS Codes of Practice
* Understanding of best practice in HR
* Understanding of redeployment processes
* Understanding of NHS Medical and AfC Terms and Conditions
* Excellent interpersonal effectiveness including diplomacy, influencing, negotiation and facilitation skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a particular emphasis on writing of reviewing letters, terms of reference (TOR), guidance, management cases and training.
* Able to establish credibility and rapport with line managers
* Sensitive and responsive when dealing with challenging or emotional circumstances.
* Able to prioritise and respond flexibly to changing demands
* Ability to work autonomously and show initiative
* Commitment to equal opportunities
* Excellent 'PC User' skills including all basic Microsoft packages
* Ability to analyse situations and exercise independent judgement
Desirable
* Trained in Job Evaluation
Employer details
Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address
Lakeside
North Harbour
Cosham
Hampshire
PO6 3EZ
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