Senior Employee Relations Advisor

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced individual to join our Employee relations team. Under the guidance of the Employee Relations Manager you will provide operational human resources support in a professional, timely and consistent manner to designated areas of the Trust

The main purpose of the role will involve providing HR support and advising managers on employee relations issues such as attendance management, grievances, disciplinary and performance management. Your advice will be consistent with Trust policies and in line with best practice and current employment legislation. You will need to have extensive experience of Employee Relations management and be used to working with Trade Union representatives.

To support the Employee Relations Manager in the provision of an operational Employee Relations service within designated service areas.

The post holder will be the main point of contact for case work and operational issues which will include HR support for change management/service configuration, employee relations, interpretation of employment legislation, and development of employment policy.

This post requires some travel; therefore a car driver with own transport is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

Our Trust Values Are The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Cassia Barker Job title: Employee Relations Manager Email address: [email protected]