Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-CO-21599
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Portland House
- Town
- Worthing
- Salary
- 拢53,755 - 拢60,504 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead for Employee Relations (and Projects)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
SPFT is one of the largest mental health trusts in the country providing mental health, specialist learning disability, secure and forensic services for Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex and specialist community child and adolescent mental health services. We care for people of all ages, from children and young people through to older people with conditions such as dementia.
We aim to improve people鈥檚 lives by providing high quality care and the best possible experience of our services.
We are seeking to recruit a proactive and enthusiastic Head of Employee Relations (& Projects) to join our Workforce Directorate on a permanent basis. We are looking for a highly motivated individual to deliver joint strategic workforce support to the Trust with a workforce of circa 5500 employees.
The role is, 37.5 hours per week, working Monday to Friday.
This role will support the Employee Relations team to embed and deliver the strategic workforce development agenda as it relates to ER. It will also manage and direct the workflow and processes within the wider ER Team, supporting the workforce with complex and sometimes highly complex employee relation cases.
The role will also manage key performance targets relating to employee relations and lead on designated Trust-wide Employee Relation activities and projects with the key emphasis on maintaining Trust values to ensure we deliver better services to patients through a positive working environment.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will require the following skills, experience and abilities:
Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (level 7)
Experience of dealing with complex HR operational and strategic issues.
Experience in aligning business, operational and strategic needs
Experience of having provided strategic HR advice on complex ER cases including restructures, redundancies, TUPE transfers, ACAS Early Conciliation, grievances, and disciplinaries.听
Experience of working with senior stakeholders to drive the application of best practice to embed good employee relations practice and HR policies and processes.
Experience in supporting senior managers and directors at formal hearings and appeals
Ability to coach and guide managers to effective solutions
Ability to quickly build rapport and credibility and develop effective working relationships
A positive attitude towards change and having personally delivered major change initiatives
Experience in managing and supporting Senior HR Advisors with complex ER cases
Ability to influence and challenge the senior management team and leadership, to support the delivery of people plans and service delivery objectives
To lead on strategic, trust-wide ER related projects, and be responsible for the achievement of desired outcomes and benefits within required timescales.
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Ability to work collaboratively as part of the Employee Relations team
Working for our organisation
Occupational Health
Employee Assistance Programme
NHS Pension Scheme
Family Friendly
Staff Discounts and Benefits
Staff Networks
BME/ BAME staff networks
Training
Flexible Working
Cycle Scheme
Discount Car Scheme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details on job description and main job responsibilities.听
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name Matt Green
Job title Associate Director of Employee Relations and Business Partnering
Email address [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Chartered CIPD Qualification at Level 7 or equivalent qualification
- Post graduate Management qualification or equivalent relevant experience
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Through understanding of Employment Law and Equality legislation and experience of working with a diverse workforce.
- Good knowledge of national NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions.
- Ability to analyse, interpret and apply terms and conditions of employment.
- Ability to advise on a range of employment issues
- Ability to problem solve, sound judgement and decision making (involving complex/highly complex facts or situations which require analysis, interpretation and assessment)
- Ability to undertake policy development.
- Ability to manage and develop database/system to meet service needs
- Significant experience within an HR environment (including employment relations/caseload)
- Previous Supervisory/management experience
- Experience of recruitment processes, interviewing and section techniques/methods
- Experience of professional registration and working status approval processes and legislation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Matt Green
- Job title
- Associate Director of Employee Relations
- Email address
- [email protected]
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