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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior People Advisor, Band 6

The closing date is 21 May 2025

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Job summary

You will be able to provide expert support and guidance to employee relations processes within the Trust, supporting managers, staff and colleagues to deliver timely, just and compliant resolutions of cases. We are in the process of introducing a restorative, just and learning culture, across all are HR practices and processes. We capture and analyse employee relations data in order to identify to the Business Partners trends within their areas of responsibility for intervention.

Please note:

Closing date : 22nd May 12 midnight

Interviews will be held on: 28th May 2025 in Gloucester.

Main duties of the job

We participate in the development and improvement of the team's professional knowledge and practice in order to ensure that the People Advisory Team is constantly improving standards and developing colleagues towards professional advancement and we are working towards embedding a restorative just learning culture in supporting our case work.

About us

The People Advisory Team is part of the People & OD Department which includes People Operational Services, Leadership and OD, Recruitment, and Professional Education. Our team provides a People Advisory service focusing on employee relation casework, and production of key employee relation statistics, but also encompassing reward and retention initiatives, delivery of training and other related HR interventions to support over 12000 colleagues working across both Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire Managed Services (GMS).

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Details

Date posted

15 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year (pro rata if part-time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

318-25-T0364

Job locations

Trustwide

Gloucestershire (Gloucester / Cheltenham)

GL1 3NN


Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To advise managers and staff in the interpretation and application of terms and conditions of employment, Trust policies, current legislation and codes of practice, ensuring that good employment practices are maintained and legal obligations are fulfilled.

2. To provide expert professional advice and support to managers in dealing with employee relations issues and, where appropriate, to act as case handler in casework involving discipline, capability, grievance, and the management of sickness absence ensuring that practice complies with Trust policies and procedures, are fairly and consistently applied, and that good practice is maintained.

3. To coach staff and managers in Human Resources issues where appropriate, ensuring that all advice is accurate and compliant with Trust policies, the law and good practice, and to support the L&OD team, where relevant, in the creation and quality assurance of relevant training content.

4. In conjunction with the recruitment team and the Recruitment Manager, to provide professional advice and support to managers in dealing with recruitment, selection and redeployment issues.

5. To ensure the appropriate documentation of all employee relations casework.

6. To provide administrative and analytical support to preparation work for employment tribunals and relevant legal disputes.

7. To prepare employee relations reports, and provide analysis and recommendations, ensuring that accurate HR performance management information is provided, analysed and necessary action identified.

8. To support the management of change within the organisation, including involvement in the handling and co-ordination of redeployment matters, consultation with staff and trade union representatives, counselling and assisting with redeployment initiatives, ensuring that change is implemented smoothly.

9. To undertake project work, as directed by the HR Operations Manager, ensuring that the aims and objectives and high standards are met and that the Trust makes effective use of its resources.

10. To quality assure and, on occasion, deliver HR-related training in partnership with the L&OD team.

11. Any other duties, which fall within the general scope of the job description and band.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To advise managers and staff in the interpretation and application of terms and conditions of employment, Trust policies, current legislation and codes of practice, ensuring that good employment practices are maintained and legal obligations are fulfilled.

2. To provide expert professional advice and support to managers in dealing with employee relations issues and, where appropriate, to act as case handler in casework involving discipline, capability, grievance, and the management of sickness absence ensuring that practice complies with Trust policies and procedures, are fairly and consistently applied, and that good practice is maintained.

3. To coach staff and managers in Human Resources issues where appropriate, ensuring that all advice is accurate and compliant with Trust policies, the law and good practice, and to support the L&OD team, where relevant, in the creation and quality assurance of relevant training content.

4. In conjunction with the recruitment team and the Recruitment Manager, to provide professional advice and support to managers in dealing with recruitment, selection and redeployment issues.

5. To ensure the appropriate documentation of all employee relations casework.

6. To provide administrative and analytical support to preparation work for employment tribunals and relevant legal disputes.

7. To prepare employee relations reports, and provide analysis and recommendations, ensuring that accurate HR performance management information is provided, analysed and necessary action identified.

8. To support the management of change within the organisation, including involvement in the handling and co-ordination of redeployment matters, consultation with staff and trade union representatives, counselling and assisting with redeployment initiatives, ensuring that change is implemented smoothly.

9. To undertake project work, as directed by the HR Operations Manager, ensuring that the aims and objectives and high standards are met and that the Trust makes effective use of its resources.

10. To quality assure and, on occasion, deliver HR-related training in partnership with the L&OD team.

11. Any other duties, which fall within the general scope of the job description and band.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CIPD Level 5 and willing to or working towards CIPD Level 7
  • Evidence of recent CPD

Desirable

  • Degree level education or equivalent
  • Associate Member CIPD

Experience

Essential

  • Operational HR advisory role
  • Policy Development
  • Interpreting and advising on terms and conditions, policies and procedures

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Essential

  • Delivering a diverse HR service to meet the needs of the business
  • A thorough and up to date knowledge of employment law and demonstrable experience of its pragmatic application

Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to mix with a wide range of people and form relationships quickly
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CIPD Level 5 and willing to or working towards CIPD Level 7
  • Evidence of recent CPD

Desirable

  • Degree level education or equivalent
  • Associate Member CIPD

Experience

Essential

  • Operational HR advisory role
  • Policy Development
  • Interpreting and advising on terms and conditions, policies and procedures

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Essential

  • Delivering a diverse HR service to meet the needs of the business
  • A thorough and up to date knowledge of employment law and demonstrable experience of its pragmatic application

Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to mix with a wide range of people and form relationships quickly

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Gloucestershire (Gloucester / Cheltenham)

GL1 3NN


Employer's website

https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Gloucestershire (Gloucester / Cheltenham)

GL1 3NN


Employer's website

https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Operations Manager

Rajiv Gunawardana

ghn-tr.hradvisoryteam@nhs.net

07929866683

Details

Date posted

15 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year (pro rata if part-time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

318-25-T0364

Job locations

Trustwide

Gloucestershire (Gloucester / Cheltenham)

GL1 3NN


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