Job summary
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Join our team as the Head of Employee Relations and make a difference in the NHS.
We're at the forefront of healthcare, serving our community with dedication and passion. Our People Services Team is looking for an exceptional individual to lead our Employee Relations team.
The Opportunity:
As the Head of Employee Relations, you will have a unique chance to shape the future of our organisation. We need someone who understands the intricacies of employee relations in a large and complex organisation and can align our priorities with the local strategic direction. You'll be a key player in collaborating with senior leaders and stakeholders to create and execute a visionary strategy for our team.
Your Role:
Lead with Compassion: We're looking for someone who can bring empathy and compassion to the workplace. Your leadership will set the tone for our employee relations function, creating a positive and supportive environment.
Proactive Problem Solver: Our environment is fast-paced and challenging. We need you to be a proactive problem solver who can make quick decisions to keep our team and organisation running smoothly.
Master Communicator: Effective communication is at the heart of what we do. Your excellent communication skills will help bridge gaps, build relationships, and foster collaboration.
Joining our team means more than just a job. It's an opportunity to be a part of something greater.
Main duties of the job
Key aspects of the role include:
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The post holder is responsible for the management of a team of Human Resources professionals totalling approximately 8 whole time equivalent.
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The post holder will communicate highly complex information including explaining complex matters of employment law and its implications to managers and staff at all levels of the organisation.
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The post holder will devise the strategy for the Employee Relations to improve outcomes and learning across the Trust, including leading the Employee Relations Team to ensure that they areappropriately developed both individually and collectively to provide a high-quality service.
- The post holder will develop and implement mechanisms to maintain consistency of interpretation and practice of, employment legislation, policies and procedures, best practice principles and national terms and conditions of service
Closing Date: 3 December 2023
Interview Date: 12 December 2023
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
- On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
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Interview date:
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure that a high-quality professional Human Resources (HR) advice service is provided by the central Employee Relations Team to managers and staff across the Trust.
- Lead the Employee Relations Team ensuring that the team is appropriately developed both individually and collectively to provide a high-quality employee relations service.
- Develop and implement mechanisms to maintain consistency of interpretation and practice of, employment legislation, policies and procedures, best practice principles and national terms and conditions of service.
- Work collaboratively with Trade Union colleagues and local partners to embed partnership working in employee relations practice.
- Support the Trusts Inclusion agenda, embedding Inclusion into the employee relations Policy, Process and Team.
- Lead the development, review and implementation of ER related policy.
- Contribute to the development, implementation and review of the Developing our People Strategy and take a Trust wide lead for the implementation of the Employee Relations aspects of that strategy.
- Take lead responsibility for specific corporate HR Projects
- Lead the monitoring of the performance of the Employee Relations Team in order to ensure the required service standards are being achieved.
- Develop effective systems to measure and monitor the quality and quantity of activity within the HR Advice & Support Team.
- Record, monitor and analyse enquiry trends to inform policy development, employee information, management guidance and training needs, including the use of automation, self-help and guidance as necessary.
- Draft monthly, quarterly and yearly ER performance reports for boards and provide key trend data and insights.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure that a high-quality professional Human Resources (HR) advice service is provided by the central Employee Relations Team to managers and staff across the Trust.
- Lead the Employee Relations Team ensuring that the team is appropriately developed both individually and collectively to provide a high-quality employee relations service.
- Develop and implement mechanisms to maintain consistency of interpretation and practice of, employment legislation, policies and procedures, best practice principles and national terms and conditions of service.
- Work collaboratively with Trade Union colleagues and local partners to embed partnership working in employee relations practice.
- Support the Trusts Inclusion agenda, embedding Inclusion into the employee relations Policy, Process and Team.
- Lead the development, review and implementation of ER related policy.
- Contribute to the development, implementation and review of the Developing our People Strategy and take a Trust wide lead for the implementation of the Employee Relations aspects of that strategy.
- Take lead responsibility for specific corporate HR Projects
- Lead the monitoring of the performance of the Employee Relations Team in order to ensure the required service standards are being achieved.
- Develop effective systems to measure and monitor the quality and quantity of activity within the HR Advice & Support Team.
- Record, monitor and analyse enquiry trends to inform policy development, employee information, management guidance and training needs, including the use of automation, self-help and guidance as necessary.
- Draft monthly, quarterly and yearly ER performance reports for boards and provide key trend data and insights.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CIPD Level 7
- Master's Degree in Human Resources Manager or related field
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a unionised environment
- Track record of leading a team to provide excellent standard of customer service
- Proven experience of working as a as a Senior HR Leader in a multi-disciplinary organisation
- Proven track record of dealing with and advising on complex ER cases and advising senior leaders / executives
- Involvement of managing change programs at a senior level
Knowledge
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant employment laws and regulations
Skills
Essential
- The ability to think strategically and align HR initiatives with our organisation's mission and growth objectives
- Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and able to maintain engagement
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CIPD Level 7
- Master's Degree in Human Resources Manager or related field
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a unionised environment
- Track record of leading a team to provide excellent standard of customer service
- Proven experience of working as a as a Senior HR Leader in a multi-disciplinary organisation
- Proven track record of dealing with and advising on complex ER cases and advising senior leaders / executives
- Involvement of managing change programs at a senior level
Knowledge
Essential
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant employment laws and regulations
Skills
Essential
- The ability to think strategically and align HR initiatives with our organisation's mission and growth objectives
- Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and able to maintain engagement
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
