Job summary
Are you a dedicated team player eager to be part of a dynamic and evolving HR department, where you can have a significant impact on enhancing the overall employee experience?
If you have answered "yes" to the above, then this opportunity is for you!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a HR Advisor to become a part of our HR Team. Within this collaborative environment, you will have the chance to gain expertise in all aspects of the employee lifecycle, delivering comprehensive and top-tier HR guidance and assistance to Cambridgeshire Community Services.
This is an opportunity to be part of and work alongside experienced HR professionals. The successful candidate will be required to effectively provide advice regarding HR policies and procedures as well as support managers with employee relation casework and complex sickness cases.
Please note the base for this role is Bedfordshire, but with a requirement for occasional travel to Cambridgeshire or Norfolk where required
**Due to the high number of applications this vacancy will now close at midnight on Monday the 3rd November
Main duties of the job
Responsible for delivering a professional, comprehensive, proactive and high quality employee advisory service to managers and staff and supporting the HR
Business Partners in undertaking their professional and operational responsibilities.
To lead (with support from HR Business Partners) on sickness case reviews, coaching and supporting mangers in line with Trust policies and employment law.
Working collaboratively within the HR Advisor team to deliver agreed projects, specific area of work.
Support continuous improvement to people management practice through a lessons learnt approach, including help to managers for them put reasonable and appropriate measures in place to prevent employment relations cases occurring.
About us
Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Working with the HR Business Partner (HRBP), and admin support with individual employeerelations cases such as disciplinary, grievance, redundancy, change management andabsence management. Ensuring that these issues are dealt with fairly, consistently and in atimely manner and more complex matters are escalated as appropriate.2. To take ownership in relation to a caseload of employee relation cases, providing guidanceand support to managers to ensure timely resolution in line with policies and procedures.3. Support HR business partners with the design and delivery of training to managers on Trustwide employment policies and procedures as required.4. Support managers to prepare letters and be responsible for ensuring accurate, timely andappropriate records of meetings are maintained.5. Attend absence, disciplinary and grievance hearings, adhering to Trust policy, seekingadvice and escalating more complex cases where appropriate. Liaise with HRBPs toensure that cases are progressed in a timely manner.6. Coach, support and advise managers during employment investigations, providing complexand sensitive advice to managers on the procedural or legal implications of their decisions,and to staff on procedural processes. Attend and provide support to HR clinics whererequired.Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust: providing services across Cambridgeshire, Milton Keynes Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough,Bedfordshire and Suffolk7. Provide advice and guidance to managers around contact arrangements, terms andconditions of employment, Agenda for Change guidance and implementation of employmentrelated policies and procedures, taking into consideration the circumstances of the case andmaking judgments based on the information available and the relevant policy/guidance.Interpret individual rights and responsibilities according to NHS and Trust Policies as well asemployment law.8. Promote inclusive working environments and support the equality, diversity and inclusionprogramme through role modelling NCH&C values and behaviours.9. Review monthly Professional Registration and Fixed Term Contracts Reports and takeforward with operational areas as required.10. Analyse monthly absence data and work with HRBPs and operational areas to ensure thatabsence and wellbeing meetings are undertaken and staff supported in accordance with thetrusts Absence Management Policy.11. Access confidential personnel and payroll data systems in accordance with departmentaland trust Policies.12. Working with the HRBP to support the operational areas in the delivery of their localisedperformance improvement, ED&I and staff survey action plans.13. Be responsible for the review, development and implementation of specific employmentrelated policies, tool kits and guidance for organisation wide application. Provide training,coaching and advice to managers on the implementation of new policies and procedures.14. Present revised policies and associated documents for consultation at Policy Working groupand engage with managers, subject matter experts and trade union representatives tonegotiate and gain approval.15. Carry out job evaluation panels, giving advice and guidance where required16. Participate in recruitment and selection activities where required, including thedevelopment of job descriptions/job specifications, shortlisting and interviewing.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Working with the HR Business Partner (HRBP), and admin support with individual employeerelations cases such as disciplinary, grievance, redundancy, change management andabsence management. Ensuring that these issues are dealt with fairly, consistently and in atimely manner and more complex matters are escalated as appropriate.2. To take ownership in relation to a caseload of employee relation cases, providing guidanceand support to managers to ensure timely resolution in line with policies and procedures.3. Support HR business partners with the design and delivery of training to managers on Trustwide employment policies and procedures as required.4. Support managers to prepare letters and be responsible for ensuring accurate, timely andappropriate records of meetings are maintained.5. Attend absence, disciplinary and grievance hearings, adhering to Trust policy, seekingadvice and escalating more complex cases where appropriate. Liaise with HRBPs toensure that cases are progressed in a timely manner.6. Coach, support and advise managers during employment investigations, providing complexand sensitive advice to managers on the procedural or legal implications of their decisions,and to staff on procedural processes. Attend and provide support to HR clinics whererequired.Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust: providing services across Cambridgeshire, Milton Keynes Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough,Bedfordshire and Suffolk7. Provide advice and guidance to managers around contact arrangements, terms andconditions of employment, Agenda for Change guidance and implementation of employmentrelated policies and procedures, taking into consideration the circumstances of the case andmaking judgments based on the information available and the relevant policy/guidance.Interpret individual rights and responsibilities according to NHS and Trust Policies as well asemployment law.8. Promote inclusive working environments and support the equality, diversity and inclusionprogramme through role modelling NCH&C values and behaviours.9. Review monthly Professional Registration and Fixed Term Contracts Reports and takeforward with operational areas as required.10. Analyse monthly absence data and work with HRBPs and operational areas to ensure thatabsence and wellbeing meetings are undertaken and staff supported in accordance with thetrusts Absence Management Policy.11. Access confidential personnel and payroll data systems in accordance with departmentaland trust Policies.12. Working with the HRBP to support the operational areas in the delivery of their localisedperformance improvement, ED&I and staff survey action plans.13. Be responsible for the review, development and implementation of specific employmentrelated policies, tool kits and guidance for organisation wide application. Provide training,coaching and advice to managers on the implementation of new policies and procedures.14. Present revised policies and associated documents for consultation at Policy Working groupand engage with managers, subject matter experts and trade union representatives tonegotiate and gain approval.15. Carry out job evaluation panels, giving advice and guidance where required16. Participate in recruitment and selection activities where required, including thedevelopment of job descriptions/job specifications, shortlisting and interviewing.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- oSome previous experience of first level HR interactions e.g., first level disciplinary or absence meetings
- oKnowledge of Employment law and its application at work.
- oAble to interpret data, information and analyse facts and situations.
Desirable
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- oAble to demonstrate a sound understanding of relevant employment legislation plus good working HR knowledge acquired through relevant training and experience.
Desirable
- Relevant HR qualifications e.g. CIPD level 3
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working. in a fast paced, people focussed, results orientated environment. grievance, disciplinary, performance management & complex absence management.
- oExperience of delivering presentations and training programmes.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- oSome previous experience of first level HR interactions e.g., first level disciplinary or absence meetings
- oKnowledge of Employment law and its application at work.
- oAble to interpret data, information and analyse facts and situations.
Desirable
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- oAble to demonstrate a sound understanding of relevant employment legislation plus good working HR knowledge acquired through relevant training and experience.
Desirable
- Relevant HR qualifications e.g. CIPD level 3
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working. in a fast paced, people focussed, results orientated environment. grievance, disciplinary, performance management & complex absence management.
- oExperience of delivering presentations and training programmes.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
