Employee Relations Manager

Employee Relations Manager

Work in partnership with senior managers to provide specialist, comprehensive, high-quality advice and guidance on operational HR issues in line with the latest employment law, Trust policy, and good practice. To undertake project work and deliver bespoke and corporate training programmes.

Location: Cambridge

Job Type: Temporary

Duration of booking: Expected to last 6 months with possible extension

Proposed start date: ASAP

Pay Rates: Up to £29 per hour Umbrella or £25 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay

Hours / Working Days: 37.5 hours per week / Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm

Sector: Healthcare

Based: Office / Hospital

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage HR casework, advising managers on the interpretation of terms and conditions of employment, ensuring compliance with the Trust's policies and employment legislation to ensure processes are fair, equitable, promote good practice, and are free from risk of litigation.
• Manage the ER Advisor to support operational managers across a range of HR matters, for example: leave and pay arrangements, absence and performance management, discipline and grievance matters, ensuring that they are implementing and adhering to the appropriate Trust policy.
• Accompany operational managers at formal meetings in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
• Support managers in complex and/or sensitive investigations and disciplinary cases.
• Present management cases to Appeals panels as required.
• Develop and maintain effective communication processes with senior managers which actively inform and involve staff in the plans and operational activities of the Trust.
• Develop and maintain effective consultation and negotiation arrangements with staff side.
• In partnership with senior managers and Divisional Workforce Leads, improve individual team and organisational performance in the areas of workforce utilisation through the identification and promotion of new ways of working.
• Undertake job evaluation and job matching as and when required.
• Draft and review HR policies and procedures relating to the employment of staff and act as a lead on specific projects.
• Ensure that the Trust is compliant with employment legislation and proactively advise management of the implications of new legislation.
• Support ER Advisors and Workforce administrative staff to ensure that professional excellence is achieved in HR service delivery.
• Actively contribute to successful team working within the Workforce Directorate through effective communication, shared professional development, and dissemination of best practice.
• Design and deliver corporate and bespoke training programmes.
• Research and provide data, statistics, and analysis to the Senior ER Manager and Divisional Workforce Leads, as required.
• Use a range of support methods to develop leadership and management capabilities and competence across the Trust:
• Coaching
• Mentoring
• Action learning sets
• Team building events
• Identification of talent management
• Training solutions in relation to HR policies and issues (e.g., effective performance management practice)