Location: Home based (with one day per week to central office in Gloucester) Some travel to
Other sites may also be required
Salary: £32,000 - £35,000dependent upon experience
Hours: 40hrs per week
We are currently seeking an Employee Relations Advisor to join an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities.
The Role:
The purpose of Employee Relations Advisor will beto work within the Employee Relations team, support the delivery of an effective and efficient Employee Relations Service across the Group.
Effective and fair management of Employee Relations is an essential part the companies commitment to providing quality provision and to the overall Engagement and Wellbeing their teams. Due to exciting and continuing growth they are expanding the team.
Reporting to the Employee Relations Partner and working collaboratively with the Regional HR Business Partners, you will advise and support the Service Leadership teams with people management issues such as; unplanned absence, probation, grievance, disciplinary and capability.
Additionally; you will support investigating managers to ensure investigations are robust and carried out in a timely manner, supporting regional HR Administrators to ensure hearing documents (letters, papers for hearing, guidance for Chair) are produced to the appropriate standard.
The role will also give you the opportunity to guide, coach and train line managers in the development of their people management skills.
In collaboration with the wider HR teams you will also play a key role in the development and maintenance of HR policies, procedures and toolkits and provide support on the delivery of ER projects.
Experience:
Successful candidates need to demonstrate:
- Up to date knowledge of UK employment law, relevant case law and decisions
- High attention to detail and levels of accuracy
- Effective interpersonal skills both written and verbal
- Ability to coach line managers to enable them to effectively deal with their ER issues
- Ability to build effective and positive relationships with managers across the Group and with external parties such as union representatives
- An understanding of TUPE legislation
- Driving licence and own car
Whilst the role is home based, candidates will need the ability to travel regularly to the Central office in Gloucester (once a week), and occasionally to other sites across the UK.
Benefits:
- Life assurance
- Enhanced Pension
- Perkbox - offering high street discounts
- Employee assistance programme
- Car lease scheme
- Fully funded training and qualifications
- Bike to work scheme
- Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.