Senior Employee Relations Manager | Isle of Wight NHS Trust

apartmentIsle of Wight NHS placeNewport calendar_month07/01/2025

Location: Across sites, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (frequency of visits to each site, to be agreed locally)

The Senior Employee Relations Manager, based across the Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust plays a vital role in delivering strategic leadership in employee relations. Overseeing a wide range of operational functions and guaranteeing the application of outstanding employee relations practices, the suitable candidate will play a crucial role in promoting a fair and learning-oriented culture within the Trusts, encouraging ongoing improvement, and enhancing organisational resilience.

As a key strategic collaborator, the Senior Employee Relations Manager is tasked with effectively managing and advancing employee relations practices across both trusts. This dynamic position demands a proactive approach to leading the Employee Relations Team, ensuring their activities align with the trusts' strategic goals while fostering an environment of collaboration and empowerment.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide strategic oversight and direction for the Employee Relations Team, setting ambitious targets and cultivating a high-performance culture that aligns with the Trusts’ mission and values.
Mentor and develop team members to enhance their capabilities, ensuring they are equipped to address complex employee relations issues while promoting a learning and just workplace environment.
Collaborate closely with the Head of Employee Relations and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

(EDI) to define and implement People strategies that drive organisational effectiveness, improve employee engagement, and support continuous cultural improvement initiatives.

Lead case reviews for complex employee relations matters, applying a just and learning

approach to conflict resolution and employee engagement, ensuring fairness and

transparency in all processes.

Our vision for Single Corporate Services

Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care.

This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.

Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services?

Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme.

For further details, please see enclosedJob Description

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
Build resilience for individuals and our teams.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership.

The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Please note, this position has also been advertised on the Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust jobs page. If you are interested in this position and wish to apply, there is no requirement for you to submit two separate applications.

Please note your application may be transferred to the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Applicant Tracking System (ATS) if you are selected for an interview

This advert closes on Monday 20 Jan 2025

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