Employee Relations Manager (Band 7)
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At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come.We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people.
Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust's People Partnering Team have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Employee Relations (ER) Manager to join a small but perfectly formed team of people professionals to further develop and embed a restorative just and learning culture through effective people centred practices.
The post holder will be responsible for managing and coordinating the Trust’s employee relations casework, ensuring that all case work is carried out in line with Trust policy and processes and in accordance with current legislation and best practice.
The post holder will manage a small team of people professionals ensuring a professional and robust People Advisory Service is maintained which will focus on all transactional people matters
Main duties of the job
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Master’s qualification in relevant HR discipline or equivalent experience
- Associate MCIPD
- Evidence of relevant CPD
- Project Management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria- Employee Relations management experience
- Line management experience
- Experience of advising on very complex employee relations issues
- Experience of Employment Tribunal processes
- Experience of working with Trade Unions
- Experience of providing a HR service and working within a multi-site organisation
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Specialist knowledge in Human Resource Management and employee relations
- Current employment legislation including relevant case law
- Best practice in people management
- Understanding of national developments in HR within the NHS and how these relate to operational issues
- Human factors as part of employee relations processes
We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.
NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.
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