Human Resources Advisor

This HR Advisor post sits in the human resources team at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust, acting as the first point of contact for employment matters across its service areas. The work centres on advising managers on disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence and performance cases, attending hearings, alongside supporting organisational change and the at-risk process. The role also covers Agenda for Change job matching and the redeployment register, and in-house HR training.

A degree with an HR focus or CIPD Level 5 is needed, or working towards it.

What the job involves

• Act as point of contact for Trust service areas, providing a range of employment advice and services
• Advise managers on disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence, bullying and harassment, and performance matters
• Attend associated hearings and help prepare the related paperwork
• Support HR Partners and Associate HR Partners with organisational change processes
• Develop and deliver in-house HR training with Learning and Development
• Take part in job matching and evaluation, advising on Agenda for Change grading and banding
• Manage the at-risk process, identifying suitable alternative employment and keeping the redeployment register
• Build working relationships with colleagues, staff side representatives and managers at all levels
• Monitor the fixed-term contracts process in line with Trust policy
• Support the implementation, development and review of Trust HR policies and procedures

What’s required Qualifications

• Degree with an HR focus or CIPD Level 5, or currently working towards CIPD Level 5
• Evidence of CPD in an HR field

Experience

• Experience of working in a HR or employee relations setting
• Generalist HR experience advising managers on HR issues

Skills & knowledge

• Demonstrable knowledge of UK employment law, including fair and unfair dismissal and redundancy
• Understanding of implementing and applying HR policies and procedures
• Ability to analyse and interpret data, with basic numeracy and checking for accuracy
• Knowledge and application of equal opportunities and diversity
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including presenting to individuals and groups

Other

• Excellent interpersonal skills, building credibility with staff, managers and trade unions
• Working on own initiative and escalating issues in a timely manner
• Team player who can also work autonomously
• Coping with conflicting demands, changing environments and pressure
• Tactful, diplomatic, approachable and persuasive
• Calm, analytical, self-motivated and reliable

Nice to have

• Experience of working in a health service or public sector environment
• Experience of using ESR and Health Roster
• Experience of using databases and spreadsheets
• Training in Agenda for Change job matching and evaluation
• Understanding of current issues facing the NHS