Employee Relations Advisor

Employee Relations Advisor
Salary: £33,707 Per Annum + Benefits
Location: Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Type: Full time (37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday)

The Vacancy

Do you enjoy Employee Relations casework? Do you have the ability to work with managers and staff to stop small problems from becoming bigger? We are a close-knit, friendly and informal HR team, where we support each other and keep learning.

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Understanding of the housing sector would be desirable but is not essential.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We need you to ensure all people managers are equipped with the knowledge and skills to manage employee relations in their teams and maintain a positive working environment in which their staff can flourish. Casework will include absence management, performance management, disciplinary and grievance issues, misconduct investigations, bullying and harassment, unlawful discrimination, redundancies, work-life balance requests and all aspects of family leave. You’ll also support formal meetings as note-taker and adviser.

Owing to our positive culture, we don’t have a large volume of serious ER issues, so you’ll have plenty of time to coach, support and train managers on all aspects of employee relations, through a variety of 1-1 meetings, informal training sessions (over Teams or in person) and briefings. You’ll meet regularly with managers to develop a thorough understanding of their business areas, and help them to identify and resolve emergent issues before they become more serious.

ABOUT YOU:

We do need you to have mastery of the basics, so it’s essential you bring the following:

• A thorough and sophisticated understanding of how to advise on absence management, performance management, disciplinary & grievance issues and family leave.
• Evidence of continuous professional development to demonstrate that you manage the gaps in your experience.
• Either CIPD Level 5, or the ability to show that you have an equivalent level of understanding (which is equally acceptable).

WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND TRAVEL:

You’ll be able to work remotely, but you’ll travel regularly to our sites across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, once or twice a week and as needed. You’ll need your own vehicle (we will reimburse work mileage). You won’t be constantly on the road – a lot of your work can be done over Teams, but you’ll want to get to know your managers face-to-face.

HOW TO APPLY:

On clicking apply, you will be redirected to our website to complete your application.

You MUST write a short covering letter - you don't need to spend very long on this, but it must clearly address the following areas:

• Why our organisation and role seem right for you.
• Your experience of casework relevant to this role – see the job description and please provide enough detail.
• Your experience supporting, guiding, coaching and training managers (NB - you don’t need formal coaching/training experience).

We will be interviewing on a rolling basis so please don't delay applying. Start date ideally from January 2025.

At One YMCA we are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills, and potential. We do not discriminate on the basis of Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage/Civil Partnership, Pregnancy/Maternity, Race, Religion/Belief, Sex and/or Sexual Orientation. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities, and industries, and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences, and abilities.