Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employee Relations Specialist
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Employee Relations Specialist
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a proactive, customer-focused Employee Relations Specialist to join our People Directorate. Operating in a flexible hybrid working model based out of Littlemore, Oxford, you will balance working from home with an essential, visible onsite presence across allocated Trust sites to build strong, collaborative relationships with line managers and operational teams.
About the Role
In this pivotal role, you will work alongside the Head of HR and closely with HR Business Partners to deliver a high-quality operational HR service. You will lead and line manage a team of HR Advisors, provide expert guidance on multi-faceted employee relations cases, lead on workforce data analysis, and support organizational change programs aligned with embedding a restorative, just, and learning culture.
Key Responsibilities
- Line manage, coach, and allocate work for the HR Advisors, fostering their professional development while ensuring the delivery of high-quality advisory services across the Trust.
- Provide specialist guidance and manage complex informal and formal employee relations cases—including disciplinary, capability, grievance, safeguarding, and sickness absence—ensuring full compliance with Trust policy and employment law.
- Build robust working relationships with operational managers and trade union representatives to resolve contentious issues, promote partnership working, and maintain positive employee relations.
- Analyze, interpret, and triangulate complex workforce data sets to monitor ER trends, support KPI achievement, and assist services with action planning based on NHS Staff Survey results.
- As the HR lead for transformation, restructuring, and TUPE projects, actively contribute to Trust-wide HR policy reviews and EDI action plans.
- Design and deliver both planned and ad-hoc HR training, including the HR Management Toolkit, to continuously build leadership capability across the Trust.
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About Us
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust, we provide physical, mental health, and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team.”
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Our values are: “Caring, safe, and excellent.”
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants, and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Jill Castle
- Job Title: Head of HR
- Email Address: jill.castle@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 07500 092538
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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