Job Description

Bringing with you experience of working in a busy and varied employee relations environment, you must be CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience), a team player and able to cope with change whilst remaining focused on achieving results.

The role will often require you to manage conflicting priorities with high levels of demands, remaining an excellent communicator and having a hands-on approach as you develop strong relationships with managers to support and advise them on sickness absence management, complex and sensitive employee relations matters (including advising on investigation processes). In addition, you will deliver training and coaching specific to HR processes and procedures.

You will be based at Trust HQ at Pinewood House, Dartford, with flexibility for limited home working but the role will involve some travel to our sites and therefore you will need to have the ability to travel where required.

Reporting to the Head of Human Resources

The HR Advisor is responsible for providing a fully comprehensive and high-quality HR support and advisory service to the Trust managers and staff.

• They will be a values-driven professional, who is passionate about equalities, driving improvements and promoting excellence, who will help us to build a best-in-class HR Advisory Service.
• They will work collaboratively with the Directorate Management Teams, building thriving working relationships with managers at all levels.
• They will play an active role in: organisational change, job evaluation, job redesign, employee relations, contractual and other operational HR issues.
• They will build and maintain positive and constructive working relationships with managers, staff, staff representatives and peer networks, ensuring a focus on early resolution is developed within the service.
• They will ensure managers are equipped to deal with issues with their staff effectively, providing support and advice to reach informal resolutions and minimise escalation to formal processes.
• Our HR Advisors are also responsible for the provision of a generalist advisory service to managers on all aspects of People matters, ensuring a strong focus on data-driven decisions, consistency and clarity of approach.