People Advisor

**People Advisor**

To support the work of the People Services Team for a designated Division by providing high level generalist support, guidance, action and advice in the areas of:

- People Related Governance - DBS, Right to Work, Professional Registration & Fixed Term Contracts
- Recruitment and Job Evaluation
- People Related Projects

**Location**: North London

**Job Type**: Temporary

**Duration of booking**:Expected to last 3 months with possible extension

**Proposed start date**: ASAP

**Pay Rates depending on experience**:

- **Band 5**£20 per hour Umbrella or £17.66 per hour PAYE inclusive of holidaypay
- **Band 6**£24 per hour Umbrella or £19.23 per hour PAYE inclusive of holidaypay
- **Band 7**£27 per hour Umbrella or £24 per hour PAYE inclusive of holidaypay

**Hours / Working Days**:37.5 hours per week / Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm

**Sector**: Healthcare

**Based**:Office / Hospital

**Skills Knowledges and Experience**
- Degree level qualification or equivalent
- High level courteous written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to relate appropriately to staff at all levels
- High organisational & administration skills - prioritising, meeting deadlines, setting standards
- MS Office - word, excel, outlook etc.
- Self directed - ability to manage own workload and work under pressure
- Ability to interpret policy, employment law and provide an HR service to managers
- Basic Report writing skill
- Low level employee relations casework (e.g. attendance, performance, disciplinary)
- Considerable experience of working with Electronic Staff Systems
- Understanding of the role of HR in an NHS Trust
- Broad awareness of employment legislative framework
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues.
- Knowledge and understanding of the importance of equal opportunities in relation to human resources activity generally

**Main Responsibilities**

**Employee Relations**
- To provide advice and recommendations to managers on employment legislation and contractual issues as appropriate.
- To provide advice to managers in handling employee relations issues such as discipline, grievance, attendance and capability ensuring timely, effective and consistent outcomes are reached.
- To act as the People Services representative at formal investigation meetings and hearings, including arranging the meetings (disciplinary hearings, change management processes, capability hearings etc).
- To work with the HRBPs to review and analyse key performance indicators (workforce information, attendance/ absence, ER cases, appraisal, vacancy, bank usage and turnover) to support programmes designed to improve performance.
- To work with the HR Manager on change related projects providing HR expertise in respect of role design, skill mix, communication and consultation.
- To ensure that employee relations information is updated on the Employee Relations Case Tracker and ESR at all times.
- To support Managers with maternity, retirement, redeployment and any other relevant queries in respect of staff management.
- To work in partnership with staff side in support of effective employee relations processes and change management.

**Sickness**
- On receipt of monthly sickness report from Workforce Planning forward to relevant managers highlighting action to be taken and to provide support to departments in terms of achieving the Trusts targets in this area.
- To work with the HR business Partner to provide advice with the implementation of the sickness policy and identify training needs. Initiate and follow up the progress of long and short term sickness absence management.

**Governance and Compliance**
- On receipt of monthly fixed term contract report forward to relevant managers highlighting action to be taken. Trackers to be updated on receipt of new information from managers and risks highlighted to the Head of Department if action not taken.
- On receipt of monthly professional registration report, check online and inform manager if registration has lapsed and refer to policy for further action if necessary. Tracker to be updated.
- On receipt of monthly DBS report ensure staff required to have three yearly rechecks are checked and ESR updated. To escalate to the appropriate manager if necessary.
- On receipt of monthly right to work report ensure upcoming expiries are checked to ensure all staff have the appropriate right to work status and documentation and ESR updated. Trackers to be updated and to escalate to the appropriate manager if necessary.
- On receipt of monthly leavers information to assist in assuring exit interviews are being completed.
- To work with external agencies such as Counter Fraud, Immigration, Registration and Government bodies as appropriate