Senior Er Advisor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone looking to develop and progress their ER skills and experience. The Senior ER Advisor role will provide supervisory support to the ER Advisors, advising on complex ER issues and support the delivery of the ER caseload. Ensure effective communication with all members of the HR teams, cascading information as necessary Provide support and advice to managers and be involved in all aspects of case management, from advising and supporting investigations, through to providing specialist advice at formal hearings relating to absence, performance, disciplinary or grievance matters. Support HR Business Partners in all aspects of change management to ensure that change, where possible, is planned, managed and implemented in accordance with Trust policies whilst enabling Care Groups to meet their business objectives.

Develop and maintain close working relationships with other providers of service to the trusts workforce e.g. Occupational Health, payroll and pensions and act as a link between managers these service providers to ensure the implementation of advice e.g. return to work, reasonable adjustments, redeployments, ill health retirements as well as other work related issues. Working with the Head of ER to support with the development and review of HR policies ensuring all existing, new or amended policies are implemented in a timely fashion across the Trust Effective monitoring of HR KPIs in relation to casework by regular analysis of the HR casework tracker and supervision of the ER Advisors caseload Monitor trends in employment practice/caseload and advise on appropriate proactive actions.

Ensure that all ER casework is recorded and tracked using the appropriate HR systems, with all information being uploaded in a timely manner, and ensuring all information related to ER casework is appropriately recorded in the designated shared drive to aid effective management information provision Analyse complex HR issues and makes decisions in relation to e.g. Disciplinary action, grievance hearings, sickness counselling, interpretation of HR policies and workforce strategies To arrange, chair and attend meetings representing HR on for example, case conferences for complex cases, formal hearings, policy development/review and meetings. Responsible for ensuring the co-ordination of Disciplinary / Grievance hearings and preparation of all associated documentation. To undertake internal audits as necessary to provide assurances of adherence to policy and processes etc.