People Advisor

Job overview

People Advisor

Band 5  Post - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

We have an opportunity for the exciting role of People Advisor within our busy, supportive and dynamic People Operations Team.  If you are an experienced professional ready to hit the ground running, or seeking  career development, your application is of interest!

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a confidence and aptitude to learn the following skills essential for this role.  You will:

• Provide an efficient and visible HR service providing policy advice and guidance and to support managers to achieve compliance with workforce key performance indicator targets.
• Understand and present risk-based advice in line with Trust policy, to staff and managers with a range of employee relations issues including complex cases.
• Provide high performance service - sustaining ownership of the HR advisory service for your Division with ambition and drive; providing information to staff and managers at ward reviews to inform the appropriate HR intervention; providing support for investigation, disciplinary and appeal hearings and delivering results.
• Present confidently to an audience and will enjoy developing and delivering training on absence, performance, appraisals and HR policies to enable line managers autonomy of practice.

Main duties of the job

• You will be tenacious with follow-through of your service delivery under pressure, to achieve deadlines and the ability to record your progress through timeline accuracy and evidenced closure.
• You will keep up-to-date with UK employment law, developing confidence to update HR policies in line with legislation changes and become competent in Job Evaluation.
• You will be an articulate communicator with strong verbal and written skills and ambitious and competitive to deliver the most outstanding HR service.

This demanding yet rewarding opportunity will test your knowledge of employment law and best practice, whilst giving you the autonomy to further develop your career.

The post-holders will take ownership of a varied caseload, support organisational change and will need to have good time management and prioritisation skills.

Ideally fully CIPD qualified, you will thrive on delivering a professional, customer-focused HR service that supports the Trusts vision and values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The People Advisor will be expected to provide an effective and professional HR service to management and staff in Great Western NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will lead on providing advice to managers on a range of HR areas including employee terms and conditions, employment issues, core key performance indicators and organisational change to provide an efficient and effective HR service.

Full duties can be found on the attached Job Description.