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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated and innovative individuals to join our Employee Relations (ER) team. We are looking to recruit to two full time substantive posts. 

Working in a busy and challenging environment, you will provide expert HR advice and work closely with managers and senior stakeholders on a wide range of employee relations issues. Supported by an ER Advisor, you will be responsible for a large, complex portfolio of ER casework, providing a high quality service whilst embedding best practice HR solutions across the Trust to line managers to provide safe and consistent advice and process.  You will also contribute to the continual improvement and innovative systems that play a pivotal role in driving forward the People Plan. 

You will ideally be CIPD qualified, have significant experience of managing complex and sensitive employee relations cases, have a sound knowledge of employment law and demonstrate the ability to work with trade unions in a partnership role.

With strong people management skills, you will be driven by high standards, be resilient, confident, approachable,  and professional with strong and visible leadership and a flexible approach to working. Experience of working within a unionised environment will be an advantage.

Main duties of the job

You will work in partnership with senior managers to provide specialist, comprehensive, high quality advice and guidance on operational HR issues in line with the latest employment law, Trust policy and good practice.

You will undertake project work and deliver bespoke and corporate training programmes.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 12000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.