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Band 7
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Rhan-amser - 22.5 awr yr wythnos
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275-1025-ERM
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Medway NHS Foundation Trust
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Medway Maritime Hospital
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£47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
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26/10/2025 23:59

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Employee Relations Manager

Band 7

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Trosolwg o'r swydd

Job Title: Employee Relations Manager 

Division: Corporate

Care Group: HR&OD

Band: 7

Part time. 22.5 hours per week 

We are excited to be recruiting for an Employee Relations Manager who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the provision of the employee relations service,  ensuring expert and high level advice on an array of ER queries, including disciplinary, grievances, sickness, performance, flexible working, redeployment, ill-health retirement and NHS Terms and Conditions.  

To plan, prioritise and manage the competing workloads of the ER Advisory team to ensure advice and support is provided in accordance with Trust policies according to agreed deadlines, employment legislation and Trust values.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

To be responsible for advising Trust Managers and staff on the correct application of HR policies, procedure and NHS Terms and Conditions

Ensuring the casework of the ER team is are managed to quality standards and timescales.

Reporting on ER KPIs, and producing actions to ensure completion of ER cases within policy timescales and identifying actions to improve processes and progress cases. 

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.  Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

Would you like to work flexibly?   In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.  

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

 

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  • Providing expert advice to Line Managers and employees on complex  ER issues, including managing a small ER caseload. .
  • Lead and line manage the ER advisory team, providing support and guidance, ensuring capability and developmental training.
  • Assists the development of organisational training programmes, and delivers training to managers on ER issues.
  • Work in partnership with Trade Union representatives, negotiating with them as and when necessary to a mutually beneficial conclusion.
  • Use specialist knowledge of ER issues and employment law to help develop and update the Trust Policies to ensure best practice.
  • Acting as HR support to hearing panel members on a range of Employee Relations cases, providing specialist advice and guidance on HR issues, including disciplinary action and grievance outcomes.
  • Authorise payments for HR materials as needed.  
  • Develop and update employee relations policies drawing on case management experience and relevant employment law to improve the efficiencies of procedures. Implement and promote new and revised People policies and procedures.
  • Identify potential areas of concern and risks with ER issues and ensure that appropriate management or team action is taken to rectify the issue.
  • Communicate sensitively and diplomatically with all staff involved in ER cases, ensuring that processes are carried out in a professional manner to Trust values.
  • Monitor trends around ethnicity, disability, gender and age, highlighting any areas of concern or disparity and formulate remedial action plans.
  • Attend and contribute to the People Directorate Team Meetings, delivering anonymised case studies to improve case management, escalation avoidance, etc
  • Maintain and update own knowledge of local and national People issues and employment legislation, keeping abreast of latest developments ensuring knowledge is shared with colleagues and management and acted on as appropriate.
  • Ensuring that the use of charters and guides in place for the ER  advisory team and these are maintained and updated where necessary and in accordance with any best practice of employment law changes.
  • Ensure close collaboration with the HR Business Partners and the Investigations team to review ER data, identifying key indicators to identify potential ER ‘hotspots’ any organisational trends.

Manyleb y person

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Masters Degree or equivalent
  • Fully CIPD qualified, level 7 or above

Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Knowledge and Understanding of Employment Law
  • Best Practice Employee Relations
  • NHS T&Cs

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Significant experience in ER Advisory role, dealing with wide range (sickness, grievance, disciplinary, performance)
  • Management of ER cases including complex cases and case outcomes
  • Working in with union colleagues
  • Experience of development of HR policies
  • Experience managing staff
  • Designing and delivering training

Skills

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Report writing
  • Data analysis
  • Ability to risk assess ER issues

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Application numbers

Please note this vacancy may close early if the number of applications is met.

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Enw
Emma Wilson
Teitl y swydd
Head of ER
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[email protected]
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