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Employee Relations Advisor
Location: Home based, with travel as per role requirements
Salary: £31,680, rising to £32,630 from 1st October 2024
Discipline: HR
Job type: Permanent
Expiry date: 30 Sep 2024 23:59

#Care to join us?

We are looking for an Employee Relations Advisor to join our friendly and welcoming team here at Hft.

Hft is one of the largest charities in England and Wales supporting learning disabled adults to live their life their way. We’re passionate about what we do and we use our unique understanding of the challenges facing the people we support to amplify their voices to bring about positive change. Hft was founded more than 60 years ago by a group of pioneering families who wanted a better life for their learning disabled children. We have a clear vision, we’re ambitious and fully committed to positive change for those we support and the social care sector. We’ve embarked on a journey of transformation that will ensure we can meet changing needs and extend our reach and impact.

About the role

Working in the People Operations team, the Employee Relations Advisor plays a crucial role in maintaining positive employee relations. The role is responsible for promoting working relationships, resolving conflict and ensuring compliance with employment laws and regulations.

The role provides an opportunity to guide and support managers and employees on various employee relations matters within Hft. You will be a trusted member of the People Operations Team, providing a responsive and proactive service. In this varied role, you will support in embedding employment legislation and best practice in terms of talent management, employee relations, employee wellbeing and support with the implementation of the People Strategy.

If you have proven experience within Employee Relations or Human Resources, with in-depth knowledge of employment law, regulations, HR policies and procedures, excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively collaborate with employees and managers then we would like to hear from you!

About you

CIPD Level 5 or working towards or equivalent experience
Experience of change management
What’s in it for you?

There are a range of benefits and career development opportunities at Hft. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training, and lots of support along the way. ​​​​​​​

With Investors in People and Skills for Care accreditation, we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible. As a ‘Gold’ standard Investors in People accredited employer, we are committed to supporting colleague wellbeing as a priority.

We offer:

All Hft employees get access to the Telus Health – the world’s biggest 24/7 colleague counselling and support service. It is completely free for all colleagues to use in complete confidence, whenever and however they want to access it.
Access to a range of discounts on your favourite brands through Telus Health
Wagestream - allows colleagues to flexibly access their pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app
Access to wellbeing services including Health checks, Digital GP and mental health support via Aviva Digicare + Workplace
Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status
33 days holidays (including 8 bank holidays)
A contributory pension scheme & life assurance
Discounted mobile phone contracts with Vodaphone
Long service awards - Hft offers a monetary award after 10 years of service
Free DBS check
Find your place with us and change lives

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE

​​​​​​​​​​​We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.

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