Employee Relations Partner (Human Resources)

Job Function;
You’ll work collaboratively throughout the Worker Relations – Case Administration Hub to supply efficient, constant, proactive administration of casework with a powerful solutions-focus aligned to the achievement of the College’s strategic aims. You’ll present skilled HR recommendation on formal circumstances, help and training to managers and help different tasks or initiatives that improve the P&OD worker relations providing. You’ll function mannequin our College Values and contribute to a optimistic and constructive worker relations surroundings.

You’ll work intently with different P&OD colleagues to repeatedly enhance the case administration service and to strengthen administration and management functionality in regard to the decision of particular person worker relations issues.

Predominant Duties and Duties

Handle a portfolio of ER circumstances with a deal with the decision of circumstances consistent with the College Values, coverage framework and related service stage agreements while managing/minimising related dangers.

Present skilled steerage on a spread of particular person worker relations circumstances specializing in disciplinary and grievance issues together with related investigations with a long term potential deal with efficiency enchancment and absence administration points

Construct and keep efficient working relationships with purchasers, supporting line managers, as much as and together with senior leaders, to undertake formal investigations and hearings, as much as and together with dismissals and appeals.

Work intently with the Head of Coverage & Worker Relations to develop (and subsequently observe) protocols and standards for the referral of formal circumstances from the Enterprise Partnering groups and to handle the related monitoring and reporting mechanisms, together with using the Case Administration Software.

Assist the event and steady enchancment of associated insurance policies, steerage templates, supervisor/P&OD toolkits and the HR helpdesk knowledgebase designed to underpin consistency of observe and guarantee rules of fairness, integrity and inclusion are built-in into all interventions and processes regarding case administration and dispute decision.

Collaborate within the provision of mediation and different casual/various dispute decision companies as agreed with the related Head of P&OD/Enterprise Companion.

File, monitor, observe up and report on classes discovered and actions recognized from circumstances and share with related stakeholders.

Analyse themes recognized as potential issues by these processes and supply this perception to affect coverage growth and revisions and to find out precedence actions designed to enhance consistency of observe and inform organisational growth actions on administration and management functionality, engagement and tradition, in settlement with P&OD enterprise companions.

Design and take a lead function within the implementation of quite a lot of help mechanisms similar to guides and a set of coaching and training interventions, designed to boost functionality and consistency of observe throughout the administration and P&OD inhabitants.

Assist, coach and mentor the Assistant ER Companion, constructing their functionality to ship on case administration exercise consistent with hub aims while supporting and constructing their functionality and expertise in help of their very own growth.

Line handle ER Assistants as required, together with proactively teaching and creating functionality within the provision of formal casework administration, guaranteeing consistency of observe and constructing their capacity to deal with routine circumstances underneath supervision as required.

Acts as an adviser on a spread of worker relations issues and as a degree of escalation for worker relations enquiries rising from different P&OD groups, actively teaching, supporting and mentoring colleagues to develop group functionality and help growth.

To work collaboratively with P&OD Enterprise Companions throughout formal circumstances to make sure all related events are supported and guarantee efficient handover of subsequent case suggestions together with supporting post-case actions as acceptable and agreed.

Contribute to the event and implementation of P&OD coverage, processes and observe.

Work intently (together with throughout P&OD Hubs) with P&OD colleagues on growth and supply of top of the range, trusted and seamless P&OD companies to clients.

Play an lively function in selling optimistic commerce union session and good worker relations by direct session with commerce union representatives.

Keep private {and professional} information by CPD, holding updated with developments in employment observe, regulation and College HR technique, insurance policies and procedures. Present skilled help by alerting colleagues to, and getting ready papers assessing the impression of, related employment observe developments and authorized updates.

Undertake different duties and duties as assigned occasionally by the Head of Coverage & Worker Relations.

Information, {Qualifications}, Expertise and Expertise

Information/{Qualifications}

Important
A1 Scottish Credit score and Qualification Framework stage 9 (Peculiar Diploma, Scottish Vocational Qualification stage 4) in related topic (i.e. Human Useful resource Administration, Enterprise Administration, and so forth.) or equal related skilled HR generalist expertise
A2 Properly developed information of worker relations greatest observe and present employment laws in UK.

Fascinating
B1 Chartered CIPD membership (Degree 7)
B2 An understanding of the Larger Training sector

Expertise

Important
C1 Capability to undertake a consultancy type, with confirmed influencing, judgement, analytical and drawback fixing capacity
C2 Glorious organisational abilities with the flexibility to plan, prioritise and ship throughout a spread of labor actions and juggle a busy workload
C3 Capability to interpret related College insurance policies, employment laws and good observe and apply to advanced circumstances
C4 Extremely efficient written and oral communication abilities with the flexibility to draft correct, concise and complete studies and letters and articulate advanced data in an accessible means and current to various employees teams. Capability to confidently ship typically advanced coaching supplies to teams and to facilitate dialogue and debate.
C5 Glorious IT abilities, together with a excessive stage of competency in using Microsoft Workplace purposes and information manipulation
C6 Assured, credible and resilient with the flexibility to successfully handle battle and demanding purchasers
C7 Articulate and persuasive – capacity to steer purchasers in any respect ranges throughout the College on a spread of issues, a few of which will not be widespread or throughout the expertise of the viewers
C8 Capability to work independently, lead on actions the place required and contribute as a group participant
C9 Capability to take care of confidentiality and deal sensitively with associated points/people with tact, diplomacy and discretion

Expertise

Important
E1 A confirmed observe report of working in HR at knowledgeable stage inside a big and complicated working surroundings
E2 A confirmed observe report of efficiently dealing with an HR case work portfolio, together with self-discipline and grievance investigations, hearings and appeals, in addition to attendance and efficiency administration processes to conclusion
E3 A observe report of offering prime quality recommendation and steerage on a spread of HR issues together with the appliance of HR coverage

Fascinating
F1 Expertise of creating HR coverage, process and administration steerage
F2 Expertise of efficiently mediating between disputing events
F3 Expertise of delivering displays and administration coaching
F4 Expertise of working within the HE sector
F5 Expertise of consulting with commerce union representatives
F6 Expertise of supervising and managing efficiency and growth

Closing Date: 23:45 on Monday eighth April 2024

Casual enquiries must be directed by way of electronic mail to Chris Branney (Interim Head of Coverage & Worker Relations)[email protected]

Phrases and Circumstances
Wage might be Grade 7, £39,347 – £44,263 every year.

This put up is full time (35 hours per week) and open ended (everlasting).

As a part of Staff UofG you can be a member of a world altering, inclusive group, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity.

As a valued member of our group, you possibly can anticipate:

1 A heat welcoming and fascinating organisational tradition, the place your skills are developed and nurtured, and success is well known and shared.

2 A superb employment bundle with beneficiant phrases and circumstances together with 41 days of go away for full time employees,  

pension

, advantages and low cost packages.

3 A versatile strategy to working.

4 A dedication to help your  

well being and wellbeing

, together with a free 6-month UofG Sport membership for all new employees becoming a member of the College  .

We consider that we will solely attain our full potential by the skills of all. Equality, range and inclusion are on the coronary heart of our values. Purposes are notably welcome from throughout our communities and particularly folks from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) group, and different protected traits who’re under-represented throughout the College. Learn extra on how the College promotes and embeds all points of equality and variety inside our group  

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 and maintain bronze, silver and gold awards throughout the College.

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