We are recruiting for an HR Advisor to join us on a fixed-term contract or secondment opportunity for approximately 7 months until 29 January 2027 . We are looking for an individual to start as soon as possible.
You'll be joining our supportive HR team working across Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Services. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is passionate about providing excellent HR advice to managers and staff.
The focus of this role will be to have an immediate and positive impact in our HR support and advice function within our Trust where you'll be a key member of local teams, providing expert HR advice and guidance. This is a full time role with hybrid working which will include working at home, at our team base in Littlemore Oxford, and across our services.
You'll be specifically working on absence and performance management, employee relations case work as well as getting involved in wider HR-related project work to increase your HR generalist knowledge and to help coach our leaders in supporting our staff.
If you have a strong background in employee relations and enjoy a varied HR portfolio, we would love to hear from you!
Promote a good employee relations climate, acting as a point of contact with Trade Union Representatives in appropriate instances.
Provide professional guidance and support to managers on appropriate HR issues including sickness management, redeployment and formal casework including grievance, capability and disciplinary cases escalating when necessary.
Advising managers and staff on a range of HR issues including flexible working requests, various types of leave, employment breaks and the application of the probationary policy.
Provide managers with regular updates, advice and information on a range of HR issues.
Supports organisational change programmes with guidance from a senior HR team member.
Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
