Following a restructure, we are looking for two Senior HR Advisors to join our team on a fixed term basis to provide additional capacity during a period of change and transformation. Both roles are offered as fixed term contracts until March 31st 2027.
We offer flexible and hybrid working with the expectation that you can be onsite at our corporate HR office in Littlemore, Oxford. As well as travel as required to our Trust sites to attend meetings. The ability to travel between sites via your own transport is required.
Reporting into one of our HR Business Partners and working closely with the Employee Relations Specialist, you will provide advice and guidance on a wide range of employee relations matters. You will work within a designated areas of the Trust providing a high quality and responsive human resource advisory service.
You will:
- Lead on and provide specialist HR advice and support on employee relations issues, policies, and best practice
- Undertake employee relations casework including complex disciplinary, grievance, capability performance and sickness absence management casework
- Work collaboratively with managers, leaders, and Trade Union representatives to resolve ER matters effectively
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 services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 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
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
We are looking for a confident HR professional who can build strong relationships and influence at all levels.
You will have:
- Postgraduate qualification (master’s level) in HR Management or equivalent experience
- Significant experience of advising on Human Resources issues in a large complex organisation including sickness absence, performance management and multi-faceted employee relations issues is essential.
- Experience of advising on the implementation of organisational change.
- Knowledge of employment law and HR best practice
- Previous experience of working in a unionised environment
- Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and experience of manipulating databases
- Excellent presentation and training skills
You will be expected to have an effective on-site presence at Oxford Health sites. We can support hybrid working approach between working regularly on our trust sites and working from home.
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.
