Job overview

Are you looking for your next exciting role within the field of People & OD; one which challenges the norm and brings creative solutions to the practice of employee relations?

If so, then this might be the role for you!

We are at the beginning of an exciting journey to transform our People & OD function to deliver a proactive and effective customer-focused service to meet the challenges of the future.  As the Senior Employee Relations Advisor, you will work alongside a team of likeminded colleagues to collectively play a pivotal role in providing high quality educational and operational employee relations activities in line with a ‘Just & Restorative Learning’ culture, underpinned by our values and behaviours framework.   

You will comprehensively manage a complex case-load across a broad range of employee relations matters, which aligns with legislation, best practice, case law, and local policies.  Operating as the subject matter expert for employee relations, you will provide a high-quality advisory and support service to facilitate early resolution of workplace matters - understanding organisational challenges and risk and providing solutions to mitigate against this.  

Leading with  compassion and striving for excellence, you will work in close partnership with our stakeholders to positively influence and shape the future direction of employee relations activities through the successful execution of your role.  

Main duties of the job

We have a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week.  The Trust is fully supportive of flexible working and we are happy to discuss how you might want to work the hours within the role.

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Employee Relations Advisor with the drive and commitment for shaping the ER agenda. You should be person-centred, solution-orientated with sound judgement and the ability to professionally challenge.  Effective and timely communication is critical to the success of this role and, as such, you should possess high quality interpersonal skills. If you are committed to excellence and really making a difference to the front line care services, we’d love to hear from you.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust encourages and welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges.  We see this as valuable and recognise the positive impact this experience can have on the work we do.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Working for our organisation

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. By coming to work at SLaM, you will gain experience of being part of an organisation with a rich history and international reputation in mental health care. You will have access to professional development and learning opportunities, and have the chance to work alongside people who are world leaders in their field.