HR/ER Advisor - Band 6 in Bromley

Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.

Are you passionate about creating positive workplace cultures where people feel supported and empowered to do their best work? We are recruiting two experienced HR professionals to join Bromley Healthcare — one HR Adviser and one Employee Relations-focused Adviser. You will provide high-quality, pragmatic HR advice and ER support to managers and staff, helping to build an inclusive, effective and safe working environment. You’ll support managers to engage their teams and confidently manage absence, performance, wellbeing, disciplinary, grievance, and bullying and harassment cases. The ER-focused role will lead on complex casework and support formal processes and panels to ensure fair, timely and legally compliant outcomes. Both roles will contribute to employee relations activity across the organisation.

Main duties of the job include:

• Formal note-taking at hearings
• Preparing and issuing hearing packs
• General HR administration

Qualifications:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in human resources, business studies or related discipline, or equivalent level of experience

Training / Knowledge:

• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• In-depth knowledge of HR practice and legislation across the employee lifecycle

Specific Skills:

• Good interpersonal skills, including communication and relationship management
• High level of written and verbal communication skills, with ability to tailor communications to the audience
• Good training and coaching skills
• Excellent planning and organisation skills
• Ability to identify people issues and risks and provide effective advice to mitigate these

Experience:

• Significant HR operational experience at an HR advisory level
• Experience in supporting Chairs to make decisions and give outcomes during formal hearings
• Experience of providing HR advice on complex and sensitive issues to managers
• Experience of supporting organisational change processes
• Experience in handling grievance and disciplinary, performance management, bullying & harassment and sickness absence issues
• Experience in implementing HR policies and procedures
• Experience of working with staff side / Trade Union representatives in a unionised environment
• Experience of using data and trend analysis to inform advice
• Experience of coaching and training front line managers on HR issues
• Knowledge and experience of working with medical and dental staffing

Information Technology:

• Ability to use MS Office and proficient in the use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience of using ESR

We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination. At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated.

We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one, including compressed hours, part-time, and job shares. We eagerly anticipate welcoming you to a rewarding career with Bromley Healthcare.

Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six-month probationary period.