Employee Relations Advisor

The Employee Relations Advisor will manage and advise on a varied and complex caseload and workplace relationship matters. The postholder will help ensure that employee-relations practice is fair, consistent, legally compliant and aligned with the organisation's values, policies and social housing responsibilities. The role will work closely with managers, People & Culture colleagues, trade union representatives and other stakeholders to resolve issues effectively, reduce organisational risk and promote positive employee experiences.

What you'll be doing + Provide clear, practical and timely advice to managers on employee-relations matters, including conduct, capability, performance, attendance, grievance, disciplinary and workplace conflict issues. + Manage an allocated caseload from initial referral through to resolution, ensuring appropriate records, documentation and follow-up actions are maintained. + Advise managers on appropriate processes, timescales, evidence requirements and potential risks.

+ Support managers to apply policies consistently while taking account of individual circumstances and reasonable adjustments. + Identify cases requiring escalation to the Employee Relations Manager, Head of People & Culture, senior leaders or external legal advisers. + Monitor case progress and ensure matters are progressed promptly, proportionately and in line with agreed service standards. + Provide advice on informal resolution wherever appropriate, including early intervention, facilitated conversations, mediation and agreed action plans., Our purpose is putting people and communities at the heart of our services and the safe homes we provide.

To deliver against our purpose we will be: + Trustworthy + Collaborative + Accountable + People Focused + Caring in all we do The benefits + 34 days annual leave, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days + A day off for your birthday + 4 days off when you move home + Life assurance (3 x salary), All applicants must provide their right to work documentation at interview stage, such as a valid passport which will be verified to check your eligibility to work and live in the UK.

As an organisation we do not offer visa sponsorships. Only applicants with existing right to work in the UK will be consdidered. Relevant roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and barring service (DBS). We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. At Trident Group, we only consider agency introductions where a signed agreement is in place, and where the agency has been specifically contacted by a member of our People & Culture Team.

We do not accept responsibility for any fees related to unsolicited or speculative CV submissions made directly to our employees or outside of the above. + Proven experience in an employee-relations, HR advisory or HR casework role. + Significant experience managing a varied employee-relations caseload, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance and absence cases. + Experience supporting workplace investigations, hearings, meetings and appeals.

+ Experience advising managers on complex and sensitive people matters. + Experience working with trade unions or employee representatives. + Experience preparing high-quality case documentation, correspondence and reports. + Experience working in a regulated, public-sector, social housing or similarly complex organisation is desirable + Experience using HR information systems, case-management systems and Microsoft 365 applications.

Knowledge + Detailed working knowledge of UK employment law and its practical application in the workplace. + CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management, or equivalent experience. + Good knowledge of the ACAS Code of Practice and principles of procedural and substantive fairness. + Knowledge of disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance and absence management processes + Unders