🚀 People Advisor | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Overview

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced/qualified CIPD HR Practitioner with a special interest in Organisational Development, Attendance and Employee Relations Case Management to join our People Operations Team.

Closing Date: This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Interviews are proposed for 8 October 2025. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert HR Advice, guidance and support on all Employee Relations matters ensuring that case work is managed effectively and timely in line with Trust policies, procedures, and employment law.
• Analyse data trends through business intelligence reporting tools to support the development of innovative process and practice as we strive to be a model employer/employer of choice through compassionate leadership interventions.
• Providing advice to management teams anticipating and reacting to the implications and changes in employment law and HR practice whilst also ensuring that robust and effective Trust-wide working practices are safely deployed.
• Work in partnership with managers, business partners and groups to resolve any emerging patterns that may benefit from Organisational Development streams of work to support optimising workforce productivity gains.
• Facilitate the effective resolution of a wide range of employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, conflict resolution, performance capability, and attendance management.
• Support other areas of the People Operations Team such as conducting formal investigations to ensure the correct evidence is available for disciplinary and tribunal hearings, presenting information as and where appropriate, as well as undertaking Workforce projects.
• Provide operational Workforce support including advice on Workforce policy, practice, employment law, NHS terms and conditions, responding to changes in employment law, process and practice as they arise.
• In Employment Relations, be actively involved in the implementation of the Trust’s Managing Attendance Policy including oversight of compliance against agreed Trust targets, employment law and redeployment process and practice.
• Have oversight and line management responsibilities within the Core Advice and Support Team.
• Be involved in auditing compliance against Workforce Key Performance metrics, policies and standard operating practices across the Trust to ensure consistent interpretation and application of procedures to enable corrective action to be taken as/when required.
• Proactively use available business intelligence data to identify data trends and areas of concern to enable in-reach support to be deployed in the right place at the right time and to mitigate staffing escalation risks.

About the Trust

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK. We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do. Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare. We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence-designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

About the Team & Development

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team. The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Requirements

Role profile highlights : An experienced/qualified CIPD HR Practitioner with a special interest in Organisational Development, Attendance and Employee Relations Case Management.

How to apply / Contact

For informal discussion please email (People Business Partner) or (People Business Partner).