Employee Relations Adviser

The full-time starting salary is normally 38050.00 per annum with progression available in post to 44131.00 per annum.

Grade: F

Permanent full-time role.

Were looking for two ER Advisers to join our Employee Relations team and support us to provide a proactive service to managers and staff in a diverse fast-paced university setting. As a key member of our team youll provide professional first-line HR advice and support on a range of cases including sickness absence disciplinary and grievance matters. You will work closely with managers to enable confident data driven decision-making and help drive a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.

Youll be an HR professional with hands-on experience of advising managers on HR policies. You will be educated to degree or equivalent and be an Associate Member of the CIPD (Assoc. CIPD). You will have experience providing HR advice across a diverse workforce and have experience analysing data such as absence reports. You will have knowledge of and experience in HR databases and systems including strong IT proficiency (Excel MS Office HRIS) and experience of advising on HR policies and should be prepared to deliver training interventions.

You will join a collaborative and supportive working environment where you will help shape how we support our people. We offer a generous pension and annual leave provision (40 days including statutory holidays) family-friendly policies and state-of-the-art campus facilities. We also operate a hybrid working model that allows staff to combine on-site and remote working where appropriate dependent on work duties.

Informal queries in relation to this opportunity are very welcome and should be directed to Annabel Roberts Employee Relations Manager at.

The selection process will include an interview and a work-related exercise element and full details will be provided to shortlisted candidates in advance.

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Job Description

The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.

Birmingham City University is deeply committed to equality diversity and inclusivity at all levels in the organisation and to addressing underrepresentation in our workforce to ensure we are truly representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds and communities for this role and particularly welcome applications from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants.

The University is proudly Disability Confident. This means amongst other things that we commit to offering a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who fully meet the essential criteria for each role.