The role will provide expert professional advice and value-added services to support managers across the University across the breadth of employee relations matters. The Associate Employee Relations Partner will case manage processes to ensure procedural fairness, offering expert advice and guidance to line managers during all stages from investigation to appeal stages, supporting informal resolution as a means of resolve where applicable.
About the person:
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the essential criteria and where appropriate meet the desirable criteria.
– A primary or higher degree, or equivalent qualification and relevant experience of administering regulatory, complaints or appeals matters as core function of role in a large*/complex organisation.
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– Substantial relevant professional experience of administering regulatory, complaints or appeals matters in a comparable role in a large*/complex organisation.
* A large organisation is defined as one that matches 2 of 3 criteria:* Annual Turnover greater than £25.9 million * Balance Sheet Total of more than £12.9 million * Average number of employees of more than 250
PlusRelevant experience of:* Case managing or investigating end to end, informal and formal employee relations cases including disciplinary, complaints, capability, absence and redundancy cases.* Writing complex reports and documentation for a range of users, such as investigation reports, case summaries and policy documents.* Providing professional advice and support to key stakeholders, including advising service-users and decision-makers on the application of employee relations policies and procedures.* Developing and delivering training on employee relations policies and procedures
To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.
What we offer:
Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more on our website.
Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.
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