Employee Relations Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 14/09/2026
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Role summary
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Employee Relations Specialist to join their People Directorate. This role involves leading and managing a team of HR Advisors, providing expert guidance on complex employee relations cases, and supporting organisational change. The specialist will also analyse workforce data, build relationships with managers and unions, and contribute to HR policy reviews. The position operates on a hybrid working model based in Littlemore, Oxford.
Essential criteria
- Significant knowledge and experience of HR Management
- Understanding of current NHS issues and NHS terms and conditions
- HR Qualification
- Demonstrate experience of providing complex HR Advice on a range of workforce issues
- Experience of an HR role and demonstrable experience of providing a high quality HR service
- Knowledge and experience
- Significant knowledge and experience of HR Management
- Understanding of current NHS issues and NHS terms and conditions
- HR Qualification
- Demonstrate experience of providing complex HR Advice on a range of workforce issues
- Experience of an HR role and demonstrable experience of providing a high quality HR service
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Oxford Health NHS Trust
Employee Relations Specialist
The closing date is 14 September 2026
Job summary
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a proactive, customer focused Employee Relations Specialist to join our People Directorate. Operating in a flexible hybrid working model based out of Littlemore, Oxford, you will balance working from home with an essential, visible onsite presence across allocated Trust sites to build strong, collaborative relationships with line managers and operational teams.
In this pivotal role, you will work alongside the Head of HR and closely with HR Business Partners to deliver a high quality operational HR service. You will lead and line manage a team of HR Advisors, provide expert guidance on multi faceted employee relations cases, lead on workforce data analysis, and support organisational change programmes aligned with embedding a restorative, just and learning culture.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will line manage, coach, and allocate work for the HR Advisors, fostering their professional development while ensuring the delivery of high-quality advisory services across the Trust.
You will provide specialist guidance and manage complex informal and formal employee relations cases--including disciplinary, capability, grievance, safeguarding, and sickness absence--ensuring full compliance with Trust po
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