Employee Relations Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a 6-month fixed-term or secondment opportunity for an experienced Employee Relations Manager. The role focuses on supporting the Trust's ambition to reduce sickness absence and improve employee wellbeing and attendance. You will work closely with managers and clinical services to drive improvements in attendance management through proactive and preventative approaches. The position requires expertise in employee relations, service improvement, and strong stakeholder management skills.
Essential criteria
- A degree plus CIPD qualification (level 7) or extensive experience in a senior employee relations role
- Educated to post-graduate level or extensive experience in an HR Manager or senior HR Advisor role
- Formal training in a relevant topic such as coaching, mediation or employment law
- Significant demonstrable experience of advising a range of stakeholders on a broad range of ER issues balancing legal compliance with business need and developing practical value-adding solutions
- Experience of managing multiple complex ER cases from a strategic perspective
- Experience managing staff
- Experience in the design, delivery and evaluation of training programmes
- Evidence of having a positive impact on an organisation, achieved through excellent influencing skills
Desirable criteria
- Training/ supervisory experience
- Experience of TUPE or major organisational change
- Experience working with MHPS
- Skills and knowledge
- Excellent demonstrable knowledge of current employment legislation and best practice in ER policies, principles and procedures
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills engaging effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver multiple concurrent activities within agreed deadlines and to agreed standards with consistent attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills, able to analyse information effectively identifying the causes of problems and proposing realistic and practical solutions to address them based on knowledge and understanding of an organisation and its operating environment
- Ability to plan, prioritise, communicate and deliver against personal and team objectives and work plans
- Ability to develop strong relationships and coach, challenge and influence to ensure effective ER solutions, balancing risk and commerciality and resolve conflict where necessary
- Exceptional listening and questioning skills that enable empower and get to the heart of the issue
- Education and Qualifications
- A degree plus CIPD qualification (level 7) or extensive experience in a senior employee relations role
- Educated to post-graduate level or extensive experience in an HR Manager or senior HR Advisor role
- Formal training in a relevant topic such as coaching, mediation or employment law
- Significant demonstrable experience of advising a range of stakeholders on a broad range of ER issues balancing legal compliance with business need and developing practical value-adding solutions
- Experience of managing multiple complex ER cases from a strategic perspective
- Experience managing staff
- Experience in the design, delivery and evaluation of training programmes
- Evidence of having a positive impact on an organisation, achieved through excellent influencing skills
- Training/ supervisory experience
- Experience of TUPE or major organisational change
- Experience working with MHPS
- Skills and knowledge
- Excellent demonstrable knowledge of current employment legislation and best practice in ER policies, principles and procedures
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills engaging effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver multiple concurrent activities within agreed deadlines and to agreed standards with consistent attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills, able to analyse information effectively identifying the causes of problems and proposing realistic and practical solutions to address them based on knowledge and understanding of an organisation and its operating environment
- Ability to plan, prioritise, communicate and deliver against personal and team objectives and work plans
- Ability to develop strong relationships and coach, challenge and influence to ensure effective ER solutions, balancing risk and commerciality and resolve conflict where necessary
- Exceptional listening and questioning skills that enable empower and get to the heart of the issue
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employee Relations Manager
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
6-Month; Fixed-Term Contract or Secondment Opportunity
Candidates who have applied for this position within the last three months should not reapply, as applications submitted during this period will not be considered.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a experienced, proactive and motivated Employee Relations Managers to join our team on a 6-month fixed-term contract or secondment basis.
This is a high-profile opportunity to play a key role in supporting the Trust's ambition to reduce sickness absence and improve employee wellbeing and attendance. Working closely with managers, clinical services and the Employee Relations team, the post holders will drive improvements in attendance management and support the delivery of sustainable reductions in sickness absence through both proactive and preventative approaches.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for candidates with employee relations experience, service improvement, excellent stakeholder management skills, and a proven ability to influence, coach and support managers in a complex organisational environment.
This is an excellent opportunity for experienced ER professionals who are passionate about improving workplace attendance, supportin
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