People Advisor – Employee Relations

Farringdon, Croydon or Sittingbourne

Southern Housing have the opportunity for an experienced People Advisor who has a strong background in managing complex employee relations cases to support the People Business Partnering team deliver a credible service to the wider organisation.

As an Employee Relations Advisor, you will support on the delivery of efficient and effective People Management consistent with our internal process. You’ll also advise and support business area managers on both low level and complex employee relations issues including disciplinary (capability and conduct) grievance, appeals and flexible working requests. You will proactively manage sickness absence and colleague well-being in collaboration with business area managers and progress occupational health referrals and recommendations as required.

What you’ll be doing

• Advise and support managers within your designated areas of employee relations issues including disciplinary (capability and conduct), grievance, appeals, flexible working requests and advising on risk and supporting with formal investigations and hearings, escalating more complex queries to the People Business Partner.
• Advise on the application and interpretation of people policies and procedures to ensure accuracy and best practice, working closely with the other People Advisors to ensure consistency across the organisation.
• Proactively manage sickness absence and colleague wellbeing in collaboration with managers.  Progress occupational health referrals and recommendations.
• Work collaboratively with the wider people team to ensure all transactional and administrative processes are carried out effectively, efficiently and to agreed timescales, and that an excellent people services provided to the business
• Support the People Business Partners and Head of People Partnering with organisational change and TUPE processes.

The location

This is a hybrid working role with the expectations of at least two days per week in one our offices. Within this role you’ll be based at one of our main offices in Farringdon (London), Croydon (London) or Sittingbourne (Kent) with travel to our Hub offices in London, Kent, Midlands and Isle of Wight.

We also ask that you are flexible to travel between locations when required for the role. This may include travelling to attend meetings outside of the normal working hours.

What you’ll have

• CIPD Level 5
• Up to date knowledge of UK employment legislation and the ability to apply this.
• Extensive experience of complex employee relation casework management
• Experience of working with line managers on people matters.
• Strong problem-solving skills and able to work well under pressure.
• A strong background in handling employee relations cases -supporting disciplinaries, grievances and appeals.

Closing date: Sunday 14th January 2024

About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What’s in it for you

• Pension
• Life assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• Eyecare & dental
• Birthday leave
• Retailers discounts
• Cycle to work
• Buy & sell annual leave
• Season ticket loan
• In-house academy & career development
• Flexible working

Inclusion and Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.