Location: Leeds
The People Directorate is here to shape the Bank’s people strategy, provide information, help and advice to colleagues and line managers to thrive in their roles, and to deliver important people services across the Bank. The directorate comprises around 150 colleagues and is made up of 3 main teams: People Strategy and Insights (PS&I); People Advisory Service and Operations (PAS&OPs); and Reward, supported by the Executive Director’s Office. Our work helps the Bank to attract, identify, develop, nurture, retain and motivate the people we need to fulfil our mission.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The key responsibilities for the role are:

• Develop strong relationships with and act as point of contact for managers at all levels, including Deputy Governor and provide advice to managers at all levels relating to Employee Relations cases (ER) including coaching managers where appropriate.
• Effectively managing and prioritising a caseload of often complex people-related issues including guiding management and staff during disciplinary processes, and owning end to end management of grievances, business restructures and redundancies, welfare cases and staff disputes including running mediation.
• Understanding and where necessary, communicate developments in employment law and practice and advise on appropriate proactive action.
• Advise, guide and support managers at all levels, including Executive Director and Deputy Governor with all matters relating to Employee Relations (ER) coaching managers where appropriate.
• Provide research and support to the Head of ER on union matters and lead negotiations where required.
• Develop effective relationships with the managers at all levels, including Executive Director and Deputy Governor to promote best practice ER across the Bank of England.

• Provide support across the People Directorate to Bank-wide change initiatives which have people implications.Provide mediation in order to resolve situations of conflict

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum (Essential) Criteria:

• Experience working as an Employee Relations Advisor within a corporate organisation, handling a wide and varied caseload.
• An ability to analyse information which can be complex and conflicting to provide support to line managers and staff to resolve issues and the ability to balance the weight of evidence, assess the risks to the Bank and recommend courses of action on the back of this.
• Ability to liaise and engage with both internal and external legal counsel in order to present cases as clearly and accurately as possible and to limit risk.
• Experience of developing workable solutions to complex problems, balancing the policy guidelines with the practicalities of implementation to deliver good outcomes.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills - note that written output could also be used in Subject Access Requests (SARs), Freedom of Information Act requests (FOIAs) and any potential or actual litigation therefore accuracy and clarity are essential.
• Experience of developing rapport with managers and staff to ensure a full picture can be established in order to reach soundly based recommendations.
• Strong personal resilience to deal with complex and sensitive personal cases.
• Total discretion and confidentiality when dealing with sensitive staff matters.

• Qualified mediator.Experience of working in a Unionised Environment.

• Desirable Criteria:
  CIPD qualified

The key responsibilities for the role are:

• Develop strong relationships with and act as point of contact for managers at all levels, including Deputy Governor and provide advice to managers at all levels relating to Employee Relations cases (ER) including coaching managers where appropriate.
• Effectively managing and prioritising a caseload of often complex people-related issues including guiding management and staff during disciplinary processes, and owning end to end management of grievances, business restructures and redundancies, welfare cases and staff disputes including running mediation.
• Understanding and where necessary, communicate developments in employment law and practice and advise on appropriate proactive action.
• Advise, guide and support managers at all levels, including Executive Director and Deputy Governor with all matters relating to Employee Relations (ER) coaching managers where appropriate.
• Provide research and support to the Head of ER on union matters and lead negotiations where required.
• Develop effective relationships with the managers at all levels, including Executive Director and Deputy Governor to promote best practice ER across the Bank of England.
• Provide support across the People Directorate to Bank-wide change initiatives which have people implications.Provide mediation in order to resolve situations of conflic