HR Manager (Employee Relations)

Are you a Human Resources professional eager for a new challenge? Do you have current knowledge and recent experience of dealing with formal and informal cases such as disciplinaries, grievances and attendance management? Can you manage multiple cases at the same time? If so, we'd love to hear from you! You will join the Directorate of Corporate Services that is responsible for the effective delivery of Corporate Services to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). Corporate Services includes Communications, IT, Procurement, Finance, Health & Safety, Human Resources, Internal Audit and Assurance, Programme Management Office, and Property & Facilities. Human Resources is a key enabling function responsible for the planning and delivery of the MCA's People Strategy and a full range of HR services including Organisational Design and Development, Talent Management, Employee Relations, Volunteer support, Reward and Resourcing, Planning and Governance. Internally this role is called HR Employee Relations Casework Manager. Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King's birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below! Find out more about what it's like working at: Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Department for Transport Careers This exciting opportunity will see you will be responsible for the effective management of cases from disciplinaries to grievances and performance to probation. You will work autonomously as you provide effective stakeholder management ensuring formal policies and procedures are followed to MCA standards whilst providing a high level of governance. In this exciting opportunity, you will be responsible for:
• Managing multiple cases ensuring that all casework and employee relations (ER) activities are carried out in accordance with MCA and wider Civil Service policies and procedures.
• Ensuring ER cases have a timely conclusion and act as an escalation point, where required.
• Managing litigation cases including Employment Tribunal and Personal Injury.
• Working in partnership with relevant internal and external stakeholders to gather and prepare evidence, witness statements and supporting individuals through the process.
• Effective internal and stakeholder management which includes, but is not limited to: Government Legal Department, Trade Union Representatives, Department for Transport (DfT) Voice of the Customer, DfT Group Policy, MCA managers and employees.
• Monitoring and maintaining up to date casework Management Information, identifying trends and risks, whilst proactively identifying solutions.
• Leading and implementing relevant policy changes communicating these effectively to the business.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile attached. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.