HR Employee Relations Manager
| Posting date: | 30 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £34,233 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 June 2025 |
| Location: | Southampton |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 408356/1 |
Summary
Do you enjoy collaborating with HR partners to drive performance management and create a safe, empowering workplace culture?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the government’s maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.
Safer lives. Safer Ships. Cleaner Seas.
Our vision is to be a world-leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non-negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do.
We are committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do. We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams.
We want everyone to feel valued and supported to achieve their potential at MCA.
This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks groups covering, Women’s, LGBTQI+, Race, Carers, Mental Wellbeing and volunteer Respect Ambassadors.
The role holder is responsible for managing an effective and efficient service on employee relation related matters for both staff and volunteers.
Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Manage the Employee Relations team to provide quality advice, guidance and support on employee relation related matters, including via digital solutions, ensuring adherence to MCA and Civil Service policies and procedures.
- Work in collaboration with the HR Business Partnering team to ensure effective use of the MCA’s performance management process, driving high performance and ensuring poor performance is addressed appropriately.
- Subject matter expert for attendance management, performance and probation policies and procedures, delivering education and proactive interventions to ensure informal resolution where appropriate.
- Provide support and guidance in relation to the Coastguard Rescue Service and managing volunteers, acting as an escalation point.
- Support the Designated Safeguarding Officers to implement the Agency’s safeguarding policy, providing training and referring any concerns to authorities as appropriate.
- Manage the MCA’s ‘Speak Up’ process, creating a safe environment where individuals feel comfortable and empowered to raise concerns and ensure appropriate action is taking to resolve issues.
- Act as a Counter Signatory for Disclosure Scotland and Disclosure Barring Service to ensure appropriate levels of criminal record checks are in place for staff and volunteers.
- Work in partnership with Learning & Development colleagues to up skill managers on people processes including delivery of training interventions such as Managers Toolkit sessions, MCA Induction, delivery of bespoke management training.
For further information, please see the role profile attached.
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