Glasgow Life Hiring for Employee Relations Adviser – Fixed Term – GLA09135 at Glasgow Full Time

Glasgow Life is the charity providing the support, inspiration and opportunity for Glasgow’s citizens to access the services that matter most to them. Working across museums, the arts, music, sport, world-class events, festivals, libraries, community facilities, and physical activity, learning and heritage programmes; the scale and reach of our activity makes a real and positive impact on the lives of Glasgow’s residents and creates unforgettable experiences for our visitors.

We are recruiting an additional Employee Relations Advisor until March 2024 to join our 3,000 strong team of dedicated staff and volunteers and help us deliver our People Plan. You will join a great team who work closely with managers and trade unions, providing advice in all aspects of policy, best practice and employment law. You’ll manage a varied and complex case load, coaching managers in employee relations/policy issues, including conduct, capability, attendance management, performance and organisational change. You’ll plan activities that promote a positive employee relations climate and work with the HR team to continue to develop our managers and reduce formal cases.

To be successful in this role you’ll have

• previous experience of ER case management within a role built strong relationships with managers and trade unions
• a passion for employee relations and thinking innovatively.

We believe in the transformational power of the services we provide for the citizens and visitors of Glasgow, and if you want to be a part of it, we’d love to hear from you.

In return we can offer a generous holiday allowance of 29 days (rising to 34 days after 5 years), plus 6.5 public holidays. You will also be eligible to join the Strathclyde pension fund, one of the largest local authority pension providers in the UK. Additional staff benefits include staff discounts, annual leave purchase scheme, flexible retirement and family friendly policies.

Glasgow Life seeks to reflect the extraordinary diversity of our city at every level of our organisation and in our programmes. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applications from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Glasgow Life. To find out more about our commitment to equality and diversity visit https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/the-small-print/an-inclusive-employer

Current Glasgow Life Employees

At the end of the temporary period, eligible employees will have a right to return to a role of their substantive grade within the council family as a minimum. Employees are required to inform their current manager prior to submitting an application.

Application Packs

Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, Audio and other languages. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 0141 287 1054.

Packs will be posted out to you within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request.

Please note the closing date of the job advert to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return it to us.

Further Information

For further information about working for us please refer to our website https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/work-with-us