Job Description
Governance, Employee Relations and Change Administrator
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Job Summary
Are you looking for a new challenge to use your excellent administration skills, eye for detail and customer focussed approach? We have a unique secondment opportunity for you to join a small and enthusiastic specialist team, providing essential administrative support in a range of key areas including Pay Governance, Trade Union Activity and Organisational Change. This is a varied and growing role which will require you to be able to use your existing administration skills and attention to detail to support the team across these areas, becoming a specialist in the field and allowing you to be able to provide specialist knowledge and advice on these matters as well as being the key administrative support in this space.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will be responsible for co-ordination and organisation of a range of meetings and associated papers, monitoring and progressing paperwork for organisational change, redeployment and redundancies and support with detailed monitoring and tracking systems for People pay issues to ensure compliance and audit readiness. You will be responsible for administration surrounding trade union activity, including partnership meetings, and will have the skills required to develop and maintain excellent working relationships with trade union colleagues. Alongside this you will also collate and refer Exit Questionnaire responses and data supporting the production of regular reporting for senior management.
About You
Experience and Knowledge –
- Appreciation and a clear understanding of the need for confidentiality within the job role within GDPR legislation
- Experience of dealing with demanding customers or colleagues.
- Previous experience of working in a busy team
Experience of following and contributing to office procedures and practices.
Qualifications and Training –
- NVQ level 3 in Customer Care or HR related or A Level or equivalent experience
- Word-processing qualification or ability to type at advanced level
- Experience of working in a fast pace and challenging office environment resolving problems and dealing with a range of routine and non-routine processes, procedures and activities.
- Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD)
About Us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.
Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do.
By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work – and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.
You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
What we offer:
- NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities where the role will allow.
- 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
- NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
- We’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 15th June 2025.
Interviews are anticipated to be held on 25th June 2025 – subject to confirmation
For informal enquiries please contact – Vicky Ramsden – Governance & Change Assurance Manager, via email at Vicky.Ramsden@nhsbt.nhs.uk, or Emily Harrison - Governance & Employee Relations Manager via email at Emily.Harrison@nhsbt.nhs.uk
