Temp. Fairness at Work (FAW) / Grievance Advocate

Greater Manchester Police is one of the largest police forces in the UK and is responsible for keeping its diverse population of almost 3 million safe, spread over more than 1,200 sq. km. Manchester in particular has been billed as the most diverse city in Europe with its population speaking at least 200 different languages, leading to the city being named as Britain’s “City of languages”.

GMP are committed to ensure that the make-up of our workforce is reflective of the communities we serve and we recognise that having a diverse workforce makes us more approachable and relevant to the public.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the People and Development Branch for an enthusiastic person to join our HR Operations Team as a HR Fairness at Work /Grievance Advocate.

Our aim is to deliver a professional and dynamic service to all of our customers and colleagues by ensuring we create a supportive and collaborative approach to all areas of people management.

You will support colleagues across the Force on Fairness at Work/ grievance issues and find effective solutions that are beneficial to all parties concerned. You will coach and support colleagues in dealing with people issues.

We are looking for someone who has proven practical experience of working in a similar role. You will have strong communication skills, possess good interpersonal and listening skills and have a strong customer focus.

In this role you will use your analytical and problem solving skills to help resolve Fairness at Work complaints/ grievances. You will be responsible for managing your own case load, ensuring consistency and appropriate application of agreed policies and processes whilst also having the capability to provide pragmatic advice and support to managers.

If you are interested in this opportunity and you want to be part of a dynamic team who are committed to providing an excellent HR service to make a difference to our customers here at Greater Manchester Police, we want to hear from you.

This post is based at the GMP Force Headquarters in Newton Heath, although Agile Working is available. However, you will be expected to travel to all locations across the Force on a regular basis.

Closing Date

7 Jun 2022

Recruitment Team Contact

gmprecruitment@gmp.police.uk

Other Information

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested.

Due to the Equality Act (2010) the sickness will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process and therefore candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices.

The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against a disabled person in all areas of employment, including recruitment. The Police Service welcomes people with disabilities and will do its best to make reasonable adjustments to the working arrangements and/ or the working environment providing it is possible to do so.

If you have a disability and you require support with your application, please let us know so we can consider and support you with any reasonable adjustments you may require. If you need any support completing this application please contact gmprecruitment@gmp.police.uk and the recruitment team will be happy to assist .

Should you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know during the selection process.

Please note that you will be required to provide an educational psychologist report in support of any adjustments.

Policing values are enshrined in the Code of Ethics (a copy of which can be found at https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Ethics/Ethics-home/Documents/Code_of_Ethics.pdf

Every person serving with the police service needs to adhere to these standards of professional behaviour. As an applicant to Greater Manchester Police, we expect that you will hold views and attitudes in line with the Code; that if you are successful in your application you will uphold the Code of Ethics by displaying the behaviours that the Code sets out; and that you will report any conduct of others that falls short of those standards. Any failure or apparent failure to uphold the Code of Ethics will be taken seriously. It will be looked into and in cases involving serious and/or repeated failings, criminal and/or misconduct proceedings may follow. With that in mind, you are reminded that you must not share any information relating to the recruitment and assessment process. Sharing of such information could result in criminal and/or misconduct proceedings.

Greater Manchester Police have been informed of potential personal tax implications for members of the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, who retire and take a pension between the ages of 50 and 54 inclusive and then take up employment as a Police Staff member. Members of the police pension scheme whose age is between 50 and 54 who are re-employed as a Police Staff member have to meet certain conditions to keep their PPA and to protect against personal tax liability charges on any payments paid before the age of 55. One of those conditions is that a break of at least 1 month is required where the re-employment is ‘materially different’. However, if the role is not deemed to be ‘materially different’ then a 6 month break is required.

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Minimum Age for Applications - 18