The Employee Relations and Policy team helps strengthen relationships at The Trust by providing managers with the tools they need to effectively manage their staff, whether this is supporting their staff through life events, settling disputes between colleagues, dealing with performance or sickness issues.   

We actively work with the organisation’s key internal stakeholders to determine the approach to people policy.  Through our policies we enable the organisation to run smoothly, support culture, good judgment and flexibility.  The team is also involved in various Trust-wide initiatives, including Gender Pay Gap reporting and Diversity and Inclusion.   

The HR Services team are responsible for the transactional side of everything required to employ someone at The Trust. It’s a wide area of responsibility and covers a lot of different topics from managing payroll, pension and benefits, processing new starters, contract changes and leavers, and processing family leave. Vetting checks are also handled by HR Services for Employees and Volunteers. 

We also maintain accurate data about each employee and ensure our HR and Payroll Systems are managed well. 

The main responsibility of the HR Payroll and Benefits Team is the accurate and timely production of the monthly employee payrolls. We respond to all queries received from employees and managers regarding pay, pensions and benefits, whilst we also provide advice and information to senior managers. We report all pensions contributions, statutory deductions to the relevant 3rd parties and respond to all queries received from external organisations (e.g. HMRC) or stakeholders. The Team are also responsible for ensuring the payroll system, is maintained and developed in-line with the current and future organisational needs.