Employee Relations Specialist

Are you an experienced CIPD qualified Level 5 or qualified by experience Employee Relations Specialist looking for a new role where you can make a difference?

As a Employee Relations Specialist you will provide specialist employee relations support, leading on case management across the organisation.

Join our People team you'll work in partnership with People team colleagues, leaders and managers to ensure employee relations issues are managed consistently, fairly and in line with policy, legislation and our values, supporting a respectful colleague experience.

This is a fixed term position to provide additional specialist capacity during a defined period of organisational change. The contract is therefore expected to end after the period of the contract when the current programme of change and associated need for additional capacity ends.

What you will do

Be a trusted Partner resource for managers and employees, providing guidance and support on a range of complex ER related matters, finding creative and pragmatic solutions to business challenges.

Develop and maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders to achieve high levels of trust, respect and professionalism including regular meetings on employee relations issues across the employee lifecycle, managing change and manager development.

Work with key stakeholders to help build people capability, contributing to development and delivery of managers development, advising and coaching managers on a variety of ER/ HR related issues.

Collaborate with People Team colleagues to support a 'one team' approach so that we may continuously improve to deliver the People Strategy.

All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

CIPD qualified to minimum level 5 or qualification by experience of leading on employee relations

cases.

Up-to-date knowledge of employee relations and employment law, with a solid understanding of HR principles and practices, including ACAS and the Equality Act.

Strong experience of managing and leading on challenging employee relations cases, including investigations, disciplinary, grievance and capability processes.

Significant practical experience of delivering organisational change, including planning and coordinating individual and collective consultations, managing legal and employee relations risks.

Confidence advising and coaching managers on complex people issues.

A good level of IT literacy is required, including confidence in using Microsoft Office applications, email, and other digital systems relevant to the role.

We do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.

Full, current valid UK driving licence.