Employee Relations Specialist

Employee Relations Specialist

Job type: Fulltime or parttime (minimum 30 hours per week flexible working options available)

Salary: Circa 50000 per annum depending on experience and location

Location: South West or South East based. Hybrid role with frequent travel across for client and internal meetings.

A bit about us

Were a fastgrowing fullservice HR Consultancy that puts people and their career development at the core of everything we do. If youre looking for a career and not just a job youre in the right place.

Our people are based throughout England (mainly in the South East and South West) and we operate a hybrid working model that enables each of us to work from home and across flexible working locations to meet our individual needs as well as those of the business and our clients.

Working for us involves partnering with a wide variety of interesting organisations as well as your internal colleagues who have a wealth of knowledge and experience to share. We all support one another and work closely together to deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients that make us proud.

What youll be doing

Were looking for an Employee Relations (ER) Specialist to join our expanding ER team. You will deliver a high quality and professional service to our clients and support the People Partnering team to provide expert advice and guidance in relation to employee relations and change activities. This includes the application of employment law in a range of workplace scenarios.

You will ensure ER cases are handled efficiently and in a commercial and compliant way to ensure our clients feel wellsupported with challenging ER issues. In addition to this you will also be responsible for the following:

• Competently and efficiently investigating and/or advising on a range of complex ER cases (e.g. grievance disciplinary whistleblowing bullying and harassment) ensuring our clients achieve the best possible outcome.
• Leading and advising on business change processes including redundancy restructuring and TUPE to manage risk for our clients and ensure they take commercial but compliant routes when navigating the relevant processes.
• Drafting policies procedures and contracts of employment to provide transparency and clarity in the employment relationship.
• Attending and/or chairing meetings to support our clients.
• Drafting ER documentation of mixed complexity in response to various ER activities including invite letters scripts outcome letters policies and procedures employee handbooks contracts of employment and detailed reports.
• Seeking external advice and support when necessary to ensure our work is thorough and accurate.
• Sharing knowledge and developing internal resources to ensure our People Partnering team has the tools to provide an exceptional service to our clients.
• Keeping up to date with employment law legislation and tribunal case studies.

About you

You will have previous experience supporting and advising managers on complex ER cases up to and including employment tribunals drafting policies and procedures and managing business change processes such as TUPE redundancies and restructuring. You will be able to implement HR principles and UK employment law and draw on your experience to deliver commercially focused results for our clients. In addition to this you will have the following:

• A level 7 CIPD qualification employment law qualification or equivalent.
• Experience in undertaking complex ER investigations.
• Significant experience in supporting and advising managers in a range of workplace scenarios including discipline grievance performance absence redundancy TUPE and restructuring.
• The ability to identify the risks associated with taking different courses of action while knowing when to seek appropriate advice.
• Excellent written and spoken English with experience in drafting detailed reports and outcome letters which are well structured and effectively pull together a broad set of data to convey robust arguments.
• Strong consulting communication and influencing skills including confidence in managing key stakeholders.
• Ability to review your colleagues work and provide feedback and direction.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook Excel and Word.
• A UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly to visit clients.

The Perks

• Join us for an attractive salary and benefits package encompassing:
• Competitive salary Circa 50k FTE.
• 25 days holiday when you start employment with us 27 days holiday after 1 year service 29 days holiday after 2 years service bank holidays.
• 4% employer pension contributions (4% minimum employee contribution).
• Medicash health cash plan insurance policy.
• Shopping discounts platform.
• Monthly homeworking allowance with equipment provision.
• Supported career qualifications.
• Integration into a progressive expanding business.
• Collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Social events and virtual gatherings.

How to Apply

If this opportunity resonates with you take the next step and APPLY NOW. Our application process encompasses several stages designed to give you a comprehensive understanding of us and for us to get to know you better. The process includes a written assessment a virtual interview psychometric testing and a concluding inperson meeting. We believe in fostering a mutual understanding as you embark on this journey with us.

Closing Date: Monday 29th April 2024

We want our workforce to be more representative of all sections of society and we therefore encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.