Employee Relations Specialist
Bristol, Bristol, England, United Kingdom +5
Locations
Bristol, Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom
Derby, Derby, England, United Kingdom
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Warrington, Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Work closely with the People Business Partnering team and the wider People Team to ensure a collaborative and robust approach to employee relations is developed and maintained.
- Take a pro-active approach to delivering a high quality, timely and professional employee relations service.
- Identifies shortcomings in existing processes, systems and procedures, then collaborates with stakeholders to drive continuous improvement.
- Manage relationships with key internal customers and act as their business partner, while typically using support teams to ensure client satisfaction.
- Lead case management, utilizing HR data and evidence to influence decision making.
- Risk assess ER related issues and projects, providing clear and viable options for business consideration.
- Use experience, knowledge and insights to ensure that any People advice, guidance and decision making is well informed, accurate and aligned with our established policies and procedures.
- Deliver a high-quality service, providing expert support to managers through coaching and mentoring managers on employee relation cases, which includes investigations, disciplinary, short- and long-term absences, grievances, capability, appeals and any change management.
- Support managers through the appraisal processes, responding to any queries regarding the process/our practice.
- Support the implementation, updating and refreshing of People team policies and procedures.
- Work pro-actively to minimize employee relations casework through the upskilling and training of our line management population ensuring the utilisation of available resources/toolkits.
- Effective support, buddying, and development of other members of the People Team.
- Develop and deliver training on a variety of HR topics as guided by the People Manager.
- Strive to meet our People team service level agreements and objectives.
- Maintain communication and collaboration with key departments and stakeholders.
- Ensure a proactive approach to maintaining up to date knowledge of employment law/legislation changes and ensuring that our practice and policies are reflective of any changes on a regular basis.
- Assist the People Business Partnering team to ensure that immigration/right to work status are managed and monitored.
Permanent
Circa £40,000 per annum
CIPD Level 5 Required