Employee Relations Advisor - 6 Month FTC

Key Responsibilities:

1. Supporting the HR Business Partner (HRBP) through the provision of generalist, proactive support on a range of employee relations issues.
2. Providing an efficient service for employees requiring guidance, help, and advice in respect of Company policies and procedures and Employment legislation.
3. Creating a positive employee relations approach; supporting, coaching, and upskilling Managers to fulfil their people management responsibilities.
4. Providing operational support and advice on employee relations matters; such as disciplinary, grievance, and appeals.
5. Supporting with redundancy consultation processes and TUPE when necessary.
6. Proactively dealing with absence management; assisting with the identification and resolution of problematic cases and long-term sickness issues, monitoring KPIs and trends to propose preventive measures.
7. Managing an allocated employee relations case load.
8. Assisting the team to support departments/teams through organisational change and embedding new structures and processes where required.
9. Maintain employment legislation knowledge to provide sound guidance and expertise to management.
10. Working with the Management team to drive performance on key people metrics.

Minimum Requirements:

1. Proven track record in a similar ER/HR role.
2. Experience of handling ER cases including disciplinary and grievance, appeals, absence management, and redundancy.
3. Up to date knowledge of employment legislation including GDPR.
4. High level of discretion and confidentiality.
5. Resilient, flexible, assertive, and confident in approach.
6. Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
7. Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
8. Ability to manage and prioritise a busy and varied workload.
9. Excellent stakeholder, people, and change management skills.
10. Good analytical and systems skills.
11. Customer focused approach.
12. Problem solving ability in a fast-paced business.