Employee Relations Advisor- FTC

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as an Employee Relations Advisor, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and many of the industry’s most brilliant minds. The role is within the HR department for QinetiQ and is challenging, varied, and fascinating in a niche area of our People Function.

The Role

As an Employee Relations Advisor, you’ll have a role that is out of the ordinary. You will support functional managers across our UK sites by providing advice and guidance on complex employee relations (ER) cases such as investigations, risks of dismissal, disciplinary warnings, and grievance outcomes, ultimately developing functional manager capability and confidence.

Day-to-day, you’ll aim to make a real difference by inspiring and empowering managers to make positive improvements in the culture and behaviour of their teams.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivery of timely ER advice and guidance to empower functional managers to proactively manage their ER cases, within an acceptable level of business risk.
• Coaching, supporting, and upskilling functional managers to develop ER capability within the company and work collaboratively with Senior People Advisors and the in-house legal team to resolve complex ER cases.
• Identifying trends in cases in order to design, deliver, and implement upskilling sessions for functional managers.
• Continually review our People Instructions, Toolkits, and Knowledge Guides and put forward amendments/suggestions to ensure we remain up to date with legislative changes and good practice.
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of all actions and documentation relating to cases being managed through to conclusion.
• Ensuring the ER casework team mailbox is regularly reviewed and enquiries responded to promptly, usually within 24hrs.

This role is a 5-month fixed-term contract which is 37 hours per week, you can be based at any of our UK locations. Hybrid working patterns available.

Essential experience of the Employee Relations Advisor:

• Ability to draw together and analyse different points of view.
• Problem-solving and conflict management coupled with the confidence to coherently and succinctly advise.
• Ability to build positive relations with managers and Global Employee Voice Reps and, where appropriate, Trade Unions.
• Ability to assess employee relations risks and take appropriate steps, following our People delegations process, to achieve resolution of cases within the legal framework.
• Excellent coaching and advisory skills balanced with influencing and questioning techniques.
• Verbal and written communication skills are essential coupled with a high level of attention to detail. In addition, experience of negotiating, persuading, and influencing skills is required.

Essential qualifications of the Employee Relations Advisor:

• Chartered CIPD status or equivalent.
• Significant experience in managing high volumes of complex ER cases at pace.
• Demonstrable experience in upskilling functional managers to improve knowledge, competence, and confidence and mentoring junior team members.
• Experience working in complex organisations or with complex technologies.

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Benefits:

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance.
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days of additional leave.
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant.
• Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and the local community.

Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those which help the defence community.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

About QinetiQ

As a company of thousands of dedicated professionals, we are a world centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.