Coaching-Led Employee Relations Advisor | Hybrid UK ER

Anchor; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchor in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Employee Relations Specialist to join our People Services Delivery team. You will deliver a coaching-led Employee Relations service across the organisation, acting as a trusted advisor to managers and helping ensure fair, consistent handling of people matters under employment law.

You’ll work with managers, colleagues and stakeholders to build manager capability, support positive colleague experiences and drive commercially focused ER

Qualifications

• Significant Employee Relations experience in a large organisation.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and ER best practice.
• Experience independently managing complex ER cases.
• Excellent coaching, listening and problem-solving skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert Employee Relations advice and practical support to managers across a broad range of people matters, helping them navigate complex situations with confidence while balancing business needs, colleague experience and legal compliance.
• Coach and guide managers through people challenges, enabling them to assess risks, consider options, make informed decisions and take ownership of managing employee relations matters effectively and consistently.
• Manage a varied portfolio of complex and sensitive Employee Relations cases including disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability, conduct and organisational change matters, ensuring outcomes are fair, timely, well-documented and legally compliant.
• Support managers throughout formal people processes, helping them prepare high-quality documentation including investigation reports, hearing packs, outcome letters and management case files that stand up to scrutiny and reflect best practice.
• Apply your employment law knowledge and professional judgement to provide pragmatic, commercially focused advice, helping to minimise organisational risk and ensure decisions are aligned to both legislation and company policies.
• Champion a coaching-led Employee Relations culture, encouraging early intervention, manager ownership and proactive people management approaches that reduce repeat issues and improve colleague experiences.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and service development, supporting the enhancement of Employee Relations processes, policies, guidance and ways of working to create a more efficient, consistent and customer-focused service.
• Use ER data, case insights and management information to identify trends and opportunities, helping to drive organisational learning, improve manager capability and support evidence-based decision-making across the business.
• Support colleagues within the wider People Services team, sharing knowledge and contributing to the development of a collaborative, high-performing team culture.

Skills

Employee relations

UK employment law

Case management

Stakeholder management

Coaching

Communication

Education

CIPD Level 5

Job description

Anchor in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Employee Relations Specialist to join our People Services Delivery team. You will deliver a coaching-led Employee Relations service across the organisation, acting as a trusted advisor to managers and helping ensure fair, consistent handling of people matters under employment law.

You’ll work with managers, colleagues and stakeholders to build manager capability, support positive colleague experiences and drive commercially focused ER