Employee Relations Specialist

easyJet Airline Company PLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description - Employee Relations Specialist (15723)

Employee Relations Specialist - 9 Month Fixed Term Contract
Location: Luton

Team

The Employee Relations (ER) team provides expert guidance, coaching, and support on employee relations cases and policy interpretation across all levels of the business. As part of People Service Delivery, ER prioritises a customer-centric approach, empowering managers through training, toolkits, and self-service resources to handle cases effectively while mitigating risk. They oversee case management, including investigations, grievances, whistleblowing, performance and absence management, and other complex matters, ensuring confidentiality and professionalism. ER also plays a key role in change projects like TUPE, redundancy, and legislative updates, offering support, updating materials, and ensuring smooth transitions.

What you'll be doing

As an ER Specialist, you will provide expert advice and coaching on employee relations matters, policy interpretation, and people initiatives that impact employee relations. Partnering closely with HR Business Partners and functional stakeholders, you will proactively manage ER cases from initiation to resolution, ensuring compliance with policies and best practices while mitigating risks. You will build strong stakeholder relationships, leveraging data and insights to drive strategic decision-making and improve case management. Supporting managers through coaching and tailored training, you will enhance ER capability and contribute to a positive workplace culture. Additionally, you will oversee case administration, maintain accurate records, and analyse trends to inform proactive interventions. Your role will also involve supporting change initiatives such as TUPE, redundancy, and redeployment, providing expert guidance and ensuring smooth transitions. Staying ahead of industry developments, you will contribute to policy updates, develop training materials, and work collaboratively to drive continuous improvement in ER practices.

Requirements of the Role

What you'll bring to the team

You will have extensive experience in Employee Relations, advising on complex, high-risk cases and managing large-scale business changes with significant ER implications. Your ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including unions and consultative groups, will be essential. You will bring a solid understanding of UK employment law, with demonstrable experience in applying legislative changes to real-world projects. Strong communication, consultative, and conflict resolution skills will enable you to influence at all levels, including senior management. Highly organised and able to manage competing priorities, you will thrive under pressure, meeting tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail. Experience in a large, international, and ideally unionised environment will be valuable, along with proficiency in MS Office and HR systems. The role also requires flexibility to travel across easyJet Base locations in the UK to support business needs effectively.

What we offer in return

• Up to 20% bonus
• 25 days holiday
• BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes
• Life Assurance
• Flexible benefits package
• Excellent staff travel benefits

Location & Hours of Work

This full-time role will be based in Luton and will be 40 hours per week. Hybrid working with 3 days in the office.

About easyJet

At easyJet our aim is to make low-cost travel easy – connecting people to what they value using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

It takes a real team effort to carry over 90 million passengers a year across 35 countries. Whether you’re working as part of our front-line operations or in our corporate functions, you’ll find people that are positive, inclusive, ready to take on a challenge, and that have your back. We call that our ‘Orange Spirit’, and we hope you’ll share that too.

Apply Complete your application on our careers site.

We encourage individuality, empower our people to seize the initiative, and never stop learning. We see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates.