EMEA Employee Relations Leader

Vantage Data Centers; England; Hybrid; GBP 110.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health and welfare benefits

Retirement arrangements

Paid time off

Zusammenfassung

Vantage Data Centers seeks a Senior Manager of Employee Relations to lead day-to-day ER delivery across EMEA, providing country-aware guidance for the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Poland. You will own intake, triage, investigations, consultation, performance, absence and litigation support, ensuring timely closure and escalation where needed.

The role drives standard playbooks, templates and dashboards, partners with Legal, payroll and leadership, and guides managers

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years’ HR experience, including 5+ years in ER, investigations, consultation or employment risk.
• Experience leading ER case delivery, governance, triage, escalation and reporting across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong practical knowledge of EMEA employment law, consultation and employee representative processes.
• Able to manage investigations, grievances, disciplinaries, PIPs, absence cases, settlements and litigation support.
• Strong case documentation skills, including investigation reports, chronologies, outcome letters and evidence packs.
• Practical understanding of GDPR, confidentiality, privilege, redaction and retention.
• Confident coaching managers and senior leaders through sensitive ER matters.
• Experience building playbooks, templates, dashboards, trackers and process controls.
• Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Lead the EMEA ER casework model and own or oversee complex matters from intake to closure.
• Triage cases by risk, urgency, country, complexity and business impact.
• Set standards for case plans, evidence, notes, approvals, actions, deadlines and closure records.
• Keep live trackers current and escalate overdue actions, ageing cases and capacity risks.
• Lead or review workplace investigations, from allegation scoping to findings and next steps.
• Coach managers on PIPs, conduct, consultation, absence and sensitive employee conversations.
• Prepare or approve scripts, meeting packs, decision documents and outcome letters.
• Act as escalation point for dismissals, discrimination, whistleblowing, safety, data protection and litigation risk.
• Coordinate with Legal and counsel on litigation, settlement and high-risk ER matters.
• Prepare evidence packs, chronologies, redaction logs, witness notes and counsel instructions.
• Track court, counsel and internal deadlines and escalates blockers quickly.
• Deliver ER support across the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Poland.
• Identify when Legal input/input from works councils, payroll, benefits, translation or counsel input is needed.
• Keep country playbooks, templates and local process guidance practical and current.
• Maintain ER dashboards covering volume, risk, ageing, jurisdiction, counsel dependency and overdue actions.
• Use ER data to spot trends, improve controls and recommend manager training.
• Partner with P&C, Legal, payroll, benefits and regional leaders to complete ER actions on time.
• Support restructures, consultations and policy rollouts with clear plans, trackers and risk logs.

Kenntnisse

HR experience

ER investigations

Case governance

Coaching managers

Stakeholder management

Data reporting

GDPR knowledge

Tools

Workday

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Jobbeschreibung

Vantage Data Centers seeks a Senior Manager of Employee Relations to lead day-to-day ER delivery across EMEA, providing country-aware guidance for the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Poland. You will own intake, triage, investigations, consultation, performance, absence and litigation support, ensuring timely closure and escalation where needed.

The role drives standard playbooks, templates and dashboards, partners with Legal, payroll and leadership, and guides managers