Employee Relations Advisor (12 month fixed-term contract)

Informagroupplc; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Employee assistance programme

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Job summary

Informagroupplc is seeking an Employee Relations Advisor for a 12-month fixed-term contract in Milton Park, Oxfordshire. You will work with the People Business Partners on ER matters, performance management, absence management and wellbeing, helping managers apply policy and achieve a high-performance culture.

The role focuses on providing guidance, leading investigations and supporting change programmes. Hybrid working, with min 3 days in the office each week.

Qualifications

• Solid Employee Relations background with experience handling sensitive and complex ER cases and the ability to provide consistent advice to managers.
• Strong knowledge of current UK employment law and its application.
• Excellent relationship management skills to partner with the business at all levels.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Strong conflict resolution skills.
• Knowledge of HRIS systems, preferably SAP HR, or similar.
• Competent in Microsoft Excel at an intermediate level.

Responsibilities

• Provide supportive, consistent ER guidance to managers on performance, absence and wellbeing matters.
• Ensure cases are managed effectively and escalated appropriately.
• Help managers develop people management capabilities and implement best practices.
• Lead investigations, grievances, appeals and conflict resolution; ensure legal compliance.
• Manage flexible working and sabbatical requests; coach managers accordingly.
• Coordinate with shared services to ensure payroll data integrity and reporting.
• Review trends in cases and absences and make improvement recommendations.
• Deliver workshops to drive performance management policies across the business.
• Support acquisitions, restructures and change programmes.

Skills

Employee relations

UK employment law

Relationship management

Communication

Conflict resolution

HRIS (SAP HR)

Excel

Global mobility (adv)

Education

CIPD qualification

Tools

SAP HR

Job description

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for an Employee Relations Advisor to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

This is an excellent chance for a motivated HR professional to join our growing organisation and work closely with our People Business Partners on a range of employee relations matters, including performance management, absence management, and employee wellbeing. You'll also play a key role in advancing our performance management agenda, helping to educate and equip managers with the tools and learning they need to succeed.

Sitting within our People Relations Team and reporting to the UK People Relations Manager, this is a genuinely rewarding and challenging role. It offers the chance to gain valuable experience within a growing, global organisation, all while being part of a close-knit and supportive team. Please note that this role does not cover recruitment or learning and development.

The role will be based in our office in Milton Park, Oxfordshire.

What you will be doing:

• As an experienced Employee Relations Advisor you will provide a supportive and consistent level of advice and guidance to our managers regarding a range of employee relations issues including performance management, absence management and wellbeing
• Ensuring our colleagues are managed effectively and cases are facilitated in an assertive yet sensitive manner at all times
• Supporting our managers to develop their people management capabilities whilst adhering to best practice
• Overseeing the management of performance plans to support the People strategy of a high performance based culture.
• The Employee Relations Advisor leads investigations, grievances, appeals and manages conflict resolution, ensures compliance with local legislation, and partners with management to proactively address employee concerns
• Managing flexible working and sabbatical requests and providing guidance and coaching to managers as required
• Liaising with our shared service teams to ensure data integrity for payroll and employee reporting
• Review and identify trends from cases, leavers and sickness absence and make recommendations for improvement
• Drive, communicate and build commitment to T&F performance management policies and processes into the business through workshops
• Provide support in acquisitions, restructures and change programs
• Ad-hoc project work as may be required by the business

Qualifications

Ideally you will be CIPD qualified, or part qualified with a keen interest in your own continuous professional development. The following key skills are required:

• A solid Employee Relations background including experience handling sensitive and complex employee relations cases and the ability to provide consistent advice and guidance to managers on a variety of employment issues
• A good working knowledge of current UK employment law and its application
• Exceptional relationship management skills to partner with the business to build strong internal and external working relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Excellent conflict resolution skills
• Strong HRIS skills in SAP HR or similar
• Competent in Microsoft Excel to an intermediate level
• Knowledge of global mobility, benefits and acquisitions would be advantageous but is not essential.

Location:

We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you're not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces - like at conference - you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our Milton Park office to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time.

Our Milton Park office will be relocating to Oxford city centre in late 2027 / early 2028, offering an exciting new workplace in the heart of the city.

Closing Date: Applications will close on Friday 20th November 2026 but we will be shortlisting alongside advertising.

What we offer in return:

• An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
• 25 days annual leave per year plus a day off for your birthday
• 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year
• 4 paid volunteering days each year
• Company funded single cover private medical insurance
• Employee assistance programme - offering 24/7 well-being support
• Share Match - Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance, plus optical and medical care

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