Employee Relations Consultant

Eileen Richards Recruitment; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 42,500 - 57,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Excellent Salary

Additional holiday purchase option

Flexible pension options

Healthcare cash-plan

Income protection

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Discounts and cashback

Job summary

Eileen Richards Recruitment is seeking an Employee Relations Consultant in Leicester with hybrid working. The role offers a salary of about £50,000 p.a. DOE. You will partner with business leaders, manage ER cases, lead change initiatives and coach managers to ensure fair, compliant decisions.

The ideal candidate has strong ER experience in a fast-paced private sector, knowledge of UK employment law, and the ability to use MI to inform decisions. Hybrid role with a generous benefits package.

Qualifications

• Significant Employee Relations experience in a complex private sector environment.
• Experience supporting organisational change, restructures, redeployment and consultation.
• Knowledge of UK employment law and ER best practice.
• Proven ability to coach and influence managers at all levels.
• Strong analytical skills with MI usage to identify trends and inform decisions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to provide ER advice across the aligned area.
• Manage a varied caseload including absence, disciplinary, grievance, performance and capability matters.
• Lead organisational change initiatives: restructures, redeployment and design projects.
• Coach managers to ensure fair, consistent and commercially balanced decisions.
• Offer expert guidance on legislation, policy and best practices.
• Support consultation processes with unions and forums when appropriate.
• Analyse ER data to deliver MI and reduce risk; identify process improvements.
• Build relationships to support commercial objectives and people strategy.
• Ensure outcomes for customers and colleagues remain central to decisions.

Skills

Employee Relations

Change Management

OD/Transformation

UK Employment Law

Coaching Managers

Analytical Skills

Communication

Education

CIPD qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Employee Relations Consultant

Leicester, hybrid working

C£50,000 p.a. DOE

Role & Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to provide commercially focused Employee Relations advice across the aligned business area.
• Manage a varied caseload including absence, disciplinary, grievance, performance, and capability matters.
• Lead and support organisational change initiatives including restructures, consultation processes, redeployment and organisational design projects.
• Coach and influence managers to ensure consistent, fair and commercially balanced decision making.
• Provide expert guidance on employment legislation, policy and best practice.
• Support collective and individual consultation processes, working with Trade Unions and colleague forums where appropriate.
• Analyse Employee Relations data and trends, producing meaningful MI and recommendations to reduce business risk.
• Identify opportunities to improve people processes, policies and ways of working.
• Build trusted relationships across the business, supporting both commercial objectives and the wider people strategy.
• Ensure customer and colleague outcomes remain at the heart of all decision making.

About You

• Significant Employee Relations experience within a complex, fast‑paced private sector organisation.
• Previous experience supporting organisational change, restructures, redeployment and consultation processes is essential.
• Experience of organisational design (OD) or wider transformation projects would be highly advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and Employee Relations best practice.
• Experience coaching and influencing managers at all levels.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a changing business environment.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using management information (MI) to identify trends and support decision making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues.
• CIPD qualification or equivalent experience is desirable.

Benefits

• Excellent Salary
• Hybrid working
• Generous holiday allowance with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 more days
• Flexible pension options
• Healthcare cash‑plan
• Income protection and life assurance cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts and cashback