Employee Relations Consultant

EILEEN RICHARDS RECRUITMENT LIMITED; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Salary

Hybrid working

Generous holiday allowance with option

Flexible pension options

Healthcare cash-plan

Income protection and life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Discounts and cashback

Job summary

ER Recruitment are working with a client to appoint an Employee Relations Partner in Leicester. Hybrid working is offered and the role carries a salary around £50,000 per annum depending on experience.

You will partner with senior leaders to deliver pragmatic ER advice, manage diverse casework, and lead change initiatives including restructures and redeployment. Strong UK employment law knowledge and coaching skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant Employee Relations experience in a complex, fast-paced private sector.
• Experience supporting organisational change, restructures, redeployment and consultation processes.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and ER best practice.
• Experience coaching and influencing managers at all levels.
• Able to manage multiple priorities in a changing business environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to simplify complex issues.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to provide commercially focused Employee Relations advice across your 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.

Skills

Employee Relations

Organisational change

Coaching

UK employment law

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

CIPD qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

The following information provides an overview of the skills, qualities, and qualifications needed for this role.

Leicester, hybrid working

C£50,000 p.a. DOE

• Are you an experienced Employee Relations professional looking for your next challenge within a fast-paced, commercial organisation?
• Do you have experience supporting organisational change, restructures and redeployment alongside complex ER casework?
• Are you confident partnering with senior leaders to provide pragmatic, commercially focused people advice?

The Company

ER Recruitment are excited to be working with our client, who are a successful and nationally-known business. They are now looking for a talented and knowledgeable ER Partner to join their successful and dynamic team! With hybrid working and brilliant benefits, this role is perfect for anyone looking for a career with a team who will support but still maintain a great work-life balance.

Role & Responsibilities Of The Employee Relations Consultant

• Partner with business leaders to provide commercially focused Employee Relations advice across your 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 As The Employee Relations Consultant

• 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.

Additional 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