Employee Relations Consultant

ER Recruitment Limited; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Holiday allowance

Pension options

Healthcare plan

Income protection

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Discounts & cashback

Job summary

ER Recruitment is seeking an experienced Employee Relations Consultant for a Leicester-based role with hybrid working. You will advise senior leaders, manage disciplinary, grievance and absence cases, and lead organisational change projects while ensuring legal compliance and fair decision-making.

A CIPD qualification and strong UK Employment Law knowledge are highly regarded; excellent stakeholder management and analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant Employee Relations experience in a fast-paced private sector.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and ER best practice.
• Experience coaching and influencing managers at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to provide commercially focused ER advice.
• Manage a varied caseload including absence, disciplinary, grievance, and performance issues.
• Lead organisational change initiatives including restructures, redeployment and OD projects.
• Coach managers to ensure fair and commercially balanced decisions.
• Provide guidance on employment legislation, policy and best practice.
• Support consultation processes with Trade Unions and forums.

Skills

Employee Relations

UK Employment Law

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Coaching

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

Employee Relations Consultant

Leicester, hybrid working

C£45,000 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

Please note by applying for this role you give consent for ER Recruitment to retain your CV for up to 24 months for the purposes of assisting you to find your next role unless you notify us otherwise.

While we aim to get back to all applicants however if you do not receive a response within seven working days then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We look forward to hearing from you.