Employee Relations & Experience Specialist

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Employee Relations & Experience Specialist to enhance employee relations and improve the overall experience. This role offers the chance to contribute to a positive workplace culture while ensuring compliance with UK employment law. You will collaborate with a talented HR team to develop policies and provide training for line managers. The organization values diversity and offers a supportive environment for all staff, making it an exciting opportunity for those looking to advance their HR careers. Join a forward-thinking institution that is committed to innovation and employee well-being.

Benefits

Generous employer contributory pension scheme

Generous annual leave allowance

Flexible working arrangements

Personal and professional development opportunities

Support for immigration expenses

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice and assistance on employee relations.
• Develop and improve employee relations policies and procedures.

Skills

UK employment law

HR best practices

communication skills

interpersonal skills

resilience

innovation

Education

Degree in Human Resources or related field

Job description

Employee Relations & Experience Specialist

Department: Human Resources

Salary: Starting from £38,249, rising to £45,413

Closing date: Tuesday 06 May 2025

Working directly to the Deputy Director (HR Services), this vital and rewarding role provides the perfect opportunity for the next step in your HR career.

In this role, you will be helping to build our distinctive and positive employee relation practice that enhances the employee experience by fulfilling the University's culture of trust and care for each other. This ensures that we deliver our Employee Value Proposition for all our staff.

You will be responsible for providing specialist advice and assistance, developing, reviewing, and improving our employee relations policies, procedures, and guidance. This includes training and development for our line managers so they possess the knowledge and skills to manage our employees positively and respectfully. This responsibility also includes the application of the University’s Resolution Framework and Support & Report Portal, developed in partnership with the TCM Group. This innovative approach was recognized with an award at the 2024 Business Culture Awards and enables the University to make positive resolution-focused interventions to change future behavior and develop our culture and employee experience.

Further information

To be successful in this role, you will need to have a strong and up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices and their practical application, along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You should also possess the resilience and drive to continuously innovate and improve all that we do as an HR service.

You will be joining a talented, encouraging, and positive HR Business Partnering and Advisory team.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Peter Eley, Deputy Director (HR Services); however, please submit your application via the University website.

What we can offer you

1. a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
2. generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days for a positive work-life balance
3. we are a family-friendly University and, with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
4. an excellent reward package that recognizes the talents of our diverse workforce
5. a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
6. support options available for new and existing staff to help with immigration expenses: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

Find out more about our benefits on our website.

We celebrate, respect, and encourage differences at our university. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality, receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism-friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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