Employee Relations Lead & Case Coaching

Sellafield Ltd.; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 10–15%

Defined contribution pension (company

30 days annual leave + bank holidays

Cycle to Work Scheme

Learning & Development opportunities

Job summary

Sellafield Ltd is seeking an experienced Advice & Case Coaching Manager to lead a specialist HR team responsible for advising on employee relations, providing expert guidance, and ensuring consistent application of employment policies. The role blends employment law expertise with strong people leadership in a unionised environment to reshape HR service delivery.

The role reports to senior HR stakeholders and requires CIPD qualification or progress toward it, plus a track record of managing

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma (or equivalent experience) with CIPD Associate Accreditation, or willingness to work towards this.
• Experience managing employee cases with a working knowledge of employment law, and applying employment legislation and company policies and procedures.
• Experience leading and developing people and teams.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and workloads.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capability with experience analysing data and providing management information and insights.
• Ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive matters with professionalism and integrity.
• Demonstrable experience working collaboratively to identify issues and implement practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end management and oversight of formal employee relations cases, ensuring timely, fair and compliant outcomes, providing expert guidance and support to a team of Case Coaches, Advisors and Specialists.
• Ensure consistent interpretation and application of employment policies, procedures, governance standards and employment legislation, supporting the resolution of complex and sensitive employee relations matters while mitigating risk.
• Build strong relationships with HR Business Partners, Employee Relations, Legal, Ethics & Compliance teams, line managers and Trade Union representatives.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team, ensuring capability, engagement and effective performance management, managing team capacity, workload and resources to deliver to service standards.
• Use data and insight to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities, providing meaningful reporting to senior leaders.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance service, compliance, consistency and employee experience.

Education

CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma (or equivalent)

Willingness to work towards CIPD Associate Accreditation

Job description

Sellafield Ltd is seeking an experienced Advice & Case Coaching Manager to lead a specialist HR team responsible for advising on employee relations, providing expert guidance, and ensuring consistent application of employment policies. The role blends employment law expertise with strong people leadership in a unionised environment to reshape HR service delivery.

The role reports to senior HR stakeholders and requires CIPD qualification or progress toward it, plus a track record of managing