Employee Relations Specialist

HRLife Ltd; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

HRLife Ltd in Bracknell is seeking an Employee Relations specialist to lead day-to-day ER issues within a supportive HR team. This hybrid role focuses on advising line managers, guiding on employment legislation and best practice to mitigate risk.

You will handle complex ER cases, manage casework through to conciliation and tribunals, and deliver training on investigations, disciplinary, grievance and UK employment law. CIPD Level 5 is preferred.

Qualifications

• ER expertise across complex cases and employment law.
• Ability to translate policy into practical guidance for managers.
• Strong communication and coaching skills for line managers.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice to managers for complex ER cases.
• Identify, assess, manage, and mitigate risk in ER situations.
• Case management through to early conciliation and employment tribunal.
• Create and deliver face-to-face and virtual training on Investigations, Disciplinary, Grievance, Appeals and UK Employment Legislation.
• Create documentation showing 'what good looks like' for ER training.
• Ensure policies and procedures support best ER practice.

Skills

Employee Relations

Policy knowledge

Training delivery

Case management

Education

CIPD Level 5

Job description

Enjoy a role with a high content of Employee Relations? Enjoy upskilling and training line managers on all things ER?

HRLife are looking to speak to ER focused experts looking for their next challenge!

Based in Bracknell 2 days a week with hybrid working and working as part of a wider, close-knit, supportive HR team, you will be leading on the day-to-day ER issues, utilising your knowledge of employment legislation, policy and best practice to guide and advise and ensure risk is mitigated.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Providing advice to managers for more complex ER cases which will include a range of issues
• Identifying, assessing, managing, resolving and mitigating risk.
• Case management; supporting them through to early conciliation and employment tribunal.
• Creating and delivering face to face and virtual training of HR related matters including Investigations, Disciplinary, Grievance, Appeals and UK Employment Legislation.
• Creating documentation showing 'what good looks like’ for training and development purposes around key HR subjects.
• Ensuring policies and procedures support best ER practice.

Previous experience of working in a multi-site or blue-collar environment is preferable, as is a track record of dealing with complex ER cases.

You’ll be:

• Comfortable dealing with complete ER cases, Subject Access Requests, preparing documents for employment tribunals.
• Ideally CIPD level 5 qualified.
• Highly tenacious and resilient, flexible to change in demands.
• Confident in taking ownership of issues to resolution in a timely manner.
• Not shying away from having difficult conversations.
• An excellent communicator able to adapt and build rapport/provide advice to all level.
• An active listener who is naturally inquisitive and able coach people to reach a resolution.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you