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Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an Employee Relations Specialist in Gloucester, England. The role involves managing case management related to employee welfare, supporting absence management, and ensuring compliance with UK employment law. Strong experience in managing absence-related cases is essential, alongside excellent communication and organisational skills. The position is a fixed-term contract with opportunities for remote work.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in managing absence related ER cases.
  • Ability to interpret data, identify trends, and recommend solutions.
  • Excellent skills in coaching and advising managers.

Responsibilities

  • Manage case management through welfare and attendance meetings.
  • Facilitate occupational health referrals for employee support.
  • Produce absence management reports highlighting key metrics.

Skills

Knowledge of UK employment law
Experience managing ER cases
Data interpretation skills
Strong communication skills
Organisational skills

Job description

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Employee Relations Specialist, gloucester

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Client:

JGA Recruitment Group

Location:

gloucester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Views:

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Posted:

06.06.2025

Expiry Date:

21.07.2025

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Job Description:

Title: ER Partner

Location: London

Contract: 6m FTC

*Please note, as part of this role you will be required to travel to various sites across London, including Croydon, Enfield, and Tottenham - all travel is expensed. With likely, 1 day a week working from home!

Main responsibilities

  • Manage and support case management through welfare and attendance meetings, guiding managers on handling sickness absences in line with policies.
  • Facilitate occupational health referrals by guiding managers to support employees in their return to work, ensuring reasonable adjustments are made where feasible.
  • Ensure compliance with GDPR by maintaining accurate records and supporting managers with appropriate actions on absence cases and interventions.
  • Produce absence management reports, highlighting key metrics and proposing actions, while working with HR to identify risks and trends for intervention.
  • Support HR projects and promote employee wellbeing, ensuring compliance with the Equality Act 2010 and consistency in the management of absence cases.

Knowledge and skills

  • Strong knowledge of UK employment law.
  • Proven experience managing and supporting absence related ER cases, including long-term sickness and capability processes.
  • Ability to interpret data, identify trends, patterns and recommend proactive solutions.
  • Strong communication skills and influencing skills with the ability to coach and advise managers at all levels.
  • Experience of working with Occupational Health and other external stakeholders.
  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple cases simultaneously.
  • Able to handle sensitive cases with professionalism, discretion and empathy whilst coaching managers in best practice attendance management techniques.

Have the above experience? APPLY NOW! You can contact me directly - [emailprotected]

JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist Payroll and HR recruitment agency and recruitment business defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business).

These statements, together with our privacy notices, set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us will be processed by us.

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