Employee Relations Specialist

Computacenter; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled HR Generalist to join their dynamic team in Hatfield. This role involves managing complex employee relations cases, providing pragmatic advice to managers, and ensuring compliance with employment legislation. You will collaborate closely with HR Business Partners and external service providers to support employee wellbeing and development initiatives. The company offers a supportive work environment and opportunities for professional growth, making it an exciting place to advance your HR career while contributing to a diverse team dedicated to excellence in people management.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Knowledgeable diverse team

Opportunity to develop and get involved in projects

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified or working towards qualification.
• Strong HR generalist background with knowledge of legislation.

Responsibilities

• Handle Employee Relations casework including Disciplinary and Grievances.
• Provide advice to managers on sickness absence and wellbeing.

Skills

HR Generalist Experience

Employee Relations

Knowledge of Employment Law

Decision Making

Communication Skills

Absence Management

Education

CIPD Qualification

Job description

Location: UK - Hatfield | Job-ID: 212920 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Human Resources

Life on the team

Our UK HR team based at our Head Office in Hatfield is the go-to team for all of our UK employees and Managers, approximately 4500. The UK People Advisory Team handles all HR employee relations queries, priding themselves on delivering a right-first-time service by offering pragmatic, sensible, contemporary, and flexible advice.

The People Advisory Team, Centre of Excellence, are the knowledge experts supporting managers and employees. The successful candidate will have HR Generalist and Employee Relations experience, as well as an excellent knowledge of employment law. The ability to work to tight deadlines and be flexible in your thinking is essential. You will work as part of a wider HR team and will be confident in making decisions that balance multiple factors.

What you’ll do

1. Employee Relations casework including Disciplinary, Grievances, Appeals, Redundancy, and consultation processes, varying in complexity.
2. Provide managers with pragmatic and commercial advice in line with best practice, legislation, and fairness.
3. From an Absence and Wellbeing perspective, align to an area of the business to give advice to managers on all sickness absence, including ill health capability. Work closely with external service providers, including Occupational Health and our Group Insurance provider.
4. Provide expert advice to managers to support them through complex people matters to achieve the best outcome for the business and individuals.
5. Work closely with the HR Business Partners to deliver initiatives across the business.
6. Share industry best practices to support personal development.
7. Design and deliver initiatives to support Management Development and capability.
8. Build relationships with key stakeholders within HR and the wider business.
9. Draw on experience and knowledge within the other HR Centre of Excellences.
10. Ensure management of people issues is consistent with Computacenter’s values.

What you’ll need

1. CIPD qualified or working towards your CIPD qualification.
2. Strong HR generalist background.
3. Excellent up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation and its application.
4. Experience in making sound, risk-assessed decisions.
5. Expertise in all aspects of absence management.
6. Ability to respond to and manage a busy and diverse workload.
7. Good verbal and written communication skills.
8. An understanding of working with Unions would be useful, along with an awareness of TUPE.

What we’ll give you

1. Supportive working environment.
2. Knowledgeable diverse team.
3. Opportunity to develop and get involved in various projects.

About us

With over 20,000 employees across the globe, we work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology, and helping our customers to source, transform, and manage their technology infrastructure in over 70 countries. We deliver digital technology to some of the world’s greatest organisations, driving digital transformation, enabling people and their business.