Employee Relations Specialist

Computacenter; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT service provider in Hatfield is seeking an HR Advisor to manage employee relations and provide practical advice to managers. The ideal candidate will have a strong HR background, be CIPD qualified or working towards it, and possess excellent knowledge of employment legislation. The role involves collaboration with business partners and initiatives aimed at developing the HR function. Competitive benefits and a supportive working environment are offered.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Knowledgeable diverse team

Opportunities for development

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified or working towards your CIPD qualification.
• Strong HR generalist background with sound decision-making skills.
• Expertise in managing absence and understanding of TUPE.

Responsibilities

• Handle employee relations including disciplinary and grievances.
• Provide managers with pragmatic HR advice and support.
• Work closely with HR Business Partners to deliver initiatives.

Skills

Strong HR generalist background

Excellent knowledge of employment legislation

Good verbal and written communication skills

Experience in absence management

Education

CIPD qualification or pursuing

Job description

Life on the team

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

What you’ll do

• Employee Relations casework including Disciplinary, Grievances, Appeals, Redundancy and consultation processes. These will have varying degrees of complexity
• Provide managers with pragmatic and commercial advice in line with best practice, legislation and fairness.
• From an Absence and Wellbeing perspective you’ll be aligned to an area of the business giving advice to managers on all sickness absence including ill health capability. You’ll also work closely with our external service providers including Occupational Health and our Group Insurance provider
• You’ll provide expert advice to managers to support them through complex people matters to achieve the best outcome for the business and individuals
• Work closely with the HR Business Partners to deliver initiatives across the business
• Share industry best practices to support personal development
• Design and deliver initiatives to support Management Development and capability
• Build relationships with key stakeholders within HR but also in the wider business
• Draw on the experience and knowledge within the other HR Centre of Excellences
• Ensure management of people issues is consistent with Computacenter’s values.

What you’ll need

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

What we’ll give you

• Supportive working environment
• Knowledgeable diverse team
• Opportunity to develop and get involved in all sorts of projects