Global Employee Relations HR Partner

Fifty5Blue; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Office flexibility

Job summary

Fifty5Blue is seeking an HR Business Partner with strong Employee Relations experience to support the UK, Ireland, Europe and APAC regions. The role balances operational ER activities with policy development, manager guidance and HR processes, escalating high-risk cases to HR Directors as needed.

You will partner with HR Directors, manage complex ER cases, support policy updates, and drive engagement and diversity initiatives across regional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong UK Employee Relations background with global exposure to Europe and APAC
• Proven experience managing grievances, disciplinaries, absence and performance
• Experience reviewing/updating HR policies and manager guidance
• Confidence advising managers on a range of people matters

Responsibilities

• Manage grievances, disciplinaries, disputes and right to speak cases
• Support sickness absence cases and OH referrals
• Develop performance, succession and career plans aligning capabilities to strategy
• Handle performance management, including PIPs and probation management
• Manage flexible working requests and guidance for managers
• Maintain ER tracker and governance processes
• Review and refresh UK HR and ER policies
• Support development of manager training on ER capability
• Provide operational ER support for restructures and redundancies
• Support settlements and exits at operational level
• Coordinate cross-border ER matters and visa terminations
• Act as operational partner to HR Ops on ER issues
• Drive employee engagement and diversity initiatives
• Collaborate with HR Directors, TA and leadership on workforce risk topics
• Engage leaders to translate challenges into people initiatives

Skills

UK ER background

Employee relations

Stakeholder management

Policy guidance

English proficiency

HR policy review

People management

Tools

ER tracker

Job description

Fifty5Blue is seeking an HR Business Partner with strong Employee Relations experience to support the UK, Ireland, Europe and APAC regions. The role balances operational ER activities with policy development, manager guidance and HR processes, escalating high-risk cases to HR Directors as needed.

You will partner with HR Directors, manage complex ER cases, support policy updates, and drive engagement and diversity initiatives across regional teams in a fast-paced environment.