Remote Senior Employee Relations Leader

Parkside Recruitment; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Parkside Recruitment is seeking a Senior Employee Relations Manager to provide trusted ER support across the business. You’ll be the first contact for General Managers, Territory Managers and People Business Partners, promoting fair, consistent and commercially sound employee relations practices while minimising risk.

This hands-on role collaborates with operational leaders and the People Team to manage ER cases, coach managers and build confidence across the business.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualification or equivalent
• Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law and ER best practice
• Proven experience advising and coaching managers on ER issues, including complex cases
• Strong judgement balancing risk, fairness and commercial impact
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple cases

Responsibilities

• Provide clear, pragmatic advice to managers on ER matters across disciplinary, grievance, absence and capability cases
• Ensure ER cases are managed fairly and in line with legislation and policy
• Coach and support line managers to manage ER matters confidently
• Build relationships with People Partners, Territory Managers, General Managers and the People Team
• Manage ER inquiries through the ER inbox and escalate high-risk cases
• Own end-to-end case management with updates in ServiceNow
• Monitor ER trends and produce reporting for insights
• Support long-term sickness and capability cases with accurate records
• Assist with ER projects, policy updates and ER training
• Liaise with external partners (legal, ACAS, occupational health) when needed
• Stay up to date with employment legislation and recommend policy improvements
• Knowledge of ROI or Jersey employment law is desirable

Skills

ER expertise

Coaching managers

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Organisation

Education

CIPD qualification or equivalent

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Parkside Recruitment is seeking a Senior Employee Relations Manager to provide trusted ER support across the business. You’ll be the first contact for General Managers, Territory Managers and People Business Partners, promoting fair, consistent and commercially sound employee relations practices while minimising risk.

This hands-on role collaborates with operational leaders and the People Team to manage ER cases, coach managers and build confidence across the business.