Senior Employee Relations Leader

Sky; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Sky TV

Pension package with up to 9% employer

Private healthcare with mental health

Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance

Discounts on Sky products

Sharesave and Tech schemes

Sky VIP rewards

Job summary

Sky is seeking a Senior ER Consultant to lead complex employee relations matters across the business. You’ll partner with the ER Manager, HR and senior leaders to manage escalations, ensure legal compliance and drive best-practice ER delivery.

In this hybrid role based at Osterley, you’ll mentor the ER team, champion continuous improvement, and translate data insights into practical actions that protect Sky’s people and reputation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in complex Employee Relations case management.
• Strong understanding of UK and Ireland Employment Law and its practical application in a commercial environment.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent coaching and mentoring skills with a track record of developing others.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Analytical mindset with experience using data to identify trends.
• Resilience and adaptability in fast-paced, complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior subject matter expert in complex and high-risk ER matters.
• Lead on the resolution of sensitive and high-profile ER cases, ensuring outcomes are legally compliant, commercially sound, and aligned to Sky’s values and behaviours.
• Align to a business area alongside the ER Manager, working with the people partnering team and senior leaders to manage escalations and share insights.
• Manage escalations and cases that fall outside standard process by owning risk calls and giving pragmatic advice.
• Develop and mentor ER team members through coaching, knowledge sharing and upskilling.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives using data to enhance ER processes and service delivery.
• Drive stakeholder engagement across HR, legal, Group Risk and business leadership teams.

Skills

Employee relations

UK Employment Law

Stakeholder management

Coaching & mentoring

Communication skills

Analytical mindset

Resilience & adaptability

Job description

Sky is seeking a Senior ER Consultant to lead complex employee relations matters across the business. You’ll partner with the ER Manager, HR and senior leaders to manage escalations, ensure legal compliance and drive best-practice ER delivery.

In this hybrid role based at Osterley, you’ll mentor the ER team, champion continuous improvement, and translate data insights into practical actions that protect Sky’s people and reputation.