Employee Relations

We have a new exciting opportunity available working with one of our well established clients! We are currently recruiting for Senior Employee Relations Advisor working in Croydon. If you are interested please apply!

Job Title: Senior Employee Relations Advisor

Location: Croydon - possible travel to other sites.

Salary: 19.71 p/h

Hours: Monday - Friday. 37.5 hours a week.

Contract: Temporary with possibility of permanent role.

Requirements:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience ideally with a minimum of a level 5 CIPD qualification.
• Understanding and experience of job evaluation processes.
• Experience of designing and facilitating management training/briefing sessions on HR policies and procedures and management of staff.
• Experience of providing a wide range of operational employee relations services to staff at all levels
• Familiar with electronic HR reporting and recording systems and producing reports as required

Main Responsibility:

The post holder will play an integral role in delivering a comprehensive, high quality and proactive educational and operational employee relations advisory and support service to managers and staff within the company.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that standards and objectives for the Employee Relations service are met and are consistent with client's policy, agenda for change terms and conditions, best practice, and employment law.
• Being part of the upskilling of line managers by creating and delivering briefing sessions for line managers on HR policies and processes.
• Work with staff side colleagues to ensure that there is a shared understanding of policies and procedures working and review across the business.
• Be a working member of the client's job evaluation process and panels as required
• Work with the Occupational Health team and currently outsourced Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to directly support staff health and wellbeing needs whilst undergoing HR processes across the organisation.
• Provide an expert and up to date knowledge to all employees and staff on HR policies and procedures.
• Provide first point of contact HR advice and support to the designated directorate/team, including:-
• Management of Sickness Absence, Disciplinary, Grievance, Harassment and Bullying, Performance Management - Capability, Investigations best practice and Employment Tribunal preparation.
• Supporting to resolve issues as informally as possible or ensuring that the formal processes are carried out in line with HR policy and procedure. Supporting line managers and formal hearing panels up to and including dismissal hearing panels.
• Encourage and support robust sickness management strategies with the Case Management Team which supports staff health and wellbeing and reduces the time they are off sick and are supported through the process and on their return to work
• Work and prepare line managers to attend formal hearings and present their management cases. Support new managers at formal hearings to present their case if and where appropriate.
• Play a lead role in conjunction with HR Business Partners on consultation and restricting processes including advice regarding redundancy. Where appropriate provide support to line conduct 1 - 1 consultation meetings and provide written communication to affected employees ensuring that all rights and entitlements in an 'at risk' situation are advised and maintained.
• To participate in the authoring, updating and revision of HR Policies, guidance and document templates as requested.
• To work as a member of job evaluation panels with staff side representatives to ensure an efficient and consistent job evaluation process across the joint business.
• Accurately record all ER related case work on the clients recording system and escalate complex ER issues to the Head of Strategic Employee Relations for advice, support and guidance.
• Compile reports for any of the senior management teams on HR/ER activity highlighting any areas of concern in conjunction with the relevant HR Business Partner
• Support the Head of Strategic Employee Relations through the development, evaluation/assurance and provision of HR advice and any employee relations programmes and interventions that promote a values driven business with accountable and empowered managers and staff.
• Work proactively in raising staff management skills of line managers through the preparation, design and facilitation of HR management briefing sessions in conjunction with all HR Advisor peers across the company to ensure that consistent message and process is applied to all staff in line with agreed policies. Briefing and training sessions to be scheduled to run throughout the year
• To organise on-going support for managers and staff on any employee relations or HR initiatives. To ensure managers receive the training and tools to fulfil their duties to support staff as appropriate.

We are also recruiting for a Employee Relations Manager and a Employee Relations Advisor. Please contact either Lauren on (phone number removed) or Daisy on (phone number removed) to discuss further.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.