HR Employee Relations Manager - Maternity Cover

Job Title: HR Employee Relations Manager – 12-month FTC Target Start Date: Mid-February 2025Contract Type: Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option availableSalary Range: £45,000-£60,000 depending on experienceLocation: Hybrid working across Eastleigh, Gloucester or BournemouthClosing Date for applications: 31st December 2024HR Employee Relations Manager – 12-month FTC: We are currently recruiting for a HR Employee Relations Manager to join our HR function on a 12 month fixed term contract. The role will be responsible for leading, supporting and motivating a busy team of experienced HR Advisors (across multiple locations) to provide proactive, professional, comprehensive, pragmatic and customer focused employee relations advice and support to employees and managers across the business.

This is a key role in the team,  ensuring that challenging people issues are managed professionally and sensitively, to support a diverse, engaged and productive workforce in line with business and legal requirements.  The successful candidate will demonstrate a deep understanding of employment law, conflict resolution and workplace best practise along with demonstrable leadership experience.

Please note: Office attendance is required upon business need, on average this is 1 day per week and can be across our Eastleigh, Gloucester or Bournemouth office.

Main Responsibilities as HR Employee Relations Manager – 12-month FTC:

·        Lead team of HR Advisors across Eastleigh, Bournemouth and Gloucester offices, ensuring appropriate development, support and performance management is provided

·        Provide expert advice on employee relations matters, and act as an initial escalation point for HR Advisor queries.

·        Manage workload allocation across team and ensure efficient actioning of workflow prompts

·        Agree, implement and monitor HR Advisor key stakeholder engagement plan, so that Advisors are pro-actively supporting their business areas regarding people issues 

·        Ensure application of consistent employee relations processes including: disciplinary, grievance, improving performance, absence management, reasonable adjustments, fixed term contract dismissals, flexible working requests, probation reviews, maternity, adoption, parental leave etc.

·        Subject Matter Expert for restructuring and redundancy processes, settlement agreements and Pre Termination Negotiations. Draft agreements, and where appropriate, manage negotiations with employees and their legal advisers

·        Oversee compilation of relevant material for employee related Subject Access Requests

·        Ensure processes are documented, reviewed and adapted to reflect best practice and legal adherence

·        Interface with HRD Business Partners to ensure satisfactory service is provided to all account areas

·        Ensure relevant ER policies, processes and training materials are reviewed regularly and updated when required

·        Manage occupational health provision, and relationship with suppliers

Skills and experience you need as HR Employee Relations Manager – 12-month FTC:

·        Significant experience in Employee Relations from a fast paced, customer service environment.

·        Extensive employment legislation experience is crucial with deep knowledge of employment law and proven experience of handling sensitive, complex caseloads.

·        Demonstrable experience of leading and supporting a team, including performance management.

·        CIPD level 5 (or equivalent) qualified as a minimum

·        Ability to build and sustain effective relationships with multiple stakeholders

·        Excellent communication, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills

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At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.

 Flexible Working - Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares . We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.

 Supporting your Health – Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Yoga, Mindfulness.

 Supporting your Wealth – Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

 Supporting you at Work - Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Supporting you and your Family – Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks’ at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.