Employment Relations Specialist ASAP

Role

• Hands on role leading managers through the collective consultation process.
• Working closely with the HRBP ensuring delivery of key milestones
• Working within a multi-functional team to defined and consistent processes and principles to ensure exceptional people experience
• Providing managers with responses to individual's questions and issues where required
• Hands-on approach to higher risk, more complex individual issues (eg maternity, ill-health)
• Working closely with managers to ensure they understand and are following processes to ensure legal compliance and that employee journey principles are adhered to
• Supporting Senior ER Manager and Forum process on request (eg with documentation or picking up key actions, supporting communications, facilitating sub-circle discussions where needed)
• Providing general ER support and advice throughout the change process as required ensuring success and excellent employee and manager experience.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Proven experience within an Employee Relations role and/or HR operational experience in a fast paced environment with proven employee relations experience.
• Demonstrable experience of dealing with people and business driven ER issues.
• Experience of managing medium-high risk ER cases to conclusion.
• Good understanding and application of employment legislation.
• Strong communication and listening skills, being comfortable in coaching, advising and influencing managers.
• Ability to assess risks and make fair decisions that meet the needs of the business.
• Ability to influence management decisions.
• Strong team player who is confident and self motivated.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to quickly develop a rapport and strong working relationships remotely, across all levels, within the wider People team and business teams.
• Strong organisational skills able to plan, prioritise and work under pressure with good attention to detail to manage cases to conclusion and keep track of progress.
• Ability to identify risks and make fair, commercial decisions, with guidance and support that meets the needs of the business.
• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure.

Nice to Have.

• Graduate calibre.
• CIPD qualified.
• Ideally some experience of working in fast paced technology, retail or IT related industries.

Project People is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.