Employee Relations Specialist

Are you an ER expert, skilled in delivering high quality, commercial advice? Enjoy resolving ER cases and working in a fast-paced, ever-changing business?

HRLife is looking to speak to Employee Relations Specialists looking for their next challenge!

Based in Milton Keynes and working as part of a wider HR team, you will be an expert is solving ER cases, providing advice and guidance on processes and policies, training and guiding managers to resolve issues around disciplinary, grievance, absence and dismissals.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Providing advice to managers on a range of ER cases, supporting them to have difficult conversations and resolve day to day queries
• Identifying, assessing, managing, resolving and mitigating risk.
• Case management; supporting managers through early conciliation and employment tribunal.
• Delivering ER workshops to managers to help improve their ER knowledge and enhance their capability – having the right conversations and driving the right behaviours
• Ensuring policies and procedures support best ER practice
• Updating policies and processes in line with new employment law changes

Previous experience of working in a multi-site or blue-collar environment is preferable, as is a track record of dealing with high volume, complex ER cases. You’ll be comfortable with:

• Demonstrating an in depth knowledge of employment law, tribunal process and ACAS with HR best practice.
• Being highly tenacious and resilient, flexible to change in demands.
• Confident in taking ownership of issues to resolution in a timely manner.
• Not shying away from having difficult conversations.
• Possessing excellent communication skills, able to adapt and build rapport/provide advice to all levels.
• An active listener who is naturally inquisitive and able to coach people to reach a resolution.

Hybrid working – 3 days in the Milton Keynes office, 2 at home

Some flexibility over hours if required