Maternity contract 12 months - Immediate Start
Your new role
This role is focused on managing complex employee relations matters across a regional, multi-site business, partnering closely with senior leaders to minimise risk and strengthen management capability.You'll take ownership of high-level casework including disciplinaries, grievances, restructures, TUPE activity, long-term absence and settlement discussions, as well as supporting tribunal preparation alongside external counsel. The role also plays a key part in delivering organisational change, particularly in support of acquisitions and integration activity.Alongside case management, you'll:
- Coach and guide managers through challenging people issues
- Drive consistency in ER processes, policies and decision-making across multiple brands
- Identify trends and risks through ER data and provide practical recommendations
- Lead on absence and capability cases, including occupational health and adjustments
- Deliver training on key ER topics and build overall management confidence
- You'll also contribute to wider people initiatives, including policy development, integration programmes and cross-functional projects with teams such as Talent, Payroll and Reward.
Overall, it's a hands-on, commercially focused ER role in a fast-paced environment, requiring strong judgement, resilience and a solid grounding in UK employment law.
What you'll need to succeed- Proven background in employee relations, with strong exposure to complex casework
- Solid understanding of UK employment legislation and best practice
- Experience working in fast-paced, high-volume environments managing varied ER issues
- Track record of supporting restructures, change programmes and business transformation
- CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent) preferred
- Comfortable working with and influencing senior stakeholders
- Exposure to multi-site or multi-brand organisations, ideally within acquisitive businesses
- Confident using data to spot trends and inform decisions
- Able to operate effectively in ambiguous, evolving environments
What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.
What you need to do now
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