Employee Relations Partner
Skills
Analytical SkillsCollective BargainingEasily AdaptableEmergency MedicineFairness OpinionsNegotiationReputational Risk
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Experience in employee relations within a large-scale organisation of around 5,000+ employees
- Minimum CIPD Level 5 qualification
- Strong knowledge of employment law and complex case management
- Experience with trade unions collective bargaining and wage negotiations
- Ability to work across blue-collar and white-collar populations
- Strong stakeholder management and the ability to work autonomously across multiple priorities
- Experience with external partners such as occupational health legal advisers and ER triage services
- Full clean driving licence
Nice to have
- Analytical
- Adaptable
- Fair-minded
- Commercially aware
- Influential
- Collaborative
Day to day
- Lead complex employee relations casework across multiple business areas, including tribunals and ACAS matters, while balancing legal, commercial, and reputational risk
- Partner with leadership teams and external advisers to shape practical strategies that improve workplace culture and ensure compliance
- Review and develop ER policies, procedures, and manager guidance, then support communication and implementation across the organisation
- Design and deliver training and resources that help managers handle sensitive issues confidently and consistently
- Work collaboratively with HR, legal, H&S, unions, and other partners to resolve issues fairly and sustainably