Employee Relations Partner
Skills
Analytical SkillsCollective BargainingEasily AdaptableEmergency MedicineFairness OpinionsNegotiationReputational Risk
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- CIPD Level 5 qualification
- Significant employee relations experience in large scale organisations 5000+ employees
- Experience across retail distribution or manufacturing sectors
- Strong trade union experience including collective bargaining and wage negotiations
- Ability to manage complex cases including tribunals judicial mediation and ACAS claims
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to work autonomously
- Understanding of employment law and high ethical standards
- Experience working with occupational health legal advisors and ER triage services
- Full clean driving licence
Nice to have
- Analytical skills
- Easily adaptable
- Fairness
- Negotiation
- Reputational awareness
- Root cause focus
- Strategic mindset
Day to day
- Lead complex employee relations cases across multiple departments and geographical areas
- Provide strategic and practical guidance to senior leaders on policy and legal compliance
- Develop and implement ER programs training materials and process improvements to strengthen workplace culture