Hybrid, Yorkshire (with infrequent travel)
🪙Up to £50,000 per annum
Full-time, Permanent
🛍️Retail
We’re partnering with a well-established, fast-paced consumer-facing business seeking an experienced Senior Employee Relations Advisor to join their People team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a confident and self-sufficient ER specialist who thrives in a high-volume environment and enjoys partnering with operational leaders to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused employee relations advice.
Working as part of a collaborative People function, you will play a key role in supporting managers across a geographically dispersed workforce, ensuring ER matters are handled fairly, consistently and in line with employment legislation. The role reports to an Employee Relations Manager and offers a high level of autonomy and ownership.
The role:
- Provide expert advice and guidance on a broad range of employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence management, performance and conduct issues.
- Manage a varied ER caseload from initial consultation through to resolution.
- Coach and influence managers to confidently manage employee relations matters in line with company policy and employment law.
- Build strong relationships with operational and People stakeholders across the business.
- Ensure a consistent and commercially balanced approach to ER decision-making.
- Support and lead on complex cases, escalating where necessary.
- Analyse ER trends and case data, identifying opportunities for improvement and risk mitigation.
- Contribute to ER projects, policy development and the continuous improvement of people practices.
- Support preparations for employment tribunals and work alongside legal partners where required.
About You:
To be successful in this role, you’ll already be an established Employee Relations specialist with experience operating in a fast-paced, operationally focused business.
- Proven experience in a dedicated Employee Relations role.
- Experience working within a fast-paced environment such as retail, hospitality, leisure, logistics, customer service or similar sectors.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law and ER best practice.
- Experience coaching and influencing managers at various levels.
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- Strong judgement and a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach.
- The confidence to work independently and manage priorities with minimal supervision.
- Excellent communication, organisation and case management skills.
- CIPD qualification or equivalent experience is desirable.
If you’re an experienced Employee Relations professional looking for a role where you can make a genuine impact while working with a high degree of independence, we’d love to hear from you.
Please apply via the advert or your CV to , quoting reference: PR/010531
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