Employee Relations Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead the employee relations agenda, partnering with leaders to provide expert guidance on complex people matters and shape a proactive ER function. You will manage high‑impact ER work and drive improvements across policies, processes and capability. This is a visible, collaborative role with cross‑functional stakeholders, focused on compliant, commercially minded people solutions that enhance the employee experience. The opportunity offers influence over change initiatives and the ER agenda at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead on complex employee relations cases (disciplinaries, grievances, performance management, absence management and investigations)
• Provide expert guidance on ER matters and employment law to leaders
• Coach and upskill managers to handle people issues
• Support organisational change activities (restructures, consultations, redundancies)
• Review, develop and implement ER policies, procedures and guidance
• Analyse ER data to identify risks, opportunities and improvement areas
• Collaborate with HR and business leaders to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused solutions
• Promote a positive employee experience while ensuring compliance and mitigating risk

Key requirements

• Proven experience managing complex ER casework
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Experience supporting organisational change and transformation
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Pragmatic, commercially minded approach
• Ability to handle sensitive matters with professionalism, confidence and discretion
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage a varied workload
• CIPD qualification or equivalent experience

• Stakeholder management
• Influencing and negotiation
• Discretion and professionalism
• ER case management
• UK employment law knowledge
• Policy development and implementation

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