Employee Relations Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Employee Relations Manager to join an organisation in a newly created role driven by continued growth and investment. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of the employee relations agenda, partnering with leaders across the business to provide expert guidance on complex people matters while helping to shape a proactive and commercially focused ER function.

This is a highly visible role, working closely with stakeholders across the business to ensure employee relations matters are managed effectively, consistently and in line with best practice. You'll combine hands-on ER expertise with the opportunity to influence processes, build manager capability and drive continuous improvement across the people function.

The Role

• Lead on complex employee relations cases including disciplinaries, grievances, performance management, absence management and investigations.
• Provide expert guidance and support to leaders on a broad range of ER matters and employment law issues.
• Coach and upskill managers to confidently manage people matters and improve employee outcomes.
• Support organisational change initiatives, including restructures, consultations and redundancy programmes.
• Review, develop and implement ER policies, procedures and guidance.
• Analyse ER trends and data to identify risks, opportunities and areas for improvement.
• Work collaboratively with HR colleagues and business leaders to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused people solutions.
• Promote a positive employee experience while ensuring compliance and mitigating organisational risk.