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ER, Policy & Reward Partner
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ER, Policy & Reward Partner
Location: Birmingham | Working Arrangement: Hybrid Salary: Up to £50,000 + Excellent Benefits
We are partnering with a well-established organisation to appoint an ER, Policy & Reward Partner to join its growing People function.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional with strong employee relations expertise, looking to broaden their exposure across policy development, reward activity, and organisational governance. Operating as a trusted partner to HR colleagues and leaders across the business, you will play a key role in ensuring consistent, commercially focused, and legally compliant people practices.
The Opportunity
Reporting into a senior specialist team, you will:
- Manage a varied and complex employee relations caseload while supporting the ongoing development of people policies, reward processes, and governance frameworks.
- Work within a collaborative HR environment, providing practical advice on employment legislation.
- Support organisational change initiatives and contribute to reward activities, including:
- Salary benchmarking
- Terms and conditions management
- Job evaluation administration
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Key Responsibilities
- Manage a broad range of employee relations cases, providing expert guidance and ensuring robust, compliant outcomes.
- Partner with HR colleagues and managers to support:
- Investigations
- Hearings and complex people matters
- Contribute to the development, review, and implementation of:
- People policies
- Governance processes
- Support reward activity, including:
- Salary benchmarking
- Terms and conditions queries
- Approval processes
- Assist with job evaluation administration, ensuring consistency and accurate record keeping.
- Produce and maintain:
- ER reporting
- Dashboards and management information
- Support:
- Organisational change projects
- Restructures and consultation activity
- Build effective relationships with stakeholders across:
- HR
- Operational leadership
- Employee representative groups
About You
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We are keen to speak with HR professionals who can demonstrate:
- Strong employee relations experience in a complex, operational, or unionised environment.
- A sound understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.
- Experience supporting policy development and maintaining governance standards.
- Exposure to:
- Reward activity
- Benchmarking
- Pay frameworks
- Job evaluation processes
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
- CIPD qualification (Level 3, Level 5 or equivalent experience).
Why Apply?
This role offers the chance to join a respected organisation where you can:
- Develop expertise across the full employee lifecycle.
- Gain exposure to reward and policy work.
- Play a visible role in shaping a positive and compliant employee experience.
Applications from candidates with backgrounds in:
- Employee Relations
- HR Advisory
- HR Business Partnering
- Reward
- People Policy are particularly welcomed. For a confidential discussion, get in touch.
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