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Interim Employee Relations (ER) Advisor
Part-Time | 3 Days per Week | Onsite in Soho, London
£325 per day (Inside IR35)
Expected contract duration 2 months
About the Opportunity
We're supporting a well-known hospitality business with a strong heritage, ambitious growth plans, and a genuine commitment to creating a positive employee experience.
As Interim Employee Relations Advisor, you'll join a fast-paced, people-focused organisation during a period of continued transformation and growth. This role offers the opportunity to make an immediate impact by providing expert employee relations support, managing complex casework, and helping leaders navigate people challenges with confidence.
This is a hands-on role suited to an experienced ER specialist who thrives in operational environments and can quickly build credibility with stakeholders.
The Role
You will be the go-to advisor for complex employee relations matters across a multi-site operation, managing a caseload of approximately 10-12 active complex cases at any one time.
Working closely with operational leaders and the People team, you'll provide pragmatic, commercially focused advice while ensuring legal compliance and a fair, consistent employee experience.
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Key Responsibilities
- Manage complex employee relations cases from start to finish, including disciplinaries, grievances, long-term absence, performance concerns and workplace investigations.
- Provide expert advice on UK employment law and HR best practice.
- Support managers through sensitive and high-risk people matters.
- Advise on restructuring, organisational change and consultation processes where required.
- Assist with Employment Tribunal preparation and responses alongside legal partners.
- Identify trends, risks and recurring themes across casework, providing recommendations to improve outcomes.
- Coach managers to improve capability and confidence in handling employee relations matters.
- Ensure policies are applied fairly, consistently and in line with organisational values.
About You
We're looking for an experienced Employee Relations professional who can quickly integrate into a busy operational environment and deliver immediate value.
You will bring:
- Proven experience managing complex employee relations casework in a high-volume environment.
- Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations best practice.
- Experience supporting disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance and restructuring cases.
- Exposure to Employment Tribunal processes and case preparation.
- Excellent stakeholder management and coaching skills.
- The ability to balance commercial realities with a fair and employee-focused approach.
- Strong judgement, resilience and the confidence to influence decision-making at all levels.
- Experience within hospitality, retail, leisure or other fast-paced multi-site sectors would be highly advantageous.
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The Offer
- £325 per day (Inside IR35)
- 3 days per week
- Initial 2-month contract
- Fully onsite in Soho, London
- Opportunity to join a recognised consumer brand during a busy and business-critical period.
- Immediate start available.
If you're an experienced ER specialist who enjoys managing complex casework, building manager capability and delivering practical, commercially focused solutions in a fast-moving environment, we'd love to hear from you.
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