ER Specialist

Description:

A 12 month fixed term ER Specialist role in the professional services industry, based in Leeds. Managing a broad range of ER casework and change management.

Client Details

Our client is a large international professional services firm, with a UK and global presence and a large HR team based in Leeds.

Description

The ER Specialist is responsible for:

ER case managementincluding wellbeing issues, short and long term sickness management, probationary periods, performance management, settlement agreements, conduct, grievances, flexible working etc.
Managing high volume and complex ER cases from inception to completion giving guidance to the relevant stakeholders throughout
Conducting investigations and other meetings
Providing support at formal and informal meetings and hearings
Ensuring decisions are accurately captured, recorded and processed
Building stakeholder relationships throughout the process (senior management and HRBPs)
Escalating higher risk cases to employment lawyers and senior HR leadership team
Following internal processes, ACAS codes of practice and best practice approaches
Managing more complex ER projects such as redundancy,TUPE, changes to Terms and Conditions of Employment:
Developing and overseeing the project plan
Writing communications to stakeholders, affected colleagues
Managing collective and individual consultation processes, chairing meetings
Ensuring legal obligations are met in such processes
Providing an advisory service to HRBP's and the business on ER related matters
Working closely with other teams within HR (such as HR Operations, Payroll, HRBPs) to streamline processes, ensure consistency and maintain effective cross team communications
Supporting the Senior ER Manager with ER related projects and continuous improvement initiatives such as policy development and procedure updates, ER training for line managersProfile

To be successful in this ER Specialist role you will need to be/have:

CIPD level 5 minimum (or equivalent in experience) or working towards but with minimum level 3 achieved
Extensive experience in an ER case management role
Excellent UK employment law knowledge particularly unfair dismissal and discrimination
Ability to balance legal and commercial risk
Prioritisation skills - must be able to manage a heavy case load and prioritise well
Excellent written and verbal communication skills - must be able to articulate to (and influence) managers and directors on legal and commercial risk, options and recommendations
Confident enough to challenge constructively, combined with a level of resilience
Available to start a new role on short notice, ideally no more than four weeksJob Offer

A competitive salary depending on experience
A positive and supportive work environment
Central Leeds location, hybrid working with three days in office
12 month fixed term contract initially
Immediate start