ER Advisor

Location: Stoke-on-trent

An opportunity for an ER Advisor to support a local business in Newcastle under Lyme on a fixed-term contract work for 4 months. The role will be providing advice and support managing a range or ER cases.

Job Description for the ER Advisor:

• As the ER Advisor you will advise and support to manage the cases on the full range of routine and complex employment relations issues, including investigations, disciplinary, grievance, absence, flexible working, and case management, identifying business risks and advising the stakeholders accordingly.
• Support and coach managers with the effective and efficient performance of their employees, identifying and facilitating appropriate interventions through the performance management processes.
• As the ER Advisor you will support the development and implementation of People Services policies and procedures, taking the lead on specific projects from scoping to implementation including colleague health surveillance services via Occupational Health.
• Provide information and advice to managers and colleagues on terms and conditions, policies and procedures, and current employment legislation. Including employment law updates to all managers in the business.
• As the ER Advisor you will coordinate individual consultation on a range of employee relations matters such as the ending of fixed-term contracts, redeployment, variation of terms and conditions, TUPE transfers, restructuring.
• To support the development of the systems, processes and records taking day-to-day responsibility for the management of specified areas.
• Develop and implement new working practices and management guidance in line with new policies.
• As the ER Advisor you will build constructive working relationships and rapport with managers and departmental teams, embedding ways of working and practices.
• Support the implementation of and champion People services initiatives across the business acting as an ambassador for the People Services Department.
• Support to embed the colleague wellbeing forum, ensuring that all colleagues are signposted to the services when they need them. Stress, pregnancy and new mother and independent person specific risk assessments are completed and implemented.

Candidate Requirements for the ER Advisor:

• CIPD CPP / CHRP qualified would be highly advantageous
• Experience working at HR Advisor/ER Advisor level and managing complex employee relations cases (discipline, sickness absence, capability, investigations).
• Experience of conducting individual consultation meetings on a range of employment relations matters (e.g., ending fixed-term contracts; redeployment; variation of terms and conditions; TUPE transfers; restructuring).
• Strong MS Office skills with the ability to use MS Excel to analyse and manipulate data.
• To be able to pass a DBS check

This role is commutable from:
Newcastle under Lyme, Stoke on Trent, Keele, Congleton, Stone and
surrounding areas

This role would suit candidates with the following experience: HR Advisor, ER Advisor, Employee Relations, HR Generalist

Hours: Monday Friday, 37 hours a week, flex on start and finish times
Salary: £37,408.53 Per Annum

Brampton Recruitment are an independent Commercial and Accounts & Finance recruitment agency working in partnership with employers spanning Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, Cheshire, and the Greater Manchester region