Senior Employee Relations Advisor
- Temporary
- Croydon, London View on Map
- @Sammons Recruitment posted 2 weeks ago
- Posted : May 30, 2025 -Accepting applications
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Job Detail
Job Description
Our client is looking for an experienced Employee Relations professional to support a large, fast-paced, and unionised organisation with a busy and complex caseload. You’ll work directly with managers and staff to provide expert advice on a wide range of casework, including sickness absence, performance, conduct, and grievance matters. This role is largely on-site, with work spanning central offices and community-based locations.
What’s on Offer?
- Job type: Interim temporary cover
- Location: Croydon
- Salary: £16.96p/h
- Hours: Full time
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing high-quality, timely advice and support on a range of employee relations issues including absence, disciplinary, grievance, performance, and complex investigations
- Supporting and coaching managers to effectively manage casework and build people management capability
- Leading and facilitating ER training sessions and manager briefings across the organisation
- Promoting informal resolution approaches and guiding appropriate use of formal procedures
- Contributing to change management, restructures, job evaluation panels, and consultation activity
- Collaborating with internal partners including HR Business Partners, wellbeing teams, and legal advisers
- Ensuring accurate case recording, monitoring of ER trends, and supporting data-driven decision making
Skills, Experience, and Training Requirements:
- Experience working within the NHS is essential
- Strong background in employee relations case management within large or unionised organisations
- In-depth knowledge of employment law, policies, and best practice
- Confident facilitator with experience delivering manager training or briefings
- Proactive, solution-focused, and compassionate in approach
- Able to adapt communication style to suit sensitive or complex situations
- Comfortable working on-site across multiple locations
How to Apply:
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional to work across a wide variety of ER matters, making a real difference in how people are supported at work. Apply now with your CV if you feel this will be the right role for you.
