Senior Employee Relations Specialist (Policy and Contract)
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Job Type: Full-time or part-time (minimum 30 hours per week)
Salary: From £60,000 (depending on experience)
Location: England – South East
This is a hybrid role where you’ll mainly work from home, with travel for meetings.
About us
We’re a full-service HR consultancy that partners with clients to help their people and businesses thrive. Sometimes we act as their in-house HR team, sometimes as an extension of their existing people team — but always as a trusted partner that genuinely cares.
We believe people are the foundation of every business’s success. Our job is to help clients create workplaces where everyone can do their best work.
What you’ll be doing
As a Senior Employee Relations Specialist, you’ll deliver a brilliant ER service to our clients — with a particular focus on policies, employment contracts, and complex employee relations and business change work.
You’ll be our subject matter expert in policy and contracts, designing, drafting, and reviewing documentation that helps clients stay compliant, fair, and confident in managing their people.
Here’s a snapshot of what your day-to-day might include:
* Drafting, reviewing, and updating policies, handbooks, and contracts of employment.
* Leading complex, high-risk ER cases — from disciplinaries and grievances to whistleblowing and harassment.
* Advising on restructures, redundancies, acquisitions, and consultation processes.
* Helping clients balance compliance with commercial sense when making people decisions.
* Supporting colleagues by reviewing and quality-checking policies and documentation to maintain our high standards.
* Building trusted relationships with clients by delivering timely, practical, and insightful advice.
* Sharing your expertise through training, toolkits, and coaching to build capability across our team.
About you
You’re an experienced Employee Relations professional who knows your stuff when it comes to employment law, policy development, and complex casework. You bring the perfect mix of technical expertise, commercial awareness, and empathy.
You’ll need to be:
* Experienced in leading and advising on complex ER cases.
* Skilled in drafting, reviewing, and implementing policies, handbooks, and contracts.
* Confident supporting organisational change projects such as restructures and redundancies.
* Able to coach and support others on ER best practice and policy interpretation.
* A clear and engaging communicator, both written and verbal.
* Highly organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
* Commercially minded and able to balance compliance with practical advice.
* Tech-savvy and comfortable using Microsoft Office and digital systems.
* Happy to travel occasionally and holds a full UK driving licence.
CIPD Level 7 (or an equivalent employment law qualification) is a bonus, as is experience in consultancy or professional services — but what matters most is your expertise, your judgement and the care you bring to your work.
The Perks
We might be biased, but we think this role is exciting, purposeful, and full of opportunity. And because we like to look after our people, here’s what you can look forward to when you join us:
* Competitive salary (starting from £60,000 per annum FTE)
* 25 days’ annual leave to start, rising to 27 after one year and 29 after two years, plus bank holidays
* Career qualifications supported and paid for, with real opportunities to grow
* Monthly homeworking allowance and all equipment provided
* Flexible working patterns for a healthy work-life balance
* Pension scheme options (including salary sacrifice) and 4% employer contributions
* Life assurance at four times basic salary
* Shopping discounts platform, flu vaccinations, and technology and cycle-to-work schemes
* Medicash health cash plan and wellbeing benefits (including EAP)
* Enhanced family leave and twice-yearly all-staff get-togethers
* A growing, progressive business with people at its heart
At Fitzgerald, we think one-size-fits-all doesn’t make anyone look good. Instead, we promise to make space for you to bring your whole self to work, not just your job title.
#Workthatworksforyou
How to apply
If this sounds like your kind of role, APPLY NOW (you’ll be redirected to our careers site) — we can’t wait to hear from you.
Our application process helps you get to know us just as much as it helps us get to know you. It includes an initial screening stage (quick call and short written assessment), a virtual interview, psychometric testing, and a concluding in-person meeting.
We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Human Resources
Industries – Human Resources Services
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