Job Description
Employee Relations Specialist – Education Sector
Remote with travel to London office once per fortnight
£50,000-£55,000
Are you an ER Specialist with experience operating within the Education industry?
Are you looking to work for an incredibly flexible employer with clear and achievable career progression opportunities?
I am supporting a well established professional services organisation to source an ER Specialist to join their specialist HR team supporting education sector clients. This is a fantastic opportunity for an HR professional who enjoys employee relations, employment law and client facing advisory work in a varied and fast paced environment.
This role will involve providing a solution focused complex HR advisory service to a portfolio of education clients, supporting with a wide range of employee relations matters including absence management, disciplinary and capability, grievances, organisational change, and advice on terms and conditions such as leave and family policies.
You will work closely with Senior HR Consultants and employment law specialists, supporting complex casework, drafting letters and documentation, attending hearings and supporting investigations. The role will also involve supporting policy development and providing telephone and email HR advice to clients on a day to day basis.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide HR advice on complex employee relations matters including conduct, capability, grievance, absence, restructuring and organisational change
* Draft letters, reports and HR documentation
* Support the development and review of HR policies and procedures
* Attend client sites, meetings and hearings when required
The Ideal Candidate
* Strong employee relations and employment law knowledge
* Must have experience providing ER advice in the Education sector
* Experience providing HR advice in a generalist HR role
* Ideally working towards or part qualified CIPD
* Experience drafting professional letters, reports and HR documentation
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
* Highly organised with strong time management skills
* Able to manage multiple cases and priorities
This role would suit someone currently working as a Senior HR Advisor, HR Officer or Senior ER Advisor who is looking to gain exposure to a wide variety of complex HR casework in a client facing environment with exciting development opportunities into a HR Consultant role.
Please apply now to be considered!