ER Implementation Lead
Permanent
Grade 5 - £41,511 - £49,764
Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
About us
We are at the heart of Birmingham City Council’s most essential asset – it’s People.
Playing a vital role in shaping the future of the city and ensuring that key services reach those who need them most. With a focus on aligning workforce needs with organisational goals, our team supports, engages, and motivates the workforce to deliver exceptional services to Birmingham's citizens.
Whether it’s managing accurate payroll, ensuring safe recruitment, fostering positive employee relations, or driving inclusive policies, every decision we make has a direct impact on both employees and the community.
We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, guided by our core principles of being helpful, open-minded, and delivering positive outcomes.
By working collaboratively across service areas, we provide expert guidance and support to colleagues, empowering them to focus on delivering vital front-line services. If you're passionate about making a difference, this role gives you the opportunity to contribute to a forward-thinking, diverse, and vibrant city, creating lasting impact for both our employees and citizens.
About You
This is a brilliant opportunity to play a key role in shaping a fair, supportive, and people-focused culture at Birmingham City Council. As part of the Employee Relations team, you’ll lead on delivering proactive ER solutions, supporting formal case outcomes, and championing best practice around sickness absence, reasonable adjustments, and policy change. You’ll work closely with managers, graduates, and apprentices, guiding and coaching them to build capability and confidence in managing complex employee matters.
In this strategic and hands-on role, you'll manage the Occupational Health admin team and lead the ER contribution to major initiatives—turning insight into action and driving improvement across the organisation. If you're passionate about employment law, experienced in unionised environments, and thrive in a fast-paced setting where your advice directly shapes outcomes, this is your chance to influence change and support the Council in delivering excellence through its people.
Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached.
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, andwe arecommitted to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
Job Description and PersonSpecification
We strive to advertise all roles for a minimum of two weeks. However, due to high application volumes vacancies may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage you to submit your application without delay to ensure consideration.
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