Employee Relations Advisor - 18m FTC - Peterborough - up to £43000 depending on experience JOB TITLE: Employee Relations Advisor JOB TYPE: Fixed-term contract to cover a colleague's maternity leave JOB DURATION: 18 months JOB LOCATION: Peterborough JOB SALARY: Up to £43000 depending on experience JOB NOTES: This role is 100% office-based, no work from home Your new company Our client is a world-leading manufacturing business with a strong engineering heritage and a focus on innovation. This division supports customers across the construction, agriculture, utilities and marine sectors. They operate across multiple international sites and are proud of their sustainability, reliability and high-performance reputation. Employees love their supportive work culture, fair compensation and the chance to work on diverse projects and thus, gain valuable experience. This FTC is being recruited to cover maternity leave, that's why Hays has been asked to help recruit this job. Your new role This job will see you taking the lead on a portfolio of ER cases, mostly flexible working requests, but you'll also get to experience disciplinaries, performance management and grievances. In these roles, there's always an element of reporting and advising your management and colleagues of any trends that you spot and this could lead to you developing new processes and policies. You'll be hands-on in advising, training, and coaching your line managers on how they deal with the performance, absence, etc. of their teams. Your job will be 100% based on site in Peterborough. What you'll need to succeed Our client has asked for an experienced HR professional, ideally coming from either the supply chain, manufacturing or industrial sectors. A professional qualification would be nice, but it's not essential, but what is important is a strong track record in employee/industrial relations, so if that isn't detailed on your CV, can I suggest that you include your experience in a cover letter or add in an "additional information" section on your CV? Flexibility, tenacity and a strong but sensitive character are some of the softer skills that our client wants to see from our applicants. What you'll get in return Salary - between £34500 and £43000 depending on experience 25 days holiday 8 bank holidays Up to 10% performance bonus per annum Pension scheme - our client will double your contribution by up to 10% Share save scheme where the company will add an extra 50% to your monthly contribution Flexible benefits plan giving you access to health & dental care plans, holiday purchase options, EV car lease Flexible working hours are open for discussion. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV with plenty of details outlining your ER experience, or you could include that on a cover letter. 4697593