Why This Role Stands Out
This contract role offers a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact on strategic and operational employee relations within the public sector, with potential for extension. You'll thrive here if you have extensive experience managing complex ER casework and tribunal claims, and enjoy collaborating with senior leaders to drive positive change.
Quick Overview
Job Description
Role: Employee Relations Manager
Sector: Public
Duration: Contract - 3 months (possible extension)
Location: Stoke
Rate: (Apply online only) UMB per day
Sellick Partnership is currently recruiting for an experienced Employee Relations Manager to join our client based in Stoke this role is offered on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days a week onsite.
The Employee Relations Manager will work alongside senior leaders, contributing to all aspects of strategic, transformation and operational ER for the organisation
The duties of the Employee Relations Manager include:
- Management and supporting a team of HR Business Partnering
- Acting as an escalation point for high-risk and complex ER queries and employment tribunals
- Overseeing the implementation of a new Mutually Agreed Resignation Scheme (MARS) scheme for the organisation
- Leading on complex employee relations matters, providing strategic and operational advice across the organisation
- Overseeing employment tribunal cases and ensure robust risk management and legal compliance
- Providing recommendations on service improvements and best practice across operational HR functions
- Contributing to the organisation's wider workforce transformation programme.
The Employee Relations Manager will ideally:
- Previous local authority experience is highly desirable
- Significant experience leading employee relations function in a complex organisation
- Extensive knowledge of complex employee relations casework
- Strong experience managing employment tribunal claims and associated legal processes.
- Experience operating across both strategic and operational HR environments
- The ability to influence senior stakeholders and provide credible strategic advice
The Employee Relations Manager will need to have excellent communication skills and effectively be able to communicate to stakeholders of all levels. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy to ensure all workload is carried out effectively and efficiently.
Our client is hoping to have the Employee Relations Manager in the role as soon as possible, therefore if you believe your experience meets the criteria above, please contact Charlotte Broomfield as soon as possible by submitted your CV directly
Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.
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