Employee Relations Manager

Job Title: Employee Relations Manager

Location: West Burton, UK

Job Type: Full-time contract, 12 Months

Work Model: Hybrid (3 days per week onsite)

Responsibilities:

• Manage learning and talent development projects to deliver to time and quality.

• Support managers to understand and articulate the learning needs of their employees.

• Facilitate learning events and workshops to meet business needs and priorities.

• Deliver training in both a formal and informal setting, producing relevant course materials and documents.

• Share best practice and resources in training and learning and assessments.

• Communicate with impact and able to influence and consult with key stakeholders, building confidence at all levels.

• Interpret data to create and present evidence based insight.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and provide recommendations.

• Work with colleagues to use data effectively to understand and highlight risks to customers, and add value to the organisation.

Essential:

• CIPD Level 7 qualified (or equivalent experience) with significant employee relations experience within a complex organisation.

• Proven experience managing high-risk and complex employee relations cases, supported by a strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.

• Experience working with trade unions

• Experience coaching, influencing and advising senior leaders and managers on employee relations and workplace culture matters.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence at all levels.

• Experience supporting organisational growth, transformation, change programmes or workforce restructuring initiatives.

• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate people data and insights into practical solutions

Desirable:

• Experience within major infrastructure, engineering, energy, nuclear, construction, manufacturing, aerospace or defence environments.

• Experience working within public sector, government-sponsored organisations, joint ventures or multi-organisational programme environments.

• Experience designing and implementing employee relations frameworks within a growing or newly established organisation.

• Mediation, workplace conflict resolution or related professional qualifications, alongside experience working in security-cleared environments.