Employee Relations & Engagement Specialist
18 hours ago
Banbury
Remote | Field-based | Nationwide travel 37.5 hours per week Our client is a people-led organisation with a strong heritage and a genuine commitment to creating a positive, inclusive workplace. They are now looking to appoint an experienced Employee Relations & Engagement Specialist to support their continued growth and to help shape best-practice people initiatives across the business. This is a field-based role requiring regular travel across the UK, providing hands-on ER support and partnering closely with HR colleagues and operational leaders. The Role The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor on the employment relationship, championing fair and consistent employee relations practices. You will play a key role in developing clear, compliant policies and processes, contributing to engagement-focused projects, and promoting best practice across the wider group. Key Responsibilities • Deliver high-quality, pragmatic advice on employee relations and engagement matters, ensuring alignment with employment legislation and business objectives, • Work collaboratively with HR specialists to support initiatives across Employee Relations, Wellbeing, Diversity & Inclusion and Reward, • Review, develop and maintain policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance and cultural alignment, • Contribute to HR and cross-functional projects, supporting continuous improvement and engagement, • Manage group BAU ER activity, including complex casework and escalations, • Design and deliver ER training to upskill HR teams and people managers, • Support external employment solicitors with tribunal cases, including preparation and settlement discussions where appropriate, • Provide on-site ER support for high-risk or urgent issues across the estate, often at short notice Success Measures • Consistent, legally compliant ER practices embedded across the business, • Improved compliance and risk mitigation in employee relations matters, • Effective use of ER data (e.g. tribunals, disciplinaries, redundancies) to identify trends and develop line manager capability Skills & Experience Required • Strong background in providing commercially focused ER advice on complex and escalated cases, • Proven experience managing Employment Tribunal cases, • Experience working with Trade Unions and handling dispute resolution, • Track record of creating and delivering ER-related training, • Confident communicator with strong influencing and presentation skills, • Highly organised with excellent planning and analytical abilities, • Resilient, adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced, field-based role, • IT-literate, • Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle Benefits • Competitive Salary, • Collaborative environment, • 25 days holiday, plus 8 days bank holiday, • Charity fundraising events, • Educational sponsorship, • Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, • Long service awards, • Reward & recognitionNew Ventures Recruitment is acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy and is an Equal Opportunities Employer. JBRP1_UKTJ