Senior Employee Relations Advisor

Location: Central London (Hybrid working available)

Salary: £35,000 full time equivalent (3-6month FTC)

Two exciting opportunities have arisen for experienced Employee Relations professionals to join a highly regarded arts and cultural institution. These roles offer the chance to work within a collaborative HR team, providing expert advice and support on a wide range of complex employee relations matters.

This is an excellent opportunity for an HR professional with strong employee relations experience to play a key role in providing expert advice and support to managers across a broad range of people matters. Working within a busy and customer-focused HR function, you will manage a varied ER caseload while contributing to wider HR projects, organisational development initiatives and policy improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acting as the first point of contact for employee relations queries from managers and employees.
• Providing professional advice and guidance on disciplinary, grievance, performance, capability and absence management matters.
• Managing a varied ER caseload, ensuring risks are appropriately identified and escalated where necessary.
• Supporting managers through formal and informal employee relations processes.
• Assisting with organisational change, restructures and wider HR projects.
• Supporting recruitment activities and onboarding processes.
• Contributing to the review and development of HR policies and procedures.
• Building effective relationships with managers, employee representatives and key stakeholders across the organisation.

About You:

• CIPD qualified or currently working towards qualification.
• Previous experience in a generalist HR or Employee Relations advisory role.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience supporting managers with a broad range of ER casework.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach with excellent attention to detail.

Experience within the public sector, education, cultural, charitable or not-for-profit sectors would be advantageous but is not essential.

This role offers the opportunity to join an organisation with a strong commitment to employee development, inclusion and continuous improvement, where you can make a genuine impact while further developing your HR career.

Applications are under constant review, and these roles may be filled prior to the advert closing. Please reach out to Annabelle at MLC Partners to discuss further.