Employee Relations Manager

£24.30 per hour

Based in Croydon

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Occupational Health, HR, EDI teams, external lawyers, and the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support staff wellbeing during HR processes.
• Provide expert HR advice on employment law, policies, and procedures, managing issues such as sickness absence, grievances, disciplinary actions, and performance management.
• Lead sickness management strategies, working with Health & Wellbeing teams to reduce absenteeism and support employee return-to-work right up to hearing stage. Handling a variety of complex and sensitive cases which involved redeployment and ill health retirement.
• Able to deal with flexible working requests and other ER cases to support the ER Advsiors.
• Oversee restructuring processes, including redundancy, consultation, while ensuring compliance with employee rights.
• Foster collaborative relationships with trade unions, NHS teams, and external organizations to share best practices and ensure a consistent, professional employee relations service.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Proven experience in employee relations, specifically in managing sickness absence and handling complex HR issues.
• Strong understanding of employment law, HR policies, and workplace wellbeing.

Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving abilities