About the role

We have an exciting new opportunity for an Employee Relations Lead to join the Society’s People Partnering Team.  The person in post will oversee the Society’s ER caseload and will work proactively with our wider People Team and senior leaders across the business to create a positive employee relations climate. The ER Lead will have the opportunity to influence the strategic direction of ER, whilst balancing business need and risk.

Managing a small team of Advisors, the role holder will mentor, coach and support the team with all types of cases as well as manage their own complex casework, where needed.

As the Society’s subject matter expert in ER, people policy and employment legislation, the person in post will play a key role in the management of complex ER including employment litigation.

This role will provide real variety, including supporting the management of the trade union relationship, shaping our approach to managing organisational change and leading on ER horizon scanning to continually evolve the Society’s policies and processes to ensure we keep up to date with the latest employment legislation and best practice, contributing to our status as a Great Place to Work.   

Our benefits include: *28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme
*Annual discretionary bonus scheme
*Personal pension with matched contributions
*Life assurance (6 times annual salary)
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

About you

With extensive experience of dealing with complex ER casework, employment disputes and litigation, organisational design and change management, you’ll also ideally be CIPD qualified with experience of managing a team.

You’ll have an excellent understanding of employment legislation and HR best practice, with evidence of applying this pragmatically to achieve business outcomes.

You’ll be a natural and engaging communicator who’ll look to engage, develop and maintain key relationships with stakeholders. Demonstrating commerciality and a good knowledge of key trends in the world of HR you’ll assert yourself with confidence, to challenge and influence senior leaders.

About us

As a mutual, we’ve always worked together to improve the lives of others. Now one of the largest Building Societies in the UK, over 3,000 of us share that goal, in our branches and Head Office. Our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and total support for our wellbeing.

We’re serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability and sexual orientation, but also of personality and the way we think. By being yourself, you’ll make us stronger.

You can build so much more than a career. Come and make a difference in our Society, that’s been voted a ’Great Place to Work’ by our team.

Flexibility and why it matters
We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we’ll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.