Employee Relations Specialist

Employee Relations Specialist

• Location: South-West London / Hybrid
• Salary: £45000-£50000

We are seeking an experienced Employee Relations Specialist to manage a broad range of employee relations matters across the business. This is an excellent opportunity for an Employee Relations Specialist who can provide expert guidance to managers, handle complex casework, and support a positive and compliant people culture. The successful candidate will combine strong UK employment law knowledge with sound judgement, professionalism, and excellent stakeholder management skills.

Day-to-day of the role

• Lead and manage complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance, redundancy, and flexible working matters
• Conduct thorough workplace investigations, prepare clear reports, and make balanced recommendations
• Advise managers on best practice, company policy, and UK employment legislation to ensure fair and consistent outcomes
• Support and coach managers through formal meetings, hearings, and appeals
• Build strong working relationships with managers and senior stakeholders across the business
• Escalate high-risk or sensitive matters appropriately, while offering practical and commercially minded solutions
• Review employee relations trends and identify opportunities for preventative action and improved people management
• Support organisational change activity, including consultations, restructures, and redundancy processes
• Contribute to policy and process improvements to strengthen compliance and operational effectiveness

Required skills & qualifications

• Proven experience in an Employee Relations Specialist, ER Advisor, HR Advisor, or HR Business Partner position
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Demonstrable experience managing complex disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability, and investigation cases
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to handle sensitive issues professionally
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across different levels of the business
• Ability to assess risk, apply sound judgement, and make balanced commercial recommendations
• High level of integrity, discretion, and confidentiality
• Experience supporting policy development, organisational change, and employee engagement initiatives would be advantageous

Benefits

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience
• Hybrid working arrangement
• Opportunity to work closely with HR leadership and senior stakeholders
• Involvement in meaningful employee experience and policy improvement work
• Exposure to varied and complex employee relations casework
• Supportive environment focused on fairness, wellbeing, and retention