Senior Employee Relations Advisor

at  Travis Perkins plc

We have a fantastic chance to work in a team that you can be proud of!
We are looking for someone who can develop, guide and support a team of people within Employee Relations!
We, at Travis Perkins Plc have an exciting opportunity as a Senior Employee Relations Advisor within our engaged HR Shared Service Employee Relations team, based in Lodge Farm - Northampton.
The Senior Employee Relations Advisor would be there to build effective relationships with HR colleagues and business managers to ensure delivery of the best professional value added ER service. Undertaking more experienced and senior responsibilities, you will be a main point of contact to develop, guide, coach the team!

A BIT ABOUT US

As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.
With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!
We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves.

DUTIES INCLUDE:

• Support the Head of Employee Relations with caseload and projects, deputising when appropriate

• Support ER Advisors with advice and guidance to ensure consistent, impartial, commercial advice is given

• Effective and efficient end-to-end management of high volume dispute resolution case load (disciplinaries, appeals, grievances). In exceptional circumstances attend hearings for complex cases and provide face-to-face advice to management.
• Contribute to legislative updates and the continuous improvement of Employee Relations policies, guidelines and template letters.
• Plan resource needs and manage workload distribution, allocation of tasks and monitor service levels so that the team delivers an efficient & effective service
• Coach and support the development of the ER team
• Support the Head of HR and ER Manager with workload and ad-hoc requests. Deputise for the Manager, when required with daily team management, for example; team organisation (e.g. lunches, shifts etc), recruitment, workload distribution, allocation of tasks and monitoring service levels.

A strong ER background with more than two years experience in a similar role within a large multi site and similar size organisation.

• Experience with case managing difficult and complex grievance, appeal and long term sickness cases.
• Excellent communication skills and can work under pressure.
• Works collaboratively within the team and wider HR team.
• Resilient and overcomes obstacles.
• Up to date knowledge of employment legislation.
• Good understanding of data protection principles