Employee Relations Partner
Permanent Role
Solihull
Hybrid Working
Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.
We are happy to be recruiting for one of our high-profile public services clients. They are currently looking for an Employee Relations Partner to join them on a permanent basis.
Key Accountabilities:
- Providing comprehensive advice on UK employment law to variety of stakeholders in HR, management, and leadership teams.
- Efficient tribunal management including employment advocacy for a variety of cases. This role involves developing case management and defence strategies for tribunal claims, and will require attendance at preliminary hearings, and full merits hearings.
- Providing advice and guidance on complex employment matters and related projects.
- Able to manage TUPE processes and sensitive, and complex employment matters.
- Monitoring trends in tribunal activity and employee relations. Report any opportunities, and achievements through data analysis.
- Identifying emerging issues, and guiding the business towards practical, proactive solutions.
- Liaising with external parties such as ACAS, unions, solicitors, and barristers during the tribunal case management process.
- Partnering with a variety of internal stakeholders. This role serves as the link between the employee relations team, HR, and the customer on all employee relations activity.
- Advise on settlement agreement terms and negotiate with employees' solicitors.
Skills, Experience & Technical Knowhow:
- Solid experience in effective employment tribunal claim management.
- Strong experience in a similar employee relations role and is CIPD qualified.
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent in law or related field.
- Demonstrates extensive knowledge of employment law.
- Strong experience in partnering with a variety of stakeholders and being an effective team player.
- Strong experience in providing practical and commercial advice on employment law.
- Demonstrates policy and procedure development to ensure compliance with legislation.
- Ability to make good judgement for complex, ambiguous, and sensitive employment matters.
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to work within a complex, fast paced, and challenging business environment.
- Strong negotiation and communication skills, capable of building positive and collaborative relationships.
- Good attention to detail.
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with the developments in UK employment law and ethical standards.
Location:
This is a permanent role, hybrid working 2 days a week on site at the clients Solihull office.
Working hours:
Monday to Friday standard office hours.
If you feel that this is a role that would suit you then please apply today.
If you do not hear from us within 48 hours of your application, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Pontoon Solutions are an equal opportunities company