Our client, a leading financial services organisation based in the City of London, is seeking an experienced Employee Relations HR Business Partner to join their HR team on a 12-month assignment.
This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded HR professional with strong employee relations expertise to support a dynamic and fast-paced business. Reporting directly to the ER Manager, you will take ownership of a broad range of complex ER cases while partnering with senior stakeholders across the organisation to provide pragmatic, risk-focused HR advice and support.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a varied caseload of employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, performance management, absence management, conduct, capability and workplace investigations.
- Provide expert advice and guidance to managers and business leaders on HR policies, employment law and best practice.
- Support and lead on TUPE projects, including consultation processes and stakeholder management.
- Partner with business leaders to deliver effective people solutions aligned to business objectives.
- Coach and develop managers in handling employee relations issues confidently and consistently.
- Support organisational change programmes, restructures and redundancy processes where required.
- Collaborate closely with the broader HR team, Legal and Compliance functions on complex and sensitive cases.
- Analyse ER trends and provide insight and recommendations to minimise risk and improve employee experience.
- Contribute to HR projects and wider people initiatives across the business.
- Ensure all employee relations activities are managed in line with UK employment legislation and regulatory requirements.
About You
- Proven experience in an Employee Relations, HR Business Partner or Senior HR Advisor capacity within a regulated environment, ideally financial services.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations best practice.
- Experience managing complex and sensitive ER cases from start to finish.
- Previous TUPE experience is essential.
- Comfortable building relationships with senior stakeholders and influencing across all levels of the organisation.
- Commercially aware with a pragmatic and solutions-focused approach
What's on Offer
- Opportunity to join a highly respected financial services business.
- Exposure to a broad and interesting range of ER and HR Business Partnering activities.
- Hybrid working model in a central London location.
- Collaborative and supportive HR team environment.
