HR Employee Relations Partner

HR Employee Relations Partner

12-month FTC

We are currently partnering with a well-known large Bank and are looking for a confident HR Partner. This is at first on a 12-month FTC and has great potential to become permanent for the right HR Business Partner. There is also option here to have flexible working arrangements as well as working 4 days from home.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional who is looking to take the next step in their career. You will be providing advice and guidance by acting as the first point of contact for employees. Following policies and procedures and escalating where necessary to other HR areas.

Your main responsibilities as the appointed HR Partner will be to providing excellent customer service to senior managers, colleagues, and other stakeholders in every area of the business. You will be joining a busy HR Team that specialise in onboarding and vetting. You will be providing advice around complex grievances to employees and other stakeholders. It is important that you have extensive knowledge and have assisted in complex employee relations issues.

As the successful HR Admin will have proven working experience in a busy, fast paced environment. You will have experience handing HR related queries, with extensive knowledge of Employee Relations issues. You will have the ability to use your own initiative to be pro-active and efficient. You will have exceptional attention to detail, be confident and professional and be open and willing to ask questions when needed.

The Role

• Act as the first point of contact for all HR related issues and queries, escalating to the relevant team where necessary
• Providing advice around complex grievances. Including, employee absence, dismissal, bullying, harassment, performance related issues and hearings.
• Following HR Operations service standards and processing tasks accordingly
• Completing relevant checks to ensure HR Operations procedures are complete
• Prioritising and organising tasks to ensure deadlines are met

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar HR role within Financial Services or Professional Services
• CIPD Level 5 preferred
• Strong knowledge of employee relations and experience providing advice
• Must have experience providing advice and expert knowledge on complex grievances
• Excellent customer service and people management skills
• Experience handling and maintaining union relationships and providing advice around these areas
• Experience managing a HR Inbox
• Good understanding of GDPR
• Proficient Microsoft office skills
• Experience using a HR systems
• Confident to take ownership of tasks
• Be able to be discreet and hold confidential information at all times
• Experience communicating with various stakeholders within a business

With regret, due to the volume of applicants we receive, only suitable candidates will be contacted.