Employee Relations Advisor

University of East London

We’re the University of East London (UEL) founded in 1898 and proud to change lives through education. Our goal is to advance industry 5.0 careers-first education and provide a clear path to the jobs and opportunities of the future. We’re committed to driving diversity in the 5.0 talent pipeline, working in partnership to promote talent wherever it is found and creating a balanced, inclusive, and green future.

But we can't achieve this goal alone. We need progressive, innovative, and curious individuals like you to join our community and help us craft our future. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of people who share your passion for creating positive change. We’re an inclusive and welcoming community that is constantly moving forward, never satisfied with the status quo.

About the Job

Are you a forward-thinking, innovative, and inquisitive professional looking for a rewarding career? Do you aspire to be part of a community dedicated to driving positive change and promoting diversity in the talent pipeline? The University of East London invites individuals like you to join our dynamic People and Culture Directorate as an Employee Relations Advisor.

In this role, you will be instrumental in delivering an outstanding service within our centre of excellence model, championing best practices, and upholding a positive reputation for the institution and our key stakeholders. Reporting to the ER Lead, your responsibilities will encompass providing timely advice to managers and staff on UEL policies, procedures, and terms and conditions of service. You will actively engage in complex casework, coaching managers to achieve the best and fair outcomes with compassionate approach, enabled by fostering effective relationships with senior managers, line managers, and trade union representatives. Your duties will include delivering consistent, practical, effective, and appropriate HR interventions on ER issues, such as disciplinary matters, grievances, bullying and harassment, capability assessments, change consultations and absence cases. Furthermore, you will offer coaching and case planning advice to Investigating Officers, ensuring quality control of reports within service SLA/KPIs.

The role necessitates a solid understanding of employment law and its application, involvement in delivering HR training courses, and contributing to the effective communication of HR-related information. If you possess experience in providing HR/ER advice aligned with relevant policies and legislation along with excellent organisational skills to manage high volumes of casework and queries, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Benefits Package

Here are UEL we understand it’s about more than just a salary. It’s about the entire package on offer along with our outstanding work environment and inclusive culture. We know the market rates for this vacancy and will offer a genuinely competitive salary DOE.

We care deeply about your wellbeing and our benefits includes: 20% pension (4% from you, 16% from us), 25 days holiday (3 additional days over Christmas) plus bank holidays and we’re always open to consider flexible working arrangements. We have a shared success bonus scheme of up to £5,000 pa, subsidised gym membership, 3 times base salary life assurance, a cashback healthcare scheme and wide variety of other generous benefits including discounts on: Apple and Samsung products, holidays, clothing, fitness, lifestyle, dining out and weekly shopping.

Equal Opportunities

UEL is an inclusive equal opportunities employer and are proud of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity achievements, including: zero gender pay gap, members of Stonewall and have won Athena Swan awards. We expect all employees of UEL to accept our EDI policy and will not tolerate discrimination in any form.

We're a disability confident employer and value all applications. Please let us know if you require any reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.

So, if you’d like to take your career to the next level with us here at the University of East London and are inspired by our environment and commit to success, we want you to apply today!