Employee Relations Advisor

We believe that everyone owns potential; it’s inside us all waiting to be discovered.

We are a post-16 further education provider delivering high-quality education, inspired through sport and performing arts.

With over 20 years’ experience in the industry, we have evolved to become the home of sports and performing arts education for 16-18-year-olds. We are on a journey to set the standard for education that truly inspires young people to succeed and helps current and future generations of sports and performing arts professionals to unlock their potential.

We are proud to teach, motivate and develop more than 4,000 learners in real sport and performing arts environments every year nationwide, helping them on their journey to the next steps in their career.

Main Purpose of Position

The Employee Relations Advisor

is a role for an experienced and forward-thinking professional who thinks ‘beyond HR’ but who is also capable of rolling up their sleeves and ensuring operational efficiency, high quality and fair casework and pragmatic, business focused delivery.

You will deliver comprehensive, professional, and business focused operational workforce advice, confidently manage a complex caseload and be independently solution focused, coaching employees/managers on resolution and learning, disciplinaries and attendance, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and internal policies, and aligned with our organisational values.

You will ensure progression of any formal ER cases is both necessary and completed on time, ensuring appropriate support is in place for the individual and witnesses. You will be supporting the wider People function to achieve strategic objectives, thriving in a fast-paced environment with ever changing priorities.

You will be responsible for a range of complex and sensitive cases, as well as working on project-based activities, which include restructures, TUPE, redundancies, policy development and training.

This is a fixed term maternity cover for 12 months with potential for extension.

Flexibility of hours possible