Employee Relations Advisor

Employee Relations and Wellbeing Advisor
Location: Sevenoaks
Salary: £35,500 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week, Hybrid working available (minimum 2 days in the Sevenoaks office) with equipment provided for home working

If you are someone who brings calm, practical support to complex situations, this is your chance to make a real difference-helping managers handle employee relations and wellbeing matters fairly, lawfully, and in line with organisational values.

What you will be doing:
* Provide expert, risk-aware support to managers and colleagues on employee relations (ER) and wellbeing concerns
* Manage a caseload of ER matters end-to-end-logging queries, creating case files and escalating when appropriate
* Monitor sickness and carry out sickness reviews, working closely with Occupational Health
* Support managers with complex sickness absence and health-related capability conversations
* Help resolve conflict by facilitating difficult conversations with empathy and professionalism
* Collaborate across the People Team, supporting Strategic People Partners where needed-particularly in areas such as bids, TUPE and redundancy
* Gather and use ER data to support insight, consistency and continuous improvement

What you will bring:
* CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent experience in a people operations team)
* Strong confidence with HR information and case management systems, alongside Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
* Excellent working relationships skills-able to collaborate confidently and also work independently
* Solid understanding of English and Maths at Level 2
* A proactive, fair-minded approach to managing risk and ensuring consistency

Additional information:
* Permanent role, 37 hours per week
* Salary: up to £35,500 per annum
* Hybrid working available (minimum 2 days in the Brasted office) with equipment provided for home working

Ready to bring your ER expertise and wellbeing focus to a role where your impact is felt? Click apply and tell us why you'd be a great fit.

Brook Street NMR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.