Employee Relations Advisor

Join Howdens as an ER Advisor and develop your Employee Relations expertise with a FTSE 100 market leader.

As part of our experienced Employee Relations team, you'll play a key role in delivering a professional, high-quality ER service across the business. Working alongside knowledgeable and supportive colleagues who are passionate about achieving the right outcomes, you'll gain exposure to a wide range of employee relations matters while helping to make a positive difference to both managers and employees.

Our HR Shared Services team operates a hybrid working pattern, spending four days a week in the office and one day working from home.

What are my responsibilities as an ER Advisor?

• Partner with managers through coaching and mentoring to ensure that casework is resolved in a professional manner, in line with policy timescales. Advisory options are presented to our managers in a way that they can use advice to make their own commercial decisions as well as understand the risk and wider implications.
• Respond to employee queries and concerns without undermining line manager relationship and escalating concerns appropriately.
• Responsible for the preparation of case documentation as necessary, ensuring the investigation/hearing manager is ultimately the owner of the final documentation.
• Work closely with managers in order to develop an understanding of the business and to establish a professional working relationship with managers and colleagues at all levels.

What do I need to qualify for this ER Advisor role?

• Experience managing a portfolio of ER cases, ideally within a shared services environment
• Good knowledge of employment law/employee relations issues through working within an HR team.
• Ability to understand the crux of the situation and quickly gain trust.
• Building solid working relationships and effectively communicate at any level.
• Ability to respond to changing demands and priorities

There is a continuous demand from the business for ER support and the pace at which the business operates means a quick and commercially focused response is required by the role, therefore credibility and the ability to influence are essential.

What we can offer you as an ER Advisor?

• Competitive salary and company bonus
• Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Staff Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional Reward and Recognition events

About Howdens:

Howdens Joinery is a highly successful FTSE 100 business, with more than 900 depots nationwide and more than 11,000 staff. Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we continue to experience significant growth and success. Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values.

There is a strong entrepreneurial ethos and the opportunity to develop within a fast-paced and commercial environment. That, along with a competitive salary, development opportunities, and exciting rewards, are among the reasons why our people enjoy working for Howdens – and why we have been named one of the 10 Best Big Companies to Work For.

Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We’re working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email [email protected] with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you.

Please note that candidates applying for this role must have a valid right to work in the UK, we do not offer sponsorship of employment for any depot positions at this time. We appreciate your understanding.

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