Employee Relations Advisor

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and guidance to managers on employee relations issues including performance, absence, and wellbeing
• Lead investigations, grievances, appeals, and conflict resolution
• Oversee performance plans to support a high-performance culture
• Manage flexible working and sabbatical requests
• Liaise with shared service teams to ensure data integrity for payroll and reporting
• Identify trends from cases, leavers, and sickness absence to recommend improvements
• Drive commitment to performance management policies through workshops
• Support acquisitions, restructures, and change programs

Requirements

• Solid Employee Relations background handling sensitive and complex cases
• Good working knowledge of current UK employment law
• Exceptional relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong conflict resolution skills
• Proficiency in SAP HR or similar HRIS
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills

Preferred Qualifications

• CIPD qualified or part-qualified
• Knowledge of global mobility, benefits, and acquisitions

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus a birthday day off
• 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season
• 4 paid volunteering days per year
• Company funded single cover private medical insurance
• Employee assistance programme (24/7 wellbeing support)
• Share Match Plan
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance, optical, and medical care

About the Company

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business. Taylor & Francis Group, part of Informa, produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals to foster human progress through knowledge.