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Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Employee Relations and Advisory Team Lead
Employer: Hays Human Resources
Location: London, England
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum
Closing date: 10 Aug 2026
Responsibilities
- Leading, coaching, and developing a high-performing Employee Relations and Advisory team.
- Acting as the senior escalation point for complex and high-risk employee relations matters.
- Establishing and embedding employee relations governance, frameworks, policies, and procedures.
- Supporting organisational change programmes, restructures, consultations, and senior-level casework.
- Building strong partnerships with senior stakeholders, people leaders, and recognised trade unions.
- Overseeing employee relations reporting, identifying trends, and using data to support decision-making.
- Managing external employment law and occupational health providers.
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance manager capability and employee experience.
- Championing inclusive, fair, and transparent people practices across the organisation.
Requirements
- Extensive knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations best practice.
- Proven experience leading employee relations teams and developing high-performing colleagues.
- Strong experience managing complex and sensitive employee relations cases.
- Experience supporting organisational change, restructures, consultations, and redundancy programmes.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the credibility to partner with senior leaders.
- Experience developing HR policies, governance frameworks, and people processes.
- Strong analytical and reporting capability with a data-driven approach.
- A pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset with strong professional judgement.
- Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience within a unionised environment.
- Experience in the public, charity, cultural, education, or not-for-profit sectors.
We Offer
- Salary of £60,000 - £70,000 per annum.
- Hybrid working environment.
- 35-hour working week.
- Opportunity to build and lead a newly established Employee Relations & Advisory function.
- Exposure to strategic people projects and organisational change initiatives.
- A supportive and values-driven culture.
- Excellent opportunities for professional growth and development.
- The chance to make a meaningful impact within a nationally respected organisation.
About the Company
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