Employee Relations Business Partner

Employee Relations Business Partner Yeovil – Circa £40,000 – Full time – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover)

If you're an experienced HR professional with a strong employee relations background looking for a meaty interim role where you can make a genuine impact, this could be a fantastic opportunity. Well Placed HR is working with a well-established organisation based in Yeovil that is looking for a capable and confident Employee Relations Business Partner to cover a period of maternity leave for an initial period of 12 months.

Reporting to the HR Director, this is a broad and genuinely varied role covering the full employee relations remit, including:

- Managing the ER caseload efficiently, leading all disciplinary and grievance investigations and hearings, and ensuring performance improvement plans are in place and followed through.

- Absence management, including liaison with occupational health on all long-term absences, and ensuring the business meets its targets and obligations.

- Ensuring company policies are up to date, providing people managers with employment law guidance and keeping the business informed of legislative changes as they arise.

- Overseeing payroll processing across both four weekly and salaried payrolls, alongside benefits administration and ensuring all HMRC routines are completed accurately and on time.

- Leading employee engagement initiatives, carrying out annual employee surveys and producing action plans by function to drive continuous improvement.

- Ensuring full audit compliance across HR and ethical audits, including SMETA, BRC, SEDEX and retailer specific standards.

- Supporting recruitment activity, right to work verification, offer administration and onboarding processes.

- Contributing to the wider HR strategy, leading the Mental Health First Aid strategy and playing an active role in shaping the people agenda in line with business objectives.

The ideal candidate will be CIPD qualified at Level 5 or 7, with at least two years HR generalist experience, ideally gained within a blue collar or operational environment. You'll be a confident communicator who is equally comfortable advising on complex ER matters and rolling up your sleeves on the transactional side of the role. The ability to manage a genuinely multi-faceted workload, prioritise effectively and operate with credibility at every level of the business is essential. A creative, dynamic personality with the drive to take initiative and make things happen will fit the culture here perfectly.

This is an on-site role based in Yeovil with flexible start and finish times. If you're an experienced HR professional who is available for an immediate or near immediate start and is looking for a role where your contribution will be visible and valued from day one, I'd encourage you to apply.

This vacancy is being managed by Carly Kellow and the reference is CK11190.

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This role may also be of interest to those with experience or job titles including: Employee Relations Business Partner, HR Business Partner, HR Manager, Senior HR Advisor, HR Generalist, People Business Partner, ER Specialist, HR Operations Manager, Employment Relations Manager or Senior HR Officer seeking a fixed term or interim HR opportunity in Somerset.

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