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ER Specialist (3-6 Months, with Potential Extension)
Location: Surrey (travel required across multiple sites around Surrey and the Kent/London borders - driving licence and own car essential)
Salary: 55,000
We are seeking an experienced Employee Relations (ER) Specialist - Interim HR Manager to provide hands-on support for a 3-6 month period, with the potential for extension. This role will focus on delivering a proactive and robust HR service, with a strong emphasis on employee relations casework across multiple sites in Surrey.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead on complex employee relations cases, including disciplinaries, grievances, appeals, and absence management, ensuring compliance with employment law and internal policies.
- Provide expert advice and coaching to managers on all ER matters, building their capability in effective people management.
- Support organisational change initiatives, including restructures, redundancies, and consultations.
- Drive consistency and fairness in ER processes across the organisation.
- Collaborate with senior leaders to ensure HR strategies align with business objectives.
- Manage and mitigate risk through strong understanding of employment legislation and effective case management.
- Maintain accurate and compliant records of all ER activity.
- Support HR projects and contribute to the development of HR policies and procedures.
Requirements:
- Proven experience managing complex employee relations casework in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong and up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
- Excellent communication, coaching, and influencing skills.
- Confident working autonomously and travelling across multiple sites.
- Full driving licence and access to own car.
- CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent experience) desirable.
Huntress Search Ltd acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles.
We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.
PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
