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Employee Relations & Engagement Specialist

Remote | Field-based | Nationwide travel

Our client is a people-led organisation with a strong heritage and a genuine commitment to creating a positive, inclusive workplace. They are now looking to appoint an experienced Employee Relations & Engagement Specialist to support their continued growth and to help shape best-practice people initiatives across the business.

This is a field-based role requiring regular travel across the UK, providing hands-on ER support and partnering closely with HR colleagues and operational leaders.

The Role

The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor on the employment relationship, championing fair and consistent employee relations practices. You will play a key role in developing clear, compliant policies and processes, contributing to engagement-focused projects, and promoting best practice across the wider group.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver high-quality, pragmatic advice on employee relations and engagement matters, ensuring alignment with employment legislation and business objectives

  • Work collaboratively with HR specialists to support initiatives across Employee Relations, Wellbeing, Diversity & Inclusion and Reward

  • Review, develop and maintain policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance and cultural alignment

  • Contribute to HR and cross-functional projects, supporting continuous improvement and engagement

  • Manage group BAU ER activity, including complex casework and escalations

  • Design and deliver ER training to upskill HR teams and people managers

  • Support external employment solicitors with tribunal cases, including preparation and settlement discussions where appropriate

  • Provide on-site ER support for high-risk or urgent issues across the estate, often at short notice

Success Measures

  • Consistent, legally compliant ER practices embedded across the business

  • Improved compliance and risk mitigation in employee relations matters

  • Effective use of ER data (e.g. tribunals, disciplinaries, redundancies) to identify trends and develop line manager capability

Skills & Experience Required

  • Strong background in providing commercially focused ER advice on complex and escalated cases

  • Proven experience managing Employment Tribunal cases

  • Experience working with Trade Unions and handling dispute resolution

  • Track record of creating and delivering ER-related training

  • Confident communicator with strong influencing and presentation skills

  • Highly organised with excellent planning and analytical abilities

  • Resilient, adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced, field-based role

  • IT-literate

  • Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle

Benefits 

  • Competitive Salary 
  • Collaborative environment
  • 25 days holiday, plus 8 days bank holiday
  • Charity fundraising events
  • Educational sponsorship
  • Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
  • Long service awards
  • Reward & recognition

 


Location: national | Salary: | Job type: Permanent | Posted: 04/02/2026

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