Employee Relations Specialist - Birmingham, United Kingdom - SSP

SSP

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the Role:

About the Role:

Providing professional front-line employee relations advice and support to Management Teams on all aspects of employee relations, colleague welfare, performance management, people policies, data protection & right to work legislation.

What you'll be Doing:

A Specialist will either have existing experience or will be trained in the following areas. Training is ongoing based on the need to adapt our policies and processes to changing regulations. Specialists will be expected to network and review latest legal updates to ensure their knowledge remains current.

Employee Relations

To provide professional, balanced and expert advice and support to line managers at all levels within the business

This will include:

ACAS guidelines
Performance Management
Disciplinary Process, incl. case analysis
Grievances, incl. resignation in haste/complaints
Whistleblowing, incl. management of our international case management system
Appeals
ACAS Early Conciliation
Tribunal case preparation and management

People Policies:

To have expert knowledge of our various people policies and guides, to provide advice and support on the following:
Maternity/Adoption/Paternity/Shared Parental Leave/Parental Leave
Compassionate Leave / Dependency Leave / Force Majeure Leave
Equality & Diversity
Attendance Management:
Unauthorised Absence & Some Other Substantial Reason (SOSR)
Absence Without Leave (AWOL)
Short-Term Absence incl. Intermittent absence
Long-Term Absence incl. Occupational Health case management
Reasonable Adjustments
Illhealth Terminations

Right to Work in the UK:

To have an excellent knowledge of the regulations relating to checking right to work in the UK and to provide support on the following:
Completing checks on eligibility to Work in the UK, Ireland and Guernsey
Visa renewals & appeals
Employer sponsorship visas
Training line managers on RTW validation using Rightcheck

Data Protection:

To have a good understanding of the General Data Protection Regulations to support the following areas:
Subject Access Requests (SARS)
Right to be Forgotten requests
Personal Details Correction
Privileged communications
Data Protection policies
ICO contact
Data breaches

Employment Legislation:

To be able to support front line managers with employment issues relating to:
Working Time Regulations, incl. Child & Young Workers
Fixed term contracts
Probation periods
Hour's consultations
Redundancy consultations
Flexible working

To be Successful in this role you will need:

Essential:

Uptodate knowledge of HR legislation and best practice
Great listener
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Good administrative and IT skills
Experience in letter writing
Ability to build key working relationships and influence colleagues at all levels

Desirable: