Employee Relations Specialist - 37111751 (1132)

Join a globally respected automotive manufacturer as an Employee Relations Specialist in Birmingham, supporting the development of a positive and engaging workplace culture. This role focuses on managing employee relations matters, coaching managers, and delivering initiatives that enhance morale, performance, and compliance. You'll handle complex HR cases, lead training, and provide expert guidance on policies and employee engagement strategies. Ideal for experienced HR professionals, this opportunity offers the chance to influence people practices within a prestigious, fast-paced organisation.

• Employee Relations work is focused on promoting a positive workplace environment through employee communication and engagement including:
• Implementing measures to increase employee morale, motivation and satisfaction, while reducing turnover (e.g., employee engagement surveys, work lifestyle programs, on-boarding programs, diversity and inclusion programs and training, etc.)
• Coaching managers and employees through the performance management process
• Conducting training sessions for managers to improve employee relations and people skills
• Managing employee relations issues (e.g., investigating employee and/or supervisor complaints regarding conduct, performance, or attendance, mediation between employees, monitoring diversity/equal employment opportunity program compliance, etc.)
• HR-specific communications (e.g., employment terms and conditions, company codes of conduct, workforce reductions, etc.)

• Managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision.
• Coaching and reviewing the work of lower level professionals.
• Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex.

• Employee Relations focuses on HR and employee issues.
• Incumbents responsible for business communications for employees should be matched to Employee Communications specialization in the Communications & Corporate Affairs job family.
• The communications component of Employee Relations is specific to HR-related issues only.