Employee Relations Adviser

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. You'll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO's partners to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. Reporting to the Employee Relations Manager you will support and provide expert ER advice, tools and guidance to generalist, other HRD teams and business areas, enabling high quality professional advice and guidance to the business on all ER issues, people policies and formal processes. You will have pragmatic case management ownership and advise on all employee relations issues, including (but not limited to): probation, performance, sickness absence management, student termination meetings, flexible working requests, disciplinary issues, grievance and other ad hoc ER issues . You'll also:

• Support ER Managers and ER Assistant Managers in complex case meetings, organisational change programme activity, DSAR's and tribunal claims
• Support ER Managers with ER budget tasks and ER management information reporting to analyse ER trends
• Pragmatic application of employment legislation to avoid litigation against the Firm
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with managers/ partners in relevant business areas as the main point of contact for ER issues for the wider HR team
• Support the ER Manager in the development and updating of people policies in line with legislative requirements, firm business objectives, culture and value
  
  Strong ER generalist experience within a relevant environment
• Proven experience and ability to set up and support ER meetings; being able to take proficient notes and provide on the spot advice.
• A willingness to travel across UK to support cases as and when required.
• Proven experience of pragmatic and commercial application of business aligned ER solutions
• Good knowledge of employment legislation and external best practice trends.
• Strong understanding of how ER matters impact commercial operations and vice versa.
• Proven experience of interacting with and influencing senior stakeholders
• Ability and confidence to understand when to escalate more complex issues to ER Manager.
• CIPD qualified (ER specific) (preferred)
• Project management experience. (preferred)
• Experience of writing outcome letters, succinct reports and recommendation papers to senior stakeholders. (preferred)
  
  We're BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today's changing world.
We work with the companies that are Britain's economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high-growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams leading them. We'll broaden your horizons Our greatest asset is our people, so our HR team focus on ensuring we are all reaching our potential. They use their specialist expertise to help us attract great talent, enable our employees to succeed and inspire a unified culture of development across our firm. By playing a role in the recruitment and management of our people, they help change lives and influence the future of BDO. Join a driven and passionate team where you can be yourself, while also helping your colleagues to achieve their ambitions., At BDO, we'll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. We're in it together Mutual support and respect is one of BDO's core values and we're proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we'll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you'll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value and satisfying experiences at work, so we've invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO's people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we'll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you'll never stop learning at BDO.