Employee Relations Advisor

Based at our beautiful Head Office in Datchet, Slough, SL3 9JT, Atlas is looking for an enthusiastic Employee Relations (ER) Advisor to complement our existing team.  

As part of the ER Team, you will be responsible for advising on a full spectrum of employee relations cases ranging from absence management to disciplinaries to flexible working requests.  You will lead case management discussions, ensuring the professional and fair management of cases, whilst coaching and mentoring managers as advocates of the Atlas’ Values.

The ER Team is an integral part of the business, supporting our operational teams to ensure a professional, fair and consistent approach is taken to our policies and procedures, minimizing risk, and promoting a positive ER culture within the business.

As part of the wider HR team, this role is key as we continue our journey to deliver a best-in-class HR offering to the business and our employees.

No two days are ever the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include: 

 

• Leading on the management of all Employee Relations cases, which will vary in complexity, risk and volume.  

• Managing a diverse caseload, inclusive of dispute resolutions, disciplinaries, grievances, absence management, retirements, redundancies and any employment litigation claims.   

• Providing prompt and comprehensive advice to managers on employee relation matters and collaborating with our legal partners as required.   

• Coaching and mentoring line managers on effective approaches to handling issues.   

• Ensuring adherence to company procedures, policies, and requirements across the company.   

• Gathering pertinent facts for each case to ensure accurate advice. 

• Reviewing and advising on case evidence, notes, and procedural correspondence, together with supporting operational teams in meetings and hearings as necessary.   

• Drafting HR-related correspondence on behalf of managers.   

• Fostering and maintaining strong working relationships with key stakeholders.    

• Ensuring the timely progression of all cases through effective tracking, providing weekly and periodic reporting on case statistics and case work updates. 

• Collating, analysing and reporting on data to identify trends and providing pro-active resolutions. 

• Supporting the wider HR team with the delivery of leadership initiatives. 

• Identifying opportunities for improving policies and procedures.   

• Assisting with TUPE transfer processes, both incoming and outgoing.   

• Interfacing with Trade Unions  

• Contribute to ad hoc projects as part of the people strategy.   

 

Our ER Advisors report to the HR Business Partner for ER & Tupe for support and guidance.  We have a variety of internal bespoke systems that you will use together with the standard Microsoft suite of programs (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).