Head of Employee Relations

What does the Head of Employee Relations do?

The Head of Employee Relations is responsible for designing, implementing and developing an ER strategy which is aligned with business needs, in order to ensure that the ER team meet their objectives. The Head of Employee Relations is tasked with creating a fair, respectful, diverse and high performance culture that enables employees to contribute their very best to the business.

Key Responsibilities for the Head of Employee Relations:

• Drive and oversee all employee relations initiatives within the organisation
• Lead on the employee relations aspects of proposed changes to the business structure
• Contribute to the development of the Human Resource function by developing an ER strategy that is aligned with business needs
• Advise and support all parts of the business on employee relations matters to ensure their effective management. Issues include: disciplinaries, grievances and performance issues.
• Advise and guide on pay related matters: pay reviews, reward projects, changes to pay related terms etc
• Keep up to date with current ER legislation and ensure this is updated in the companys Human Resource policies.
• Manage the employee relations team effectively to ensure objectives are met

Skills Required/Desired:

• Degree, full CIPD qualification or equivalent
• Experience of planning and delivering employee relations initiatives
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to work at both a strategic and operational level
• Ability to assess potential problems and make sound judgements around issues that may have an adverse effect on the business from an ER perspective
• Strong people management skills, gained through managing and developing teams
• Sensitive people skills: a high level of emotional intelligence; excellent interpersonal skills; a wide understanding of people issues
• Competent computer skills

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to demonstrate presence and credibility within the organisation
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels