Employee Relations Manager

Job overview

Are you an experienced Employee Relations professional looking to shape a high‑performing, forward‑thinking ER service? Do you thrive in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment where you can influence culture, improve capability, and make a real difference to staff experience? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We are seeking a proactive and highly skilled Employee Relations Manager to join our People & OD team. Working closely with the Head of Employee Relations, you will lead on complex employee relations matters, ensuring that cases are managed effectively.

You will act as a specialist advisor on a full range of ER matters including complex disciplinary, grievance, performance, absence, and workplace conflict cases.

This is a fantastic opportunity to shape ER practice, influence organisational culture, and ensure managers are skilled, confident, and supported to deal effectively with people management issues.

Main duties of the job

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing specialist advice and guidance to managers on complex employee relations cases.
• Managing and supporting investigations, hearings and appeals.
• Providing specialist employment law and policy advice to managers at all levels.
• Designing and delivering ER-related training for managers and HR colleagues.
• Supporting the delivery of resolution-based approaches, restorative practice, and Just Culture.
• Developing ER policies, processes, and resources, and enhancing intranet guidance for managers.
• Working with divisions to identify ER trends, hotspots, and opportunities for intervention.
• Championing inclusive, fair, and values-led leadership behaviours across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description  and personal specification for a full list of responsibilities of the role

Please reach out to Dominika Kimber (Head of Employee Relations) [email protected] if you wish to discuss this role.