Senior Employee Relations Advisor

Hybrid in UK Wide Role·Full-time·Added 11 days ago (last checked 2 Oct)

Mitie

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Overview

Job details

Full-time
Per the ad.
Hybrid
Office and home days — the ad has the split.
Apply by Monday 2 November
The date the employer’s listing closes.

Requirements

Be near UK Wide Role for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.
Have senior-level experience
Senior-level role.

Skills

Nice to have

Cipd

Requirements

What we're looking for

Proven Employee Relations experience, managing complex cases including disciplinary, grievance, capability, absence and organisational change matters.
Strong knowledge of employment law and the ability to provide pragmatic, risk-based ER advice.
Experience influencing and coaching managers and senior stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes.
Commercially minded, balancing legal compliance with business needs.
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to handle sensitive situations confidently.
Ability to identify ER trends and recommend practical solutions to improve consistency and reduce risk.
CIPD Level 5 desirable (or willingness to work towards) and confident using Microsoft Office applications.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Hybrid working arrangement with a collaborative and supportive People Team.
Exposure to a diverse range of employee relations cases across both public and private sector contracts.
Opportunities for professional development and further CIPD study support.

The role

Senior Employee Relations Advisor

What you'll do

Act as a trusted Employee Relations expert, providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice on complex, sensitive and high-risk cases, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, absence management and organisational change matters.
Provide expert guidance to managers and stakeholders, ensuring employee relations issues are managed fairly, consistently and in line with employment legislation, company policy and best practice.
Drive continuous improvement by identifying case trends, root causes and opportunities to reduce risk, ensuring lessons learned are embedded across the business.
Coach and support managers through Employee Relations processes, building confidence and capability in managing people matters effectively and achieving positive outcomes.
Develop, review and maintain Employee Relations policies, procedures and guidance, ensuring a legally compliant and consistent approach across the organisation.
Share Employee Relations expertise across the team through coaching, mentoring and knowledge-sharing activities, helping to strengthen ER capability and best practice.
Deliver an exceptional stakeholder experience by providing responsive, professional and solutions-focused Employee Relations support at all levels of the business.

How you'll work

Location: UK Wide (Requirement to be in the office in Birmingham once a month)
Shift: 37.5 Hours, Monday to Friday

About Mitie

Mitie serves more than 3,000 customers across the public and private sectors, from banks and retailers to hospitals, schools and critical government strategic assets, and reported £5.6bn revenue in FY26 with 77,500 people.

The company takes care of its customers' people and buildings by delivering core services and deploying advanced technology, and it also publishes insights such as its Net Zero Navigator and ESG reporting, having operated at net zero for Scope 1 and 2 emissions by the end of FY25 under its Plan Zero programme.

Industry: Facilities management
Employees: 77,500
In the UK: Glasgow
Website: mitie.com

In their own words

About the company & team

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. This is an exciting opportunity for an ER professional who is passionate about delivering expert advice, resolving complex workplace issues and helping managers navigate employee relations matters with confidence. Focusing exclusively on Employee Relations, you'll use your expertise to support a wide range of complex and sensitive cases, influence positive outcomes and play a key role in driving fair, consistent and commercially focused people practices across the business.

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