Employee Relations Advisor

Overview

As an Employee Relations Advisor at Pick Everard in Leicester, you provide practical guidance on complex ER matters, ensuring alignment with UK employment law and internal policies. You’ll support managers through investigations, policy interpretation, and risk assessment while promoting fair, confidential processes. The role sits in the People team and helps build a high-performance, inclusive culture. This opportunity appeals to those who enjoy mediating disputes, coaching leaders, and influencing policy development in a growing organisation.

Pay / Benefits

• Agile working
• Career and professional development
• Corporate social responsibility opportunities
• 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days
• Private healthcare
• Pension (stakeholder)

Responsibilities

• Advise managers on disciplinary, grievance, performance, conduct, attendance and long-term sickness absence matters, including complex cases.
• Provide clear, practical guidance on People policies, formal procedures and employment-related risks.
• Support fair and objective investigations, ensuring confidentiality, consistency and appropriate documentation.
• Promote positive working relationships through early intervention, mediation and pragmatic dispute resolution.
• Coach and upskill line managers to handle employee relations matters effectively.
• Contribute to development and continuous improvement of People policies, processes and value-adding projects.
• Provide ER support for organisational change, restructures and reorganisations as the business grows.
• Help strengthen a culture of high performance, inclusion and safety as a responsible employer.
• Support our mission to ‘Deliver Better Together’ by creating a diverse and welcoming workplace where everyone is empowered to contribute.

Key requirements

• Proven experience in an Employee Relations Advisor role or similar, handling varied and complex ER caseloads.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law, People policies and good practice.
• Experience advising on disciplinary, grievance, performance, attendance and long-term sickness absence matters.
• Sound understanding of conflict resolution, early intervention and mediation techniques.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with credibility to engage at all levels.
• Ability to conduct thorough, impartial investigations with confidentiality and integrity.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with ability to prioritise and progress multiple cases.
• Resilience, sound judgement and genuine passion for employee relations.
• A relevant CIPD qualification, or active progress towards one (desirable).
• Interpersonal communication
• Conflict resolution
• Stakeholder management
• UK employment law
• People policies and good practice
• Investigation and documentation

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