Employee Relations Consultant

2 months ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Bupa Full time

**Employee Relations Consultant**

**6 Month Fixed term contract**

**Full time **_37.5 hours per week _

**Location is flexible - **Dental Vantage Park, Bristol, BS16 1GW or Manchester or Leeds but with requirement to travel to Bristol 1 a month

**Salary range **£27,300 - £35,000 dependent on experience + fantastic benefits

Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

Working in our support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care.

No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.

**Role Overview**

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Employee Relations Consultant to be part of our friendly and supportive Manager Advice Team in Bristol. Using your employee relations knowledge, you will be providing effective, commercial advice and coaching managers across all levels and different business units at Bupa.

You will proactively manage a varied and complex case load of around 60 cases which arrives via ServiceNow our online system. You will partner with managers and give guidance to help them effectively resolve their people issues ensuring timely and commercially focussed resolutions

**What you’ll do**:

- Work as part of a team managing a broad and varied complex caseload across all Bupa provision businesses in order to bring cases to an effective conclusion
- Ensure all cases are advised on and managed in line with company policies and procedures and relevant legislation
- Coach and influence managers of varying seniority across the business
- Escalate high risk cases or non-conformation of process in a timely manner to the Advice Team Manager in line with the internal escalation process.
- Maintain and promote relationships whilst working collaboratively with the wider People team
- Provide accurate and timely advice taking into account the business and commercial requirements on all aspects of employment law including: Disciplinary/Grievance, Discrimination, Whistleblowing etc.
- Provide seamless interface to other service providers such as Occupational Health, Employment Legal and Bupa’s income protection insurance provider
- Project work in collaboration with other areas of Bupa, as advised by the Advice Team Manager.

**What you’ll bring**:

- Significant and demonstrable experience managing multiple complex employee relations cases
- CIPD level 5 or comparable business experience
- Exposure to a wide range of Employee Relations issues
- Excellent written and communication skills with the ability to provide concise and clear advice
- Knowledge of current employment law
- Working knowledge of ServiceNow or a comparable case management system would be advantageous

**Why Bupa?**

We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.

Our benefits are driven by what matters to our people. It’s important to us that these benefits support a work-life balance that keeps people healthy, both mentally and physically. As an ER Consultant, you’ll be eligible for:

- 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
- Access to Bupa Viva Health Benefits
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
- Various other benefits and online discounts

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Bupa is committed to making sure that every applicant is assessed solely on personal merit and qualifications. We actively celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and provide an inclusive environment so you can bring your true self to Bupa. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly regardless of disability or circumstance. That’s why we’re happy to offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Whether you’ve found your feet or are discovering a new path.

Welcome to a place that celebrates you.

This isn’t where you've been.

This is where you're going.

This is what we have belief in.

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