Senior Employee Relations and Change Specialist

2 weeks ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom The Guide Dogs for The Blind Full time

At Guide Dogs, we are committed to creating a workplace culture that enables employees to thrive and contribute to the organisation's mission. This role plays a critical part in achieving this goal by providing a business-focussed Employee Relations (ER) service and person-centred wellbeing focus to managers and staff.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide expert ER advice and guidance to managers and staff on complex employee relations issues
  • Lead or support change management initiatives to drive organisational change and improve wellbeing
  • Develop and implement strategies to promote a positive workplace culture and employee engagement
  • Collaborate with HR teams to ensure compliance with employment law and best practices

We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, life assurance, and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. Our Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package, and discounts and cashback scheme demonstrate our commitment to caring for our people. Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity, and good practice.

Requirements
  • Adept at handling complex ER issues and 2+ years' experience in ER case management and change management initiatives
  • Strong understanding of employment law and HR and Change best practices
  • Demonstrable coaching/mediation or facilitation skills
  • Experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
  • Strong data analysis skills to track trends in employee relations and wellbeing


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