Senior Employee Relations Specialist

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

The Senior Employee & Labour Relations (ELR) Partner UK & Ireland is responsible for building strong relationships between employees and managers. The role takes a proactive approach to Employee & Labour Relations by supporting managers, identifying trends, recommending solutions that address root cause of issues, and partnering with leadership on the execution of key strategies while maintaining a neutral position.  The ELR Partner works directly with leaders, managers and employees to provide advice and coach both parties on all Employee Relations issues.

Flexible working arrangement, the role can be office-based or remote, but occasional travel to the Watford office and Ireland will be required.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Partner with managers and HR colleagues to provide expert guidance on a range of employee relations matters, including performance management, disciplinary actions, restructuring, and conflict resolution
• Support investigations and provide advice on legal and policy-related issues, ensuring compliance with company standards and employment law
• Assess and resolve complex employee relations cases, ensuring consistency and alignment across business groups and adherence to Medtronic's policies and practices
• Act as a trusted advisor and single point of contact for employee relations matters, ensuring clear, timely, and effective communication
• Promote a fair, consistent, and positive work culture by reinforcing equitable application of policies and procedures
• Collaborate with HR and business leaders to identify trends, mitigate risks, and enhance the employee experience

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Experience working in an HR environment
• Strong and up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law (knowledge of Irish employment legislation is an advantage)
• Ability to work independently and manage priorities effectively, with remote support from the ELR team.
• Strong emotional intelligence, with the ability to build trusted relationships quickly with key stakeholders
• Confidence to have difficult conversations and to challenge or push back when necessary

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

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Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

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