Employee Relations Partner

**Contract: Permanent, 30 hours per week over 4 or 5 days**

**Closing Date: 4th November**

**Based at our Nottingham Support Office with occasional travel to stores**

**About the role**

You will work as one of a team of Employee Relations Partners, supporting Boots Opticians.

**Responsibilities**
- You will partner Boots Opticians, regularly partnering with their HR and Senior Leadership team.
- You will enable the organisation to move towards the ER vision of empowered leaders by delivering appropriate ER upskilling sessions for business leaders and you will share learnings, insights and data to influence policy, ensure consistency of approach and to encourage appropriate proactive employment practices.
- You will provide advice and support on how to manage complex ER cases and be an escalation point for the PeoplePoint team.
- You will act as an ER Lead on designated projects / initiatives and will lead the thinking and advise on approach as well as being manage the implementation of the ER plan. Using a suite of precedents, you will be responsible for compiling the relevant documentation used to support the projects.
- You will work with leaders at all levels within the Boots Opticians business.
- You will liaise with and support the legal team with Employment Tribunal claims received in respect of Boots Opticians.

**What you’ll need to have**

These are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed in this role.
- You’ll have a background in HR/ER, with experience of managing a portfolio of complex ER cases, including disciplinary, grievance, performance management and capability issues.
- You’ll have strong influencing, communication and coaching skills.
- You will be commercially aware and will use this along with your understanding of people issues to provide sound advice in relation to business initiatives and ER cases.
- You will also need to have the ability to plan and prioritise as well as good project management and IT skills.

**It would be great if you also have**
- A working knowledge of TUPE and redundancy legislation would be advantageous.
- Mediation experience would be advantageous.
- Professional membership of CIPD level 5 or equivalent qualification.

**Our benefits**
- Boots Retirement Savings Plan
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Generous employee discounts
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
- Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.
- Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. _Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate._

**Why Boots**

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better.

**What's next**

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

**Business Area**
- Support Office

**Function**
- HR

**Keywords**
- ER Partner; ER Specialist; ER manager; employee relations

**Hours per week**
- 30

**Latitude,longitude 1**
- 52.927182,-1.183948

**Is this a Global Brands req?**
- No

**Airport**
- No

**Company**
- Non Stores

**Division**
- Non Stores

**Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?**
- No

**Region**
- East Midlands

**Area**
- East Midlands (non stores)

**Store**
- Nottingham Support Office

**Req Posted Date**
- 21-Oct-2024

**County**
- Nottinghamshire

**Country**
- UK

**Address 1**
- Recruitment Service Centre (D94)

**Address 2**
- Thane Road

**Address 3**
- Nottingham