Employee Relations Advisor

We are currently recruiting for an Employee relations Advisor for a 12 month Fixed Term contract

Profile Summary

The ER Advisor is responsible for providing expert ER advice to line manager and the HR BP team and leading and supporting on ER cases across both MHI and MHBK.

**Responsibilities**:
Providing consistent specialist HR advice and guidance to managers and employees in line with Mizuho ER Policies across the full breadth of ER including;
- Managing and advising on disciplinaries, including;
- carrying out disciplinary investigations as appropriate and recommending to the HRBP if a disciplinary process should be instigated;
- leading and/or supporting on disciplinary hearings and advising on outcomes as appropriate.
- preparing all documentation to support these processes.
- Advising on and managing grievances including:

- exploring informal means of resolution where possible, including mediation facilitation
- carrying out grievance investigations as appropriate;
- supporting on grievance hearings and advising on outcomes as appropriate.
- preparing all documentation to support these processes
- Leading and advising on appeal cases (disciplinary and grievances, and flexible working appeals) and/or supporting the HRBP with the processes.
- Managing and overseeing absence management cases and partnering with the respective line manager to support them through the relevant processes.
- Partnering with the Services Team Lead to manage (where needed) and support DSAR requests, including drafting responses.
- Acting as the initial point of escalation from the line managers on ER matters.
- Lead on complex ER cases (including ET claims), escalating to the HRBP where necessary.
- Any other duties as reasonably assigned by the SD, HRBP

Dual Hat Authority
- Adhere to the Group’s Dual Hat Policies & Procedures, regulatory and compliance obligations and any other applicable policies made available to you, and as updated from time to time

Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Strong ER Advisory experience, fully conversant with UK (and preferably EMEA/MENA) employment legislation and best practice, with an understanding of HR systems
- CIPD qualified desirable but not essential
- Experience working in a fast paced environment
- Financial Services experience essential
- Experience in private practice desirable
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Well organised, with ability to work to tight deadlines and excellent attention to detail
- Team player

**At Mizuho, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.**

Mizuho Bank provides financial and strategic solutions for the increasingly diverse and sophisticated needs of international clients, focusing its efforts on serving major corporations, financial institutions, individuals and public sector entities. A relationship management approach to serving clients enables Mizuho Bank, together with group companies including Mizuho Trust & Banking and Mizuho Securities, to develop customised solutions in areas such as corporate, structured and project finance, transaction banking and risk management.

With 81 offices outside Japan, Mizuho Bank offers both local experience and the ability to progress careers across its global business network. Mizuho Bank is a subsidiary of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, Inc, one of the largest financial services companies in the world, with total assets of approximately US $1.8 trillion (as of March, 2016). Mizuho London Branch has over 850 employees, Mizuho Bank employs over 27,000 employees and is part of the Mizuho Financial