Labour and Employee Relations Advisor

**Bring more to life.**
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life. Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us - working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

The Employee Relations (ER) Advisor presents a great opportunity for a HR professional who is looking to specialise in ER. This role will be required to build relationships and ensure compliance with employment law and company policy and will provide guidance and support to People Leaders across all Cytiva sites on all aspects of first-line ER relating to disciplinary, Confidential - Company Proprietary grievance, performance management, absence management, flexible working and probation.

This position will initially report to the Labour and Employee Relations Director for the UK and Ireland and is part of the Cytiva Global Labour and Employee Relations Centre of Expertise. Within time, the report will report into the Employee Relations Specialist for the UK and Ireland.

**What you will do**:

- Provide expert guidance and advice to managers on a wide range of ER matters.
- Ensure compliance with employment law and legislation, company policy and the ACAS Code of Practice.
- Handle a varied caseload relating to ER matters, including disciplinary investigations, disciplinary hearings, grievance hearings, performance management, flexible working, absence management and probation.
- Provide training and coaching to support managers on ER policy and process
- Support with administering and preparing case management documentation that include drafting outcome letters, investigation reports and performance improvement plans.

**Who you are**:

- You will have experience in dealing with ER related matters and have provided advice and guidance to managers on ER casework. It could be that you have undertaken previous roles at a HR Advisor / HR Generalist and have dealt with ER casework but now looking to progress your career to specialise within ER.
- You will have a good understanding of employment law and best practice in the United Kingdom with a commitment to staying informed on the latest legal developments
- You will have excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and progress a high volume of casework to successful resolution.
- You must have a valid driving licence with an acceptable driving record. The role requires travel to all Cytiva sites within the United Kingdom (up to 50%), as and when the need arises.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.