Employee Relations Specialist

1 month ago


Dover, United Kingdom Veolia Full time

Salary - Competitive, plus Veolia benefits including company car, enhance pension and generous bonus scheme
Location - UK South, with travel and hybrid working
Hours - 40 hours Monday to Friday

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you:

- Access to our company pension scheme

- Discounts on a range of well known retailers and such things as groceries

- Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to

- 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household

- One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community

- Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What you'll be doing:

We are looking for an experienced Employee Relations Specialist to join our Municipal Employee Relations Team. The successful candidate will cover sites predominantly across the South area of England, covering Municipal and Waste contracts. You will act as the first point of contact for line managers on employee relations matters, providing specialist advice and solutions in line with current legislation. This will include but not limited to disciplinary, grievances, investigations, restructures and capability.

The Employee Relations Team has developed a challenging employee relations strategy by a team of HR professionals across the UK who work closely with our operational managers. Collectively we make a real difference in the Veolia business.

In this role, you will get exposure to many different aspects of the Municipal business as the role is set in a diverse environment offering you the opportunity to be both a strategic ER partner working side by side with all of our Municipal business areas.

For the right candidate, this position offers a great challenge and an amazing opportunity to be part of a fantastic journey developing your own career in a professional work environment. This is a role for a candidate with drive, energy and enthusiasm who can work independently and as part of a team and who thrives on complex challenging and high volume work activity.

This post will involve travel within the region with the occasional trip further afield for team development days which may involve overnight stays.

What we're looking for:

  • Level 7 CIPD or equivalent qualification. Chartered member of CIPD or working towards this with evidence of continuous professional development.
  • Previous experience in an HR Generalist or ER role within a unionised and regulated environment.
  • Proven ER experience including advising on complex disciplinary and grievance issues with the ability to apply the relevant legal principles and risk assessment.
  • Currently working in a comparable operational environment acting as an ER partner managing complex case work.
  • Experience of supporting large scale organisational change and restructuring programmes including TUPE, redundancy and contractual variations.
  • Experience of partnering with trade unions and a good understanding of the trade union framework and collective bargaining including pay negotiations.
  • Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to interact across all levels of management.
  • Strong attention to detail, problem-solving ability and ability to deliver results to demanding deadlines.
  • Experience of mediating disputes and bringing matters to a positive conclusion.
  • Previous experience of advising and guiding senior stakeholders on a range of people matters in a comparable work environment.

If you feel that you'd be a great fit for this role, then we'd like to find out more about you.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation to work for two years in a row This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.



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