About the Role
This role is central to maintaining a cohesive and positive working environment within the HR team, so being hands-on and ready to help with whatever comes up is essential. This is a great opportunity for any individual who wants to make a direct impact on people and culture.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage a high-volume and complex ER caseload end-to-end, including disciplinary, grievance, performance, absence, and other employee matters
- Lead fair, thorough, and legally compliant investigations, producing clear findings and outcome recommendations
- Provide practical, risk-based advice and direction to managers, enabling confident and timely decision-making
- Ensure cases are managed consistently and resolved within appropriate timeframes
- Maintain accurate, detailed, and audit-ready case documentation
- Identify trends and root causes within ER activity and recommend proactive solutions
- Lead the drafting, review, and implementation of employment policies, ensuring alignment with UK employment legislation and best practice
- Develop and maintain a suite of supporting documentation, including: Manager guidance documents, Step-by-step process flows, Template letters (e.g. invitations, outcomes, warnings), Manager scripts and conversation guides
- Ensure all materials are clear, practical, and user-friendly, driving consistency in application
- Regularly review and update policies and materials based on legislative changes, ER case trends, and feedback from managers and stakeholders
- Design, develop, and deliver a structured ER and policy training programme for managers across the business
- Lead the end-to-end rollout of training, including content creation, delivery (virtual and face-to-face) & valuation of effectiveness
- Equip managers to confidently handle disciplinary and grievance processes, absence and performance management, and complex and sensitive employee situations
- Monitor and analyse ER trends and provide data-driven insights and recommendations
- Proactively identify opportunities to reduce risk and improve people management practices
- Ensure all ER and policy activity aligns with legal requirements and organisational standards
- Contribute to wider HR initiatives and projects to support the delivery of an integrated HR service
Requirements
- Strong working knowledge of UK employment law, policies, and best practice
- Proven experience managing a high-volume ER caseload independently
- Demonstrable experience in drafting employment policies and ER documentation
- Experience creating manager toolkits, templates, letters, and guidance materials
- Proven ability to design and deliver manager training programmes at scale
- Ability to translate complex legal requirements into clear, practical guidance
- Strong judgement with the ability to provide balanced, risk-based advice
- Highly organised with the ability to manage competing priorities autonomously
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across all levels
- Experience working with trade unions is beneficial but not essential
Skills
- Employee Relations
- Policy Development
- UK Employment Law
- Case Management
- Training Design
- Stakeholder Management
- Influencing
Location
- London – Heathrow
Work Type
- 1 Year fixed Term
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Education Level
- CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience)
Benefits
- 28 days of annual leave (excluding public holidays)
- Aviva Medical Cover
- YuLife – Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments, promotion of health and wellbeing along with daily quests to gain Yu coins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers
- A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities for career progression
- Cycle to work scheme
- Pension with Aviva
- Achievers – Employee Recognition Platform and discount of everyday shopping!
About the Company
- Vanderlande is the global market leader in automation systems and solutions for customers within the Airports, Parcel & Warehousing sectors striving to improve the competitiveness of our customers through Value Added logistic process automation.
- We are the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports – from London Heathrow to Singapore Changi – and in the parcel market for leading players such as UPS and FedEx. Furthermore, we are also a leading supplier of solutions for warehousing giants, including Walmart, which seamlessly integrate innovative systems, intelligent software, and life-cycle services.
Equal Opportunity
- Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age marital status or disability status.
- If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, we are always happy to discuss or explore, any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.
