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About the Role

As an Employee Relations Specialist, you will make a significant contribution to Westminster's success by providing expert guidance on employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, performance, and wellbeing. You will help managers navigate complex issues, ensure legally compliant outcomes, and offer advice on employment legislation, HR, and best practices. This role involves leading projects, preparing for Employment Tribunals, interpreting policies, and developing HR policies and employment practices.

Responsibilities

Provide expert guidance on employee relations including disciplinary, grievance, performance and wellbeing matters.
Help managers navigate a range of challenging issues.
Ensure fair, consistent and legally compliant outcomes.
Offer carefully considered guidance on employment legislation, HR and best practice.
Lead, deliver and contribute to a range of projects.
Work with legal to prepare responses and witness statements for Employment Tribunals.
Interpret policies and procedures for line managers.
Help managers meet their legal, procedural and development requirements.
Devise and implement tailored solutions to a range of complex subjects.
Lead on the development and review of HR policies and employment practices.
Work with managers and the HR team to ensure operational issues are identified.
Provide updates and information relating to the development of the latest HR strategies and initiatives.
Make recommended changes to HR policies and employment practices.
Keep up to date with the latest developments in employment legislation, EC directives, codes of practice and related matters.
Maintain knowledge of HR policies and procedures, employment law and relevant case law.
Ensure the council complies with its statutory responsibilities.
Support and promote the equality and diversity agenda.

Requirements

Well-developed experience of working in the HR function of a unionised local authority or other multi-service organisation.
Experience advising on issues such as discipline, grievance, sick absence, performance management and redundancy.
In-depth knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
Proactive approach to responsibilities.
Capable of working to deadlines and targets.
Ability to focus on a large number of cases and projects simultaneously.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to develop positive working relationships with managers and trade union representatives at all levels.
Superb research, analytical and organisational skills.
Ability to influence and persuade colleagues in a variety of situations.
Capable of working quickly and accurately under pressure.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to handle sensitive and complex cases with confidence and professionalism.
Ability to write clear reports.
Ability to make engaging presentations to a diverse range of audiences.
Confident user of IT, with a focus on Microsoft's suite of software.
Capable of planning and coordinating tasks.
Ability to make the best use of personal resources in achieving objectives.
Collaborative and inspirational coach, mentor and team worker.

Skills

Employee relations
Disciplinary matters
Grievance matters
Performance management
Wellbeing matters
Employment legislation
HR best practice
Project management
Employment Tribunals
Policy interpretation
HR policy development
HR policy review
Operational issue identification
HR strategies
HR initiatives
Equality and diversity
Communication skills
Interpersonal skills
Research skills
Analytical skills
Organisational skills
Influencing skills
Persuasion skills
Report writing
Presentation skills
Microsoft Office Suite
Task planning
Task coordination
Coaching
Mentoring
Teamwork

Location

Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP

Work Type

Fixed term
Full-time

Experience Level

Negotiable depending upon experience

Education Level

CIPD qualified
Post graduate qualification or similar in a related discipline
Equivalent practical experience in an organisation of similar size, scope and complexity

Salary/Compensations

£44,331 - £48,402 per annum

Benefits

Flexible working patterns
Agile working

About the Company

Corporate Services in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where passionate and expert professionals go above and beyond for their colleagues every day.
Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster.
Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future.
By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.
At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice.
We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve.
We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way.
As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways.

Equal Opportunity

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace.
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer.
We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve.
We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing.