Employee Relations Adviser

About the Role
The Employee Relations Advisor will work as part of the Employee Relations and Policy team, specifically supporting the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, helping to enhance the people management practices and the interpretation and implementation of relevant HR policies and procedures.

This is a permanent role and is primarily based at our Department W office, 81 Mile End Road, London, with a need to visit, occasional, our other sites within the London area. This role is offered with the opportunity for hybrid (i.e., a mixture of home based and office) working.

The role holder will operate with a supportive and proactive approach while providing appropriate and timely advice and guidance to managers in effectively dealing with their day-to-day people management issues.

About You
You are confident, people-focused professional with a strong understanding of employee relations and a passion for creating fair, inclusive, and productive workplaces. You bring sound judgment, a calm and solutions-oriented approach, and the ability to handle employee relation matters sensitively and with discretion. You will have:

• Proven experience in employee relations, HR advisory, or a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of employment law, HR policies, and best practice.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust at all levels.
• A proactive, pragmatic mindset and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Confidence in advising and coaching managers through challenging situations.
• A collaborative approach, with a commitment to continuous improvement and positive outcomes.

About the Department
The ER Team sits within the HR Directorate which itself sits within the University’s Professional Services that enable and facilitate the success of our students and academics. Along with other professional service areas the HR Directorate seeks to deliver value for money through efficiency, economy, effectiveness and equity.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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