Job Description

About the job.

We are recruiting for an experienced Employee Relations Advisor to join our HR team based in Birmingham. We have a flexible hybrid working approach, meaning the role will be a combination of office/ home working.

Within this role, you will be supporting line managers with ER matters, providing advice, guidance and resolutions to difficult situations and employee relations cases, ensuring that National Highways are legally protected and comply with policies and procedures. You will also be working with Senior HRBPs to embed ER initiatives and enable people managers to take ownership of all people and ER activities.

• Leading on a variety of escalated ER cases and issues, using your knowledge in Employee Relations and employment law.
• Contribute to the review and delivery of ER policies, materials and guidance to support the delivery of ER services.
• Managing multiple ER cases, using and updating the case management system effectively, from receipt of a case through to its conclusion or escalate accordingly.
• Work collaboratively with people managers, broadening their capability by supporting employee relations cases to ensure consistent application of HR policies and processed across the business. As a HR Senior Advisor - Employee Relations will be expected to deliver a high quality, customer and business focused and professional advice on all Employee Relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, performance, attendance cases and ER concerns.
• Working collaboratively with Senior HRBP's by coaching and mentoring people managers, helping them understand how best to deliver Employee Relations services to all employees.

About you.

• Qualified up to Level 5 CIPD.
• End-to-end Core HR and ER Casework experience.
• Up to date knowledge of employment laws.
• Knowledge of governance guidelines, compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication, advisory and coaching skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with people managers and employees within the business.

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Our HR directorate includes a wide range of services to support our people to be the best they can be, and to enable the organisation to achieve its goals and objectives.

We're fully committed to making National Highways a great place to work. We want an inclusive culture where our people feel informed, motivated, engaged - and always reaching for high levels of performance.

Through our People Strategy we're also building our company's resilience, making it better prepared for the future - and we're always striving to improve our day-to-day services.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

About Us

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you'll be a great fit for our organisation.

A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.

We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we're open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.

Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

Our benefits package

• Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

And we are

• Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
• Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
• Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:

• Right to work check
• 3 year employment history references
• DBS criminal record check
• Social media and adverse journalism check
• Driving licence check (if applicable)
• Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
• Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)

And finally

We reserve the right to close before the advertisement expires.

National Highways operates, maintains and modernizes England's motorways and major A-roads keeping people moving and construction sector supplied across the strategic road network.