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Senior Employee Relations Advisor
Job Posted: 17 hours ago
Salary: £ 37,000 - 38,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Leeds
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Senior Employee Relations Advisor
Salary: £37,000–£38,000
Location: Leeds (Hybrid)
Hours: Full-time
Join a People-First Organisation Where Your Expertise Truly Matters
We’re excited to be supporting a highly respected, forward-thinking organisation in Leeds as they look to welcome a Senior Employee Relations Advisor to their growing HR team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced ER specialist who thrives on variety, autonomy, and meaningful impact.
In this role, you’ll be the trusted ER expert for the business, dealing with varied and complex cases while coaching and supporting managers across all levels. You will also have the opportunity to lead and develop a direct report, giving you a platform to shape capability within the team and further strengthen your leadership experience.
This role offers genuine flexibility, visible progression opportunities, and the chance to be part of a collaborative HR function that values innovation, trust, and continuous improvement.
What You’ll Be Doing
• Lead on diverse ER caseloads, ensuring fair, consistent, and timely outcomes.
• Provide specialist advice across a broad range of matters, including:
• Employment law queries
• Failed probation processes
• Sickness absence from day one
• Flexible working requests
• Subject Access Requests (SARs)
• Welfare meetings and ongoing support cases
• Act as the go-to advisor for managers, offering coaching and support to help build people-management capability across the organisation.
• Line manage and mentor a direct report, providing guidance, development, and support.
• Produce accurate ER documentation and ensure full compliance with GDPR and internal policies.
• Collate and analyse HR metrics and trends to support strategic decision-making across the leadership team.
• Contribute ideas to improve HR processes, employee experience, and ways of working.
What We're Looking For
• CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience in a dedicated Employee Relations or HR Advisory role.
• Strong, up-to-date employment law knowledge.
• Confident managing complex and sensitive ER cases.
• Ability to influence, challenge, and coach managers at all levels.
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with excellent interpersonal skills.
• High levels of professionalism, discretion, and emotional intelligence.
• UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (occasional travel may be required).
• Multi-site experience desirable but not essential.
Why You’ll Love This Role
• £37–38k salary
• Hybrid working for true work–life balance
• Genuine career development, including support for additional qualifications
• Free onsite parking
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Employee discounts & wellbeing benefits
• A supportive, established HR team that celebrates innovation and fresh ideas
• The chance to make a visible, lasting impact across the organisationBefore You Apply
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