Senior Employee Relations Advisor (5m FTC)

BELONG. There’s no place like Principality

Our home is your home. So, when you decide to join the team, we’ll go further to bring you the warmest of welcomes. From a friendly and inviting environment to a flexible benefit package designed around you – when it comes to belonging, there really is no place like Principality. We keep it flexible wherever possible; we encourage you to look after yourself; we do our bit in the communities we serve and support you in doing the same, and we promise to get better together.

Some reasons you may want to consider working with us; we have an award-winning flexible/hybrid working policy, we’re a 2022 winner of UK Best Large Workplaces for Women, we have a newly refurbished hi-tech office in the centre of Cardiff designed around colleague feedback, we ranked number 6 for wellbeing in 2022,  we have an extensive financial and well-being benefits package ‘’Belong’’ designed to put our people first, we have consistent colleague engagement scores of over 85% and a caring community of supportive Networks. But that’s not all, discover why there’s really no place like Principality; Careers (principality.co.uk)

We’re looking for passionate and proactive Senior Employee Relations Advisors to join part of a forward-thinking team that values innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement helping shape the future of our organisation.

Reporting to the ER Policy and Projects Manager, you’ll play a key role in aligning our work with the wider People Strategy and Corporate Strategy. As a Senior Employee Relations Advisors, you’ll champion a collaborative approach to deliver a high-quality, professional and compliant service.

What you’ll be doing:

• Partnering with People Partners and business leaders to address operational HR issues and guide them to make confident, well-informed people decisions.
• Providing best practice guidance on employee engagement and delivering a consistent, high-quality ER service.
• Help develop innovative, colleague-led People policies that reflect employment law and meet business needs.
• Supporting organisational restructures
• Using data and insights to drive decisions: ensuring activities are logged accurately on HRIS and regularly updated, making evidence-based recommendations to address people issues across the business.

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience in an Employee Relations or similar HR advisory role.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and its practical application.
• Ability to coach, influence and build trusted relationships with business leaders and colleagues at all levels.
• A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for working as part of a team delivering strategic people initiatives.

*This is a critical role to support us during a transformation period, we will be reviewing applications and holding interviews while the role is open. Should we find a suitable candidate we will close the role early *

‘’We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated and where colleagues feel a sense of belonging’’ Daniel Priest, Inclusion Manager. But don’t just take our word for it, see what our colleagues say about working here too; Careers (principality.co.uk)