Employee Relations Manager

Join Brainkind as Our Employee Relations Manager (FTC)

Salary: Up to £47,000 per annum

Contract Type: To start immediately for a 15-Month Fixed Term (until approx. January 2027)

Location: York / Hybrid Working

Are you ready to make a real impact in people’s working lives? Do you thrive on driving positive change in employee relations? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

As our Employee Relations Manager, you’ll be at the heart of this mission—leading a proactive, high-performing ER team and shaping the future of our workplace culture.

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly enthusiastic about the jobs they do – you will find a dedicated team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Lead a small team of ER specialists to ensure that excellent ER case management support is delivered across the organisation.
• Leading the rollout of the Employment Rights Bill, ensuring our policies and procedures evolve with new legislation.
• Driving a cultural shift towards early intervention and positive resolution, reducing formal processes.
• Coaching and empowering managers to handle ER matters confidently and effectively.
• Collaborating across teams to deliver impactful ER training, guidance, and support.
• Managing complex and high-risk ER cases, including tribunal preparation and strategic advice.
• Supporting organisational change projects including restructures, redundancies, and TUPE.
• To develop all of our ER policies and ensure they are legally compliant, forward-thinking, and aligned with best practice and strategic objectives.
• To report on case volumes, case status and trends via various reports and update People &OD Business Partners on cases within their regions.

About You:

You’re a confident, knowledgeable ER professional who’s passionate about people and process. You bring:

• A degree or equivalent qualification (CIPD Level 7 or working towards).
• Proven experience leading an ER team and managing complex casework.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
• A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach to risk and resolution.
• Experience in policy development, change management, complex case management and tribunal preparation.
• Experience of line managing team members, their performance and development.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary up to £47,000 (DOE)
• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Option to buy/sell up to 5 days leave
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Group life assurance, eye care vouchers, and free parking
• Company pension scheme
• Long service and staff awards
• Simply Health insurance cash plan
• A supportive, inclusive culture that prioritises wellbeing and career development

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.

Ready to lead change and make a difference?

Click Apply Now and join our friendly team

We’re interviewing on a rolling basis, so apply early to avoid missing out!

The successful candidate will undergo compliance checks including references and DBS/PVG.

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.