Senior Employee Relations Casework Adviser

Salary: £45,272

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Open Ended

Location: Polaris House, Swindon or Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot (Hybrid Working)

Closing Date: Sunday 22 June 2025

Job Overview:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Employee Relations Casework Advisers to join the ER Team within the HR Operations function.

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of managing complex casework across a range of employee relations processes and have an enthusiasm for continuous improvement and learning to support a high-quality ER offering across UKRI.

The purpose of the Employee Relations (ER) Team is to provide managers and staff with timely, legally compliant high-quality advice to support managers with ER matters and formal / complex casework, as well as providing specialist ER advice to broader HR teams. The UKRI Redeployment Pool and associated processes are also managed by the Employee Relations team.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensuring compliance with policy, manage and/or supply support as appropriate for:

• Bullying & harassment cases
• Complex grievance cases
• Disciplinary cases, including gross misconduct disciplinary cases.
• Complex cases relating to capability, sickness absence and probation cases.
• Appeals
• Managed exits (including ill-health retirement, efficiency exits and single case redundancies).

Person Specification:

• Minimum CIPD level 5 qualified or equivalent experience working in similar roles
• Ability to evidence a sound knowledge, understanding and application of employment law, data protection, best practice, and people management processes, with a commitment to staying up to date with changes
• Strong experience of dealing with a range of complex formal casework relating to the whole employee cycle
• Highly flexible, tenacious, and resilient; able to work flexibly in a time-pressured environment
• A strategic and commercial focus mindset, ensuring a high level of consistency and teamworking within your team
• Persuasive interpersonal skills and ability to maintain constructive relationships. Evidenced through ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with senior leaders and a wide range of internal and external stakeholders

For a full job description please click apply and visit our careers page

Benefits:

UKRI recognises and value employees as individuals and aim to provide a pay and rewards package that motivates staff to perform to the best of their ability. The reward package includes a flexible working scheme, a Career Average Revalued Earnings pension scheme, 30 days annual leave allowance as well as other benefits.

How to Apply:

Applicants are required to provide an up-to-date CV and a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role. Further information on how to apply and the selection process is listed on our careers page.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 22 June 2025