Employee Relations Partner

Are you passionate about people and leadership? Interested in a career working with people and helping them to thrive?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to develop your HR career.

The Opportunity…

At Hinkley Point C (HPC) we are building two new nuclear reactors, the first in a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK providing low carbon electricity for around six million homes.

We are looking for an Employee Relations (ER) Partner to join the HPC project, and play a pivotal role in further developing the expertise and talent within the UK that is vital for both our Hinkley Point C Project and more widely across the EDF Group of companies.

As an ER Partner, you are an integral part of the HR Business Partnering team and wider Employee Relations community, ensuring that employees and managers receive expert and timely advice from first point of contact by providing informal case support through to dismissals and appeals.

You will provide pragmatic advice to managers, discussing options, risks, and resolutions to deliver and meet business need whilst also ensuring the people experience is considered throughout the lifecycle of each case. You will ensure that the advice provided is legally compliant and in line with our employee policies by working with the HR Business Partners and wider Employee Relations community to understand best practice and ensure the information you are providing is correct.

Pay, benefits and culture…

This role would suit either an experienced ER partner, or someone looking for a development opportunity, and the salary of £36,000 - £52,000 (negotiable depending on experience) reflects this. Alongside salary, we are delighted to offer a variety of flexible benefits to support our people in their everyday lives.

 What you’ll be doing…

• Ensuring that HR advisory activities are delivered with user experience as the primary focus in support of our ambition to make HPC and supporting programmes and functions including EPR Engineering and EPR Programme the best place to work that it can be.
• Building effective working relationships with your stakeholders across the business, including Trade Union representatives, you will provide timely advice and guidance on a wide range of HR practices.
• Assisting managers across the business, aiding them in their understanding and implementation of our policies in relation to your employment case portfolio.
• You will assist managers in organising informal and formal case meeting, where appropriate including providing information and HR advice from initiation to resolution, escalating cases, where appropriate.

Who you are…

Your background may include some of the following:

• You have previous experience working in an HR role advising on the management of employment cases, with the ability to interpret our policies, with a good up to date understanding of employment law.
• A strong collaborator, taking an initiative, self-motivated and work well both individually and within teams, connecting with the business keeping stakeholders up to date, informed, whilst always maintaining confidentiality.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence – able to build and maintain effective working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders such as Trade Unions, senior leaders, staff and external parties.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with previous experience of producing letters, meeting notes, case documentation and reports to be used in formal meetings.
• The ability to interpret data, utilise dashboards to identify trends, maintain and monitor HR systems, ensuring accuracy of data. 
• Creative and energetic, able to challenge the status quo and to influence and coach.