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Employee Relations Consultant

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Service Care Solutions

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United Kingdom , Medway

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Not provided

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Salary:

37732.00 - 43695.00 GBP / Year

Job Description:

Our client is currently recruiting for two experienced Employee Relations Consultants – one permanent position and one 12-month fixed term contract – to join a busy and forward-thinking public sector HR team based in Medway, working on a hybrid basis. About the role This is a key Employee Relations role providing expert HR advice, coaching, and case management support across a diverse and complex organisation. You will play a pivotal part in supporting managers to handle employee relations issues confidently, fairly, and consistently. You will take ownership of a varied caseload and provide specialist guidance across a wide range of HR matters including sickness absence, capability, disciplinaries, grievances, and formal investigations.

Job Responsibility:

  • Manage a caseload of sickness absence and ill health cases
  • Coach and support managers in the consistent application of absence management policies
  • Analyse absence data and produce meaningful insight, recommendations, and action plans
  • Provide professional HR advice to investigating officers, hearing chairs, and appeal panels
  • Lead and support formal investigations and complex employee relations casework
  • Support and advise on disciplinary, grievance, capability, and dispute resolution processes
  • Design and deliver training in collaboration with Learning & Development colleagues
  • Contribute to the review, development, and improvement of HR policies, processes, and toolkits
  • Promote best practice in employee relations and drive consistency across the organisation

Requirements:

  • Strong background in Employee Relations / HR advisory roles
  • Experience managing sickness absence and capability cases
  • Proven ability to support formal investigations and hearings
  • Confidence coaching and influencing managers
  • Experience working within a complex or public sector environment (desirable but not essential)
What we offer:
  • Hybrid working arrangement
  • Opportunity to work on meaningful, high-impact casework
  • Involvement in policy development and organisational improvement
  • Strong focus on learning, development, and professional growth

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 16, 2026

Expiration:
June 12, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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