Employee Relations Advisor

Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for a ER Advisor based in West Cumbria on a permeant basis.
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced ER Advisor to join our People Team at Sellafield, this role will be pivotal in shaping the employee experience. By acting as a trusted partner, coach and expert to our management team, you will work collaboratively to resolve challenges, lead on people initiatives and ensure compliance with out policies, procedures, national agreements and employment law. As a unionised organisation, you will also be a key stakeholder to our Trade Union representatives.
Key Responsibilities

Provide expert advice and guidance to managers and employees on a wide range of employee relations issues, including absence management, disciplinary actions, grievances, and conflict resolution.

Partner with key stakeholders to continuously improve employee engagement and experience

Lead on all employee relation activity for our Sellafield operations, escalating to the People Business Partner when appropriate

Ensure our Industrial Relations strategy is integrated and attend weekly, monthly and quarterly Trade Union engagement meetings

Ensure employee e-files are updated, maintained and accurate at all times, with the support of the HR Administrator

Collate data from systems and local sources to provide first line analysis on trends and support in proactively mitigating future risks to the business

Keep up to date with employment law, legislation and NAECI agreement to apply the correct knowledge in the workplace

Liaise with the Occupational Health department and providers where appropriate for pre-planned, routine and ad-hoc medical reviews

Support the Social Impact Team, early careers and training department initiatives

Collaborate with the central People team to support on initiatives and lead on the integration of projects alongside the HR Business Partner for Sellafield Operations

Keep regular communications across the site teams, sharing updates and necessary information via multiple channels of communication to suit a diverse workforce

Support the wider HR team with Redundancy and TUPE exercises

Ensure appropriate information is cascaded to relevant managers without
compromising confidentiality and in line with GDPR
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
* CIPD Level 5 or relevant experience

Previous Employee Relations management

Trade Union engagement

NAECI and Sellafield knowledge is advantageous
Requirements of role:

Ability to gain P4 Security Pass

Previous NAECI experience is advantageous but not essential
Why We’re Different:
Westlakes Recruit are a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients’ mission critical objectives.
Smarter, faster, more agile – we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge. We develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them!
We do Nuclear. We only do Nuclear. We do all of Nuclear. Powering a Diverse Nuclear Future:
As an equal opportunities business, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and abilities.