Our people are at the heart of our organisation. To enable their success, we aim to build simple, clear and easy to use day to day operational HR processes delivering them with consistent levels of excellent customer service within the Retail space.

We are looking for an experienced Employee Relations Specialist to join the Luxe HR Retail team for a 3-6 month period.  

Key Responsibilities:

• To deliver excellent Employee Relations support to Field Area Retail Managers
• Effective coordination, coaching and risk-management of a high volume of employee relations cases including; probationary periods, absence, disciplinary & grievances and capability processes. Working in collaboration with HR Retail Partners and Retail Directors on the most sensitive cases.
• Day to day coaching of the people management ability of Area Managers to improve their level of capability and independence.
• Work with the HR Retail Partners to train and develop the Area Managers, including creating content and delivering training.
• Meet regularly with the retail management teams to share analysis, highlight trends & identify insights from employee relations data.
• Lead and support various employee relations initiatives across the retail business.
• Employee Relations development, such as: policies, Line Manager guidance documents, template letters, meeting scripts.

Who we’re looking for…

• Previous experience in an HR/ER Advisor role, with strong employee relations experience, ideally within a large team
• Studying or recently qualified CIPD (preferable)
• Ideally, experience in Retail or FMCG companies – or companies with high levels of change and pace
• Strong organisational and time management skills with ability to prioritise and adapt
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to retain knowledge
• Proactive, confident and enthusiastic
• Ability to treat all matters with absolute confidentiality and integrity
• A professional, diplomatic and friendly manner
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Good PC skills with an intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Self-confidence and willingness to take full ownership of role

Applications will close on Friday 4th February 2022. Please note that we will do our best to contact all candidate individually. However, if you have not heard from us within 14 days of your application, you will not have been successful.