Employee Relations Advisor in Northampton

We have a great opportunity to join the HR family at Travis Perkins plc as a Employee Relations Advisor, adding value to our colleagues and managers by supporting them with employee relations advice and support. 

Location: this is a Hybrid working role 2 days home based and 3 days working from our Head Office in Northampton (working from home will commence after induction training is completed)

What youll do

Drawing on your personal drive and ambition to achieve set standards and deadlines as a team and individually, you will be providing effective, efficient, responsive and commercial employee relations advice with a continuous improvement mindset.

This role will enable you to take ownership of dispute resolution and long term sickness within a fast paced environment. Youll be utilising your strong communication skills via telephone to multisite internal stakeholders, advising on: employment legislation, policy and best practise. You will produce case plans for formal hearings and attend complex cases when required. This is a great opportunity to broaden your employee relations knowledge and to join a complex, multi site market leading business.

Is this you?

To be considered for this role you will need experience within a HR role, have an updated knowledge of employment legislation and you ideally will have a CIPD or equivalent qualification. You need to have excellent communications skills, be confident, and a strong influencer with the ability to respectfully challenge or be challenged at all levels. Due to the nature of the role you will need to demonstrate your ability to multitask, work well under pressure within a fast paced environment and handle complex grievance, appeal and long term sickness cases remotely. 

If you are a strong communicator with experience in handling diverse employee relations queries and can collate information and advise accordingly, we want to hear from you! 

Whats in it for you?

Youll be supported by some fantastic training and development and have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group. 

Well also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:

- Competitive bonus

- Save-as-you-earn scheme

- Buy-as-you-earn scheme

- Contributory pension scheme

- Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses 

A bit about us

As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.

With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!

Not Sure you Qualify? Were driving to become a truly inclusive employer, where everyone in our Group feels self, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves - you be you, it makes us, us, as we say. If youre interested in this opportunity but your past experience doesnt align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles with us.