# Employee Relations Partner

**Company**: Starling
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: HR
**Industry**: Finance

**Apply**: https://apply.workable.com/j/E06B156E85
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_c19f0029-354

## Description

We are looking for an experienced Employee Relations Partner to support the delivery of a specialist Employee Relations service to the bank. The ideal candidate will have around 4+ years experience working in a specialised Employee Relations role within Financial or Professional Services.

The main focus of this role will be supporting leaders with complex casework. Your work will include:

- Providing end-to-end support to managers on employee relations issues, including employee grievances, investigations, disciplinary matters, whistleblowing and complex performance and absence management.

- Advising on the interplay with the FCA's Conduct Rules and Senior Manager & Certification Regime.

- Provide employee relations support on organisational change programmes.

- Proactively identify areas for improvement within the function, and support with embedding best practice ways of working.

- Act as an escalation point for People Partners and People Advisors on complex ER matters.

- Supporting the wider team in the delivery of the ER strategy.

- Assisting in the development of the governance framework, working closely with the Compliance, Legal and Reward teams, in relation to employee conduct issues.

- Assisting with selected policy drafting and review in light of any employment law and/or regulatory changes.

- Supporting the design and delivery of Employee Relations training to the business and the wider People team.

- Support with ensuring accurate reporting of Employee Relations data to allow for the production of robust ER analytics, including trend analysis and insights.

Requirements:

- 4+ years of experience as an employee relations specialist, managing complex cases in either a HR or legal team, or as a lawyer with employment law and ER experience.

- Experience supporting organisational change and transformation programmes.

- Very strong understanding of UK employment law.

- Experience in the financial services sector is desirable.

- Experience or awareness of handling regulatory issues in the context of the SMCR, conduct, and remuneration matters.

- Capable of working in a fast-paced environment and keen to grow and develop within the organisation.

Benefits:

- Make an Impact: Work on projects that directly shape the future of banking and improve the financial lives of our customers.

- Culture of Excellence: Be part of a collaborative, empowered, and forward-thinking team.

- Growth and Development: We are committed to your professional growth, offering opportunities to learn new technologies, take on new challenges, and own interesting things from day one.

- A Bank That Cares: We're a Living Wage employer, committed to flexible working, and dedicated to creating a fair, open, and safe working environment with compassion and inclusion at its core.

- Comprehensive Benefits: We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including:

- Company-enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme (7% employer contribution)

- Private Medical Insurance with Vitality including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton.

- 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)

- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday

- Life Insurance at 4x your salary.

- 16 hours of paid volunteering time a year.

- Ability to buy or sell annual leave.

- Generous family-friendly policies.

- Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off

- Incentivised refer a friend scheme

- Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks

- Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing

## Skills

### Required
- employee relations
- UK employment law
- financial services sector
- organisational change
- transformation programmes
- governance framework
- policy drafting
- employee conduct issues
- ER analytics
- trend analysis
- insights