HRE60016 - ER Advisor

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ER Advisor

Balfour Beatty

Accountabilities and Key Deliverables

• Through proactive consultation with the recognised trade unions, maintain a positive culture of employee relations across the MEH project
• Take the lead for MEH in external discussions on the implementation and spirit and intent of the sector agreements and social covenant
• Ensure MEH complies with all the relevant employment regulations
• Monitor legal changes and ensure people policies are legally compliant
• Liaise with the client Employment Affairs Unit on a regular basis
• Facilitate effective engagement and liaison with delivery partners and trade unions on all individual workforce grievance & disciplinary issues
• Will act as the planner and coordinator for the IR Crisis Delivery Plan
• Arrange supervisors and managers development training in employee relations and behaviours
• Ensure constant development and employment legislation training takes place for the ER Team
• Support the ER Team on discipline and grievance cases and investigations
• Support complex individual disciplinary and grievance cases
• Provide reports and metrics to management team
• Lead and foster a positive Nuclear Safety Culture
• Role model safety behaviours and act as ambassador for MEH on site

Minimum Qualifications/Experience

• Degree or equivalent
• Relevant Professional Qualification – preferably CIPD Qualified
• Proven track record in large scale projects in the nuclear or similar regulated sector, including major EPC projects
• Can achieve security clearance (BPSS or higher)

Additional Qualifications/Experience

• Proven track record of success in the nuclear or similar regulated sector, including working on major construction projects
• Effective communicator, experienced in delivering and operating at a leadership Level
• Strong leader, experienced with dealing with a breadth of IR issues, liaising with trade union officials at all levels with a positive, “can do” mentality and the ability to reach sensible compromise positions
• Politically aware – understands the multi stakeholder context in which the role operates and manifests a collaborative approach
• Good client/external body facing experience with excellent working knowledge of the relevant training and funding organisations

MEH Values attributed behaviours

• Demonstrates Humility through sharing success as a team
• Demonstrates Positivity through always striving for solutions
• Demonstrates Respect through valuing other points of view
• Demonstrates Clarity through sharing information simply and concisely
• Demonstrates Solidarity through adopting a “One Team” MEH approach

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.