Employee Relations Consultant

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Hatfield

Hatfield

211742-en_GB

Life on the team

Our UK HR team based at our Head Office in Hatfield and are the go-to people for all of our UK employees and Managers circa 4500. The UK People Advisory Team handle all HR employee relations queries, priding themselves on delivering a right-first-time service. They do this by offering pragmatic, sensible, contemporary and flexible advice.

The People Advisory Team, Centre of Excellence are the knowledge experts supporting managers and employees. The successful candidate will have HR Generalist and Employee Relations experience as well as an excellent knowledge of employment law. The ability to work to tight deadlines and be flexible in your thinking. You’ll work as part of a wider HR team and will be confident to make decisions that will balance multiple factors.

What you’ll do

Employee Relations casework including Disciplinary, Grievances, Appeals, Redundancy and consultation processes. These will have varying degrees of complexity
Provide managers with pragmatic and commercial advice in line with best practice, legislation and fairness.
From an Absence and Wellbeing perspective you’ll be aligned to an area of the business giving advice to managers on all sickness absence including ill health capability. You’ll also work closely with our external service providers including Occupational Health and our Group Insurance provider
You’ll provide expert advice to managers to support them through complex people matters to achieve the best outcome for the business and individuals
Work closely with the HR Business Partners to deliver initiatives across the business
Share industry best practices to support personal development
Design and deliver initiatives to support Management Development and capability
Build relationships with key stakeholders within HR but also in the wider business
Draw on the experience and knowledge within the other HR Centre of Excellences
Ensure management of people issues is consistent with Computacenter’s values.

What you’ll need

CIPD qualified or working towards your CIPD qualification
Strong HR generalist background
Excellent up to date knowledge of employment legislation and the application of this
Experience in making sound, risk assessed decisions
Expertise in all aspects of absence management
Ability to respond and manage a busy and diverse workload
Good verbal and written communication skills
An understanding of working with Unions would be useful along with an awareness of TUPE

What we’ll give you

Supportive working environment
Knowledgeable diverse team
Opportunity to develop and get involved in all sorts of projects

Additional Information:

Location: Based in Hatfield (with hybrid work available)

Jours: 37.5 hours

Role Type: Permanent

Why you should choose us

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organisation that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognised, so too is the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! awards and Long Service Awards Scheme are just a taste of how we say thank you for a job well done. And when it comes to recognising success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work, that’s why we see and value you as the amazing individual you truly are. We take a genuine interest you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity and promote inclusion within our industry.

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself; in an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access to opportunities for everyone. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years! Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.