ER Partner

Contract: Permanent

Location: Field-Based UK wide travel with regular travel to Nottingham

Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker

What youll be doing

The Employee Relations team who are part of our People Function provide expert ER advice and support and empower business leaders to promote a positive culture by delivering a fair and consistent application of organisational policies and will work as one of a team of Employee Relations Partners primarily supporting Boots Opticians as it undertakes a period of significant transformation. Reporting into Head of ER you will:

Key Responsibilities

• You will partner Boots Opticians regularly partnering with their HR and Senior Leadership team.

• You will act as the ER Lead on designated transformation projects / initiatives and will lead the thinking and advise on approach as well as managing the implementation of the People plan working closely with the Transformation People Partner and Head of HR

• Using a suite of precedents you will be responsible for compiling the relevant documentation used to support the projects and to report project deliverables as needed to the relevant project manager.

• You will be accountable for ensuring fair and legal processes are followed providing advice to the project team and ensuring delivery of the colleague promise.

• You may occasionally be required to provide advice and support on how to manage complex ER cases.

• You will liaise with and support the legal team with Employment Tribunal claims received in respect of the transformation activity that you lead.

What youll need to have (Our must-haves)

These are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed in this role.

• Youll have significant change management experience particularly of organisational design with a strong understanding of current employment law and its application.

• You will possess a good understanding and working experience of TUPE and redundancy legislation.

• Youll have strong influencing communication and coaching skills.

• You will be commercially aware and will use this along with your understanding of people issues to provide sound advice in relation to business initiatives and ER cases.

• You will also need to have the ability to plan and prioritise as well as good project management and IT skills.

• You will have a background in HR/ER with experience of managing complex ER cases including disciplinary grievance performance management and capability issues.

It would be great if you also have

• Professional membership of CIPD level 5 or equivalent qualification.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan

• Discretionary annual bonus

• Generous employee discounts

• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child

• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday discounted gym membership life assurance activity passes and much more.

• Access to free 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health our Employee Assistance Programme.

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About The Boots Group

The Boots Group is a trusted leader in healthcare pharmacy and retail operating across 11 countries - including the UK Ireland Thailand and Mexico. The Boots Group brands - including Boots Boots Opticians No7 Beauty Company Farmacias Benavides and Alliance Healthcare - are trusted and well recognised healthcare and beauty businesses serving millions of customers and patients every day in communities around the world. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all.

Whats next

If you apply our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

We hope to hear from you soon.

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