ABOUT GREYSTAR
Greystar is a leading fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management investment management development and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston South Carolina Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in over 260 markets globally with offices throughout North America Europe South America and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States managing more than one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms Greystar has over $79 billion of assets under management including approximately $36 billion of development assets and over $30 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more visit .
JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
The Senior HR Advisor will act as a trusted HR partner to UK & Ireland Property Operations providing expert support across the full employee lifecycle with a primary focus on Employee Relations. The role leads on complex and high-volume ER casework across Student and Multifamily operations ensuring consistent legally compliant and people centred outcomes. There will be a requirement to support the Corporate Operations from time to time.JOB DESCRIPTION
Key Responsibilities:
Employee Relations
Act as the primary ER lead for UK & IEprovidingauthoritative guidance on complex highriskand sensitive ER matters and setting standards for best practice across Student and Multifamily operations
Serve as a trusted expert in UK & IE employment law advising managers and senior stakeholders on risk management legal implications and strategic options
Provide secondline and escalationlevel ER support coaching managers through difficult conversations investigations and hearings and ensuring consistentfairand commercially balanced outcomes
Provide coaching oversee and qualityassure the full lifecycle of ER cases handled bythe HR Advisor ensuring documentation timelines and recommendations meethigh standards
Partner closely withHRBPs on restructures TUPEMergers & AcquisitionsDisposalsorganisationalchangeand otherprogrammesrequiring advanced ERexpertise
Build strong influential relationships across Operations becoming a goto advisor foronsiteleaders and a driver of positive workplace culture and management capability
Identifycase trends andwork withbusiness partners tosharinginsightto implementstrategiesto mitigate further risk.
Process improvement:
Lead on the continuous improvement of HR processesidentifyingissues recommending enhancements and ensuring process changes are embedded across UK & IEoperations
Take ownership of updating and improving HR policies ER templatesguidanceand toolkits ensuring theyremainlegally compliant practical and managerfriendly
General administration:
Work with UK & IE and EU Shared Services teams to ensure compliance with SLAs in delivering a seamless service to team members.
Respond to employee queries resolve issues and communicate outcomes effectively
Processing and oversight of monthly payroll changes ensuring accuracy on complex cases (e.g.sick pay contractual changes TUPE movements)
General HR Operations Leadership
Provideleadershipcoachingand quality assuranceto theEU Shared ServicesteamandHR Advisor ensuring workis accurate timely and aligned with Greystar standards
Draft review and qualitycheck HR documents involving elevated risk or sensitivity (e.g. disciplinary outcomes settlement documentation inputs complex contract variations)
Maintainhigh standardsof compliance reporting and audit readiness across all HRrelated record keeping
Monitor HR activity trends (ER themes absence patterns turnover drivers) and proactively escalate insights to the HRBPs
Knowledge&Qualifications:
Excellent communication both verbally and in writing
Bachelor orMastersdegree in HR CIPD Level 5or equivalent experience
HRadvisoryexperience ideallyin a multicultural international fast-pacedmatrixenvironment
Good knowledge ofUK&IElabourlaw rules & regulations
Experience & Skills:
Essential
Able todemonstratesolid practical experience of performing successfully in an HRadvisorroledevelopingand applying HR policies and processes
Experience in managing high volume and complex employee relations cases
A proventrack recordinworking withpayrollandrecruitmentteams
Previousexperience in supporting change management
Proficient in managing multiple projects and prioritiesandpossessingdetail orientation to produce and manageaccuratefilesdocumentsand sensitive data
Demonstrates a passion for customer service and a flexible approach to working supportively with others
Ability to show good judgement under pressure and towork ina fast-paced environment whiledemonstratinga positive attitude
Desirable
Experience with HRISand Payrollsystems (Workday and Dayforce is a plus)
Experienceand knowledgeof Irish employment law
Experience of working with a similar employee demographic such asin property management retail hospitality or similar
Important Notice: Greystar will never request your banking details or other sensitive personal information during the interview process. Greystar does not conduct any interviews via text or messaging and all communication will come from official Greystar email addresses (@). If you receive suspicious requests please report them immediately to
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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