Junior Employment Relations Officer - (12-month FTC) - Fisher German LLP : Job Details

The Team & Focus of the Role

At Fisher German, our people and clients are at the heart of what we do. Due to an upcoming maternity leave within the wider People team, we are excited to introduce a Junior Employment Relations Officer to join the team on a 12-month FTC.

We’re looking for a dedicated People professional who truly put the human into HR. You’ll have experience of dealing with complex employment relation cases and have experience of working within a fast-paced industry. Beyond the day to day role, there will also be an opportunity to get involved in some project work, particularly in respect of improving our employment relations case data.

This is a 12-month FTC, full-time position, although we are open to discussing part-time options, with a minimum of 30 hours per week. This role will be based at our Ashby de la Zouch Head Office and once you are trained, you will be part of our hybrid working policy.

In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in:

• A discretionary bonus scheme
• A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus your birthday off and two extra half days allocated for Christmas Eve & New Years Eve
• An online money saving portal and access to a 24/7 mental health & wellbeing service.
• Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you’re part-time)

Duties will include:

• Coach, guide and influence stakeholders on best practice to ensure it is consistently applied across all of our business Divisions and office network
• Identify opportunities for policy/procedural improvement
• Collaborate with People Team colleagues to ensure we take a joined up approach to our caseload allocation
• Managing/supporting on matters coming into the People Helpdesk in a timely manner ensuring effective case resolution
• Maintain HR systems, recording all ER cases
• Ad-hoc project work

The successful candidate will have...

• Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to interact across all levels

• Previous experience of advising and supporting managers with complex ER issues end to end

• Strong understanding of current employment law and future changes and their impact
• Good interpersonal skills and excellent written communication abilities
• Good IT and HR systems skills/experience
• Strong customer focus coupled with excellent problem-solving abilities
• Excellent attention to detail and a great team player
• Ideally experience of working in professional services/shared services environment
• CIPD level 5 or appropriate experience

Why Fisher German?

Our agency division is one part of Fisher German, a multi-disciplinary firm which offers a broad range of services to its clients. We operate across the UK advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all six-property market sectors; rural, commercial, development, residential, infrastructure services and sustainable energy. This puts us in the rare position of being able to provide a broad range of services to help support our clients through the preparation of properties for marketing and overcoming any hurdles during the entire process to best meet our clients’ sales objectives.

We have increased our market share exponentially over the past 10 years and are focused on increasing this further whilst operating a profitable business which rewards hardworking team players who make key contributions to the team’s targets.

The firm can trace its origins back to 1830 and is now one of the largest multi-disciplinary firms in the country. However, whilst Fisher German operates nationally, we strive to combine the advantages this offers with our ability to provide first class, local and regional knowledge and expertise to our clients.

Across our office network, we offer a hybrid working approach, where appropriate, and we work with our colleagues to structure their working week to provide the greatest efficiency whilst maintaining a high standard of customer service. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day or out on the road attending viewings, valuations, and client meetings, whilst on other days, you may be home-based whilst remaining highly connected and involved in providing front line services, largely thanks to our social and digitally connected workforce. This gives you the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.

What’s not to love? We work hard and strive to exceed client expectations, but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch.

Bring Yourself to Work

It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.