Employee Relations Specialist

Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland; hybrid working

Salary: £0–£40,000 per year, plus a £5,000 annual car allowance

Company

hirify.global is supporting a client in North Lanarkshire with recruitment for a permanent Employee Relations Specialist role in professional services.

What you will do

• Advise, coach, and support managers on disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance, probation, redundancy consultation, TUPE, and compliance matters.
• Manage complex employee relations cases from initial assessment through resolution, providing guidance on process, risk, and appropriate outcomes.
• Support conduct, behavioural, welfare, performance, consultation, employee engagement, trade union, and workforce representative matters.
• Advise on confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, conduct standards, and site-related incidents.
• Work with HR, operational management, compliance teams, employee representatives, and external advisers to ensure consistent case management.
• Maintain accurate case records, analyse trends, escalate high-risk cases, and contribute to improved HR processes across multiple operational locations.

Requirements

• Proven experience in employee relations or an HR advisory role, ideally in a complex, fast-paced, or operational environment.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment legislation and employee relations best practice.
• Experience managing end-to-end employee relations cases, including complex disciplinary, grievance, and workplace investigation processes.
• Confidence advising, coaching, and constructively challenging managers at all levels.
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills for a varied, high-volume caseload.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to handle sensitive matters professionally and objectively.
• CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in a large, multi-site, or operational organisation.
• Previous exposure to trade union environments, collective agreements, or industry-specific employment arrangements.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent contract with hybrid working.
• £5,000 annual car allowance.
• Competitive employer pension contribution.
• 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Private healthcare.