Employee Relations Manager - 12 Month FTC

Evelyn Partners is a UK leader in wealth management, providing personalised, expert investment management and financial planning advice to support clients in embracing what’s next. Our success hinges on our people and that’s our secret for longevity. We are a team of passionate professionals and everything we do is guided by our purpose – placing the power of good advice into more hands, we go further to understand the needs of our clients and what matters most to them.

We’re here to help them make significant decisions with confidence, provide strong foundations for the future and guide them towards their goals.

What will you be doing? We’re seeking a talented Employee Relations Manager to join our HR Advisory team in London on a 12 month FTC. You will be responsible for providing HR Advisory support to both employees and managers across the Company by leading a team of HR Advisers to deliver a high-quality service across the full employee lifecycle. Working with the wider HR team, particularly the HR Business Partners and Leadership Team, to provide advice, guidance and support and be a subject matter expert on the full employee lifecycle, ensuring a high-quality service to employees and managers. This is a fast paced, high volume role with direct line management of two Senior HR Advisors and two HR Advisors and offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across the business within a highly collaborative HR Advisory team.

Responsibilities

• Manage, and be the point of escalation, on various HR queries throughout the Company working in conjunction with the HR Services and Regulatory HR team.
• Create, review, and improve processes associated with HR policy and employee relations issues to ensure they are effective, efficient and in-line with employment legislation.
• Support the design and delivery of training sessions and interventions which help to meet employee needs and business objectives.
• Analyse, present, and communicate HR data in a meaningful way which helps HR Business Partners and business units manage their functions and support change initiatives.
• Support the HR Business Partners with complex employee relations issues and resolve internal complaints, keeping up to date with employment legislation and employee relationship trends and support the development of HR Policy.
• Develop effective working relationships with internal and external clients and continually search for ways to increase client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead and motivate a team.
• Excellent knowledge of employment law and how to practically apply it within a Financial/Professional Services business.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Analytical with good attention to detail when reviewing data and process.
• Ability to work under pressure, maintaining accuracy whilst achieving timescales.
• High computer literacy including advanced skills in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, reporting from HRIS.

Benefits

• Private medical insurance.
• Life assurance.
• Pension contribution.
• Generous holiday package.
• Option to purchase additional holiday.
• Shared parental leave.

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At Evelyn Partners we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.