Employee Relations Co-ordinator in Leeds

Eville & Jones is the largest provider of Veterinary Official Controls in Europe. We are committed to safeguarding animal welfare within the food chain, ensuring that food is safe to eat, and enabling the import and export of products of animal origin. Part of the Phenna Group and with an annual turnover of £60m, E&J has recently been recognised in the Sunday Times as one of the UK's fastest‐growing companies.

Whilst our 850 strong team of veterinary professionals are out in the field ensuring animal welfare standards are met within the UK and that the meat is safe to enter the food chain, we have a team of 60 Central Support heroes back at our Leeds head office that cover the central support functions.

Are you looking to grow your career in Employee Relations and play a key part in supporting managers and employees across the business? We're looking for a proactive and organised Employee Relations Coordinator to join our HR team. In this role, you'll be the first point of contact for ER and policy queries and will provide essential administrative and casework support across a wide range of employee relations matters. This is a great opportunity for someone with early ER experience or a HR background who wants to specialise and develop.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Act as the first point of contact for routine ER and policy queries, managing the shared ER inbox and escalating complex cases where needed.
• Provide full administrative support throughout the lifecycle of ER cases, including note‐taking, scheduling meetings, preparing letters and documentation.
• Maintain accurate, confidential ER records in line with HR, legal, and data protection standards.
• Manage low‐risk ER cases with guidance from ER Partners.
• Support absence management by maintaining the central absence tracker.
• Maintain the ER tracker, identify trends and escalate higher‐risk cases appropriately.
• Contribute to process improvements and support wider HR projects.

What we are looking for:

• Entry‐level experience supporting ER cases, either from an HR admin role or previous ER support role.
• Level 3 CIPD foundational qualified – desirable, but not essential (or willing to work towards gaining relevant HR qualification).
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to build strong working relationships to keep cases progressing smoothly.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Good understanding of UK employment law relevant to ER processes.
• Experience working with managers or team leaders.

What we are offering:

• The opportunity to play a key role within an established, growing and successful company that blends commerciality with delivering a key role to society. This role will enable you to make a real difference and see the wider impact of your work.
• Salary – circa £28,000 – depending on skills and experience.
• 23 days holiday (increasing each year to a maximum of 25 days) plus 8 bank holidays.
• Company pension scheme.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme.
• Perkbox scheme – a variety of discounts and benefits.
• Free car parking.
• Employee Assistance Programme/Financial wellbeing service.

This is a full‐time role working 40 hours per week. Although primarily office based (LS15 8ZB) during training period, there will then be opportunity for hybrid working.

If this sounds like the job for you, we would love to hear from you!