Human Capital Management, Employee Relations Advisor, Vice President, Birmingham in London

Our division recruits, develops and rewards the people of Goldman Sachs. Our teams advise, design and implement strategies, processes and technologies that help our people advance professionally, drive productivity and help the firm and our clients achieve superior results. We look for individuals with strong problem solving and analytical skills, innovative thinking and intellectual curiosity who want to make an impact on the success of the firm's most valuable asset, our people.

Employee Relations

This role will be based in our Birmingham office. The Employee Relations team, which is part of the Human Capital Management division, is dedicated to advising and coaching managers and employees on all aspects of the employment relationship. Working with managers and employees to prevent, advise and resolve challenging and complex workplace situations, the ER Advisor will work to protect and support the firm's culture in accordance with firm policies, our business principles, and applicable legal standards. The work is invariably of a sensitive nature and requires a unique combination of skills to deliver workable solutions to a diverse range of issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice directly to managers in a dynamic environment, regarding all aspects of the employment relationship, including manager effectiveness, performance management, disputes and organizational changes.
• Investigate concerns raised about unfair or unlawful treatment and/or inappropriate behaviour.
• Manage grievances, disciplinary and appeal processes.
• Partner with Compliance, Regulatory Legal and other areas to lead investigations and oversee adherence to firm policies.
• Counsel individual employees regarding work concerns, health and personal issues that may impact work.
• Develop and reinforce policies that promote positive behaviours.
• Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees about firm policies, culture, conduct risk and employee relations.
• Liaise with the Employment Law Group as necessary to resolve employee issues.

Experience & Skills Required

• Highly motivated HR professional or Employment Lawyer, with a solid understanding of UK employment law and a proven track record of managing complex issues, identifying potential risk and driving resolution.
• Leveraging analytical, teamwork and project management skills to undertake thorough investigations.
• Developing and building effective relationships at all levels to advise and influence effectively.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Bringing groups with diverse views/priorities to a common resolution through use of strong negotiation and facilitation skills.
• Approaching issues strategically; anticipating consequences and navigating around unforeseen obstacles.
• Listening actively and thinking creatively to deliver commercially pragmatic solutions and resolve conflicts.
• Well-developed organizational and multi-tasking skills, with strong attention to detail.

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees' priorities.

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.