Employee Relations Partner

Role: ER Partner (12 month FTC)

Location: UK Remote – 1 or 2 days per month in our Manchester Office

Work Type: Full-time or Part-time available (flexible)

Thanks for checking out our job opening; we are excited that YOU are interested in learning more about NCC Group.

We are on a mission to make society a safer and more secure place. Our people are the ones who make that possible; a global community of talented individuals working together towards a safer future.

We aim to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential. We work together, we are brilliantly creative, we embrace difference and we want you to join in our mission, to make the world safer and more secure.

Take a look at our website here to learn more about why we’re one of the leading global Cyber Security and Risk Mitigation business… https://www.nccgroup.com/uk/

The Opportunity:

As a high-end professional consulting business, recruitment and development of the team is a key challenge and strategic pillar of the organisation. With future growth into new geographical regions, the ability to support remotely and people of many cultures will become more important. The cyber industry is fast growing and attracts a wide diversity of people; local market for top talent is fiercely competitive and NCC Group strives to continue to offer the peak working environment for that talent. Understanding the drivers and motivations of a diverse workforce in elite technical and consultative roles is key to our continued success.

Key Accountabilities:

• Working in the People Partnering Team, the role of ER Partner is vital in providing strong generalist support to our colleagues and people managers across our UK and European (Excluding Netherlands) based business areas.
• Responsible for handling general queries and providing advice on policies that arise through the People Services Team and providing guidance to our managers on employee relations matters, escalating more complex employee relations issues to the relevant HR Business Partner.
• You will need to keep abreast of employment law in the UK and have experience across Europe, to ensure our people processes and training materials are updated with any legal or process improvement changes as appropriate.
• In addition to generalist advisory support to the business, you will be involved in process improvement activity to help ensure a continuous improvement approach. You will also support our service deliver project, involving globalization of our people policies and the on-going development of self-serve approach for colleagues and managers.
• This role will involve data and reporting requirements to support the business areas as required, so you will need to be familiar with Workday and comfortable extracting data and reports.

In addition, you will have strong:

• HR expertise – A strong working knowledge of UK legislation including best practice and relevant case law, which may affect the business. Working knowledge and/or exposure to supporting European countries.
• Organisational skills – personal efficiency and the ability to prioritise competing demands are key, with a calm approach to instil confidence.
• Communication skills – the ability to build relationships and collaborate with others is vital, as is the ability to managing diverse personalities and viewpoints.
• Coaching and mentoring – Proficient skills in developing, challenging and coaching managers and team leaders.
• Commercial acumen – Keen interest in business and able to provide generalist advice aligned to business needs.
• Role model & ethical practice – you will be expected to demonstrate and lead on the values and support us in developing the culture of the organisation.
• Data management – you will be comfortable working with data and creation of reports.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experienced ER advisor with a proven track record of managing complex employee relations cases, while ensuring fairness and consistency.
• Ability to educate managers on procedures, employment law and best practice.
• CIPD qualified to minimum level 3 is desirable CIPD level 5 would be preferable.
• Experience of Workday HRIS.

Behaviours:

• Focusing on Clients and Customers.
• Working as One NCC.
• Always Learning.
• Being Inclusive and Respectful.
• Delivery Brilliantly.

About NCC Group

The NCC Group family has over 2,200 members located all around the world, providing a trusted advisory service to 15,000 customers. Born in the UK, we have now have offices in North America, Canada, Europe, Asia- Pacific and United Arab Emirates.

We are passionate about helping our customers to protect their brand, value and reputation against the ever-evolving threat landscape. We fuel that passion with investment in our people and our business.

Our values and code of ethics are at the heart of how we operate – we work together, we are brilliantly creative and we embrace difference. We treat everyone and everything with equal respect.

We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel psychologically, emotionally and physically safe to be authentic, sharing their personal experiences to represent the diversity of the world they live in, and have equal opportunity to achieve their best.

About your application

We review every application received and will get in touch if your skills and experience match what we’re looking for. If you don’t hear back from us within 10 days, please don’t be too disappointed – we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies and we would encourage you to keep an eye on our career opportunities as there may be other suitable roles.

If you do not want us to retain your details, please email global.ta@nccgroup.com. All personal data is held in accordance with the NCC Group Privacy Policy (candidate-privacy-notice-261023.pdf (nccgroupplc.com)). We are committed to diversity and flexibility in the workplace. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the application process, please tell us at any stage.

Please note that this role involves mandatory pre-employment background checks due to the nature of the work NCC Group does. To apply, you must be willing and able to undergo the vetting process. This role being advertised will be subject to BS7858 screening as a mandatory requirement.