About The Role
Based at our beautiful Head Office in Datchet, Slough, SL3 9JT, Atlas is looking for an enthusiastic Employee Relations (ER) Advisor to complement our existing team.
Responsibilities
- Lead the management of all Employee Relations cases, varying in complexity, risk and volume.
- Manage a diverse caseload, inclusive of dispute resolutions, disciplinaries, grievances, absence management, retirements, redundancies and any employment litigation claims.
- Provide prompt and comprehensive advice to managers on employee relation matters and collaborate with our legal partners as required.
- Coach and mentor line managers on effective approaches to handling issues.
- Ensure adherence to company procedures, policies, and requirements across the company.
- Gather pertinent facts for each case to ensure accurate advice.
- Review and advise on case evidence, notes, and procedural correspondence, and support operational teams in meetings and hearings as necessary.
- Draft HR‑related correspondence on behalf of managers.
- Foster and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders.
- Ensure timely progression of all cases through effective tracking, providing weekly and periodic reporting on case statistics and updates.
- Collate, analyse and report on data to identify trends and provide proactive resolutions.
- Support the wider HR team with the delivery of leadership initiatives.
- Identify opportunities for improving policies and procedures.
- Assist with TUPE transfer processes, both incoming and outgoing.
- Interface with Trade Unions.
- Contribute to ad hoc projects as part of the people strategy.
Key Requirements
- Understanding of the ER function and a desire to learn.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Effective organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- High professional standards, a methodical approach, and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Resilience and ability to work under pressure.
- A confident approach.
Required Skills & Experience
- Proven track record in a similar ER/HR role within a fast‑paced, high case‑volume environment.
- Experience handling the full spectrum of ER cases including disputes, disciplinaries, grievances, appeals, absences, redundancies, early conciliation, and employment tribunals.
- Up‑to‑date working knowledge of UK employment legislation, including GDPR.
- Excellent stakeholder and change management skills.
- Good analytical and systems skills.
- Full, clean driving licence and own car.
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience in Facilities Management, Cleaning, or Security.
- Trade Union experience.
- Level 5 CIPD qualifications.
Benefits
- Full learning & support from Atlas.
- Wagestream – our financial wellbeing and benefits platform which provides you with real‑time access to earned wages, information to improve your financial health, and discounts/savings at leading retailers and supermarkets.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Workplace pension scheme.
- Staff recognition scheme (Stars of Atlas).
- Staff engagement portal.
- The ability to progress your career within Atlas.
- Learning and development led by you: support in areas you like or want to learn more about.
- The opportunity to work amongst people who value and support each other, achieving great results.
- For those who value and excel in transparent, high‑intensity, and high‑impact environments, there is significant opportunity for advancement.
- Atlas continues to grow at pace which is both exciting and challenging.
Atlas commits to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such aims to ensure that no employee or job applicant receives less favourable treatment or is placed at a disadvantage by imposed conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justified because of a protected characteristic. Atlas strives to see its workforce broadly reflecting the community in which its operation is based.
