HR Business Partner focusing on labor law compliance and employee engagement in healthcare services. Collaborating with operations in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina with a hybrid work model.
About the role
- Employee Relations & Business Change Manager at AG Barr leading employee relations and organisational transformation projects. ManagingPeople Advisors and ensuring legal compliance with operational changes.
Responsibilities
- Planning & Delivery: Lead the execution of the People workstream for major business change projects, supporting the Director of People Operations with planning work including organisational redesigns and restructures, ensuring alignment with commercial objectives and legal compliance.
- Redundancy Management: Design, plan, and execute all stages of collective and individual redundancy programmes, including consultation processes, communication strategies, selection criteria development, and documentation.
- Acquisition & Integration: Act as a People specialist during acquisition activities supporting the design and executing the integration planning process (e.g., TUPE transfers, post-merger integration), ensuring seamless and compliant transfer of employees and harmonisation of terms and conditions.
- Stakeholder Management: Develop and maintain strong working relationships with senior leaders, external legal counsel, and union/employee representatives, managing expectations and securing buy-in for change initiatives.
- Policy Development: Review and update relevant People policies (e.g., Maternity, Disciplinary, Redundancy etc) to ensure they are fit for purpose, legally sound, and reflect best practice.
- Complex Case Management: Personally manage the most sensitive, high-risk, and complex ER cases (e.g., senior misconduct, complex discrimination claims, large-scale disciplinary matters, executive exits).
- Employment Tribunal (ET) Support: Act as the internal lead on all potential and actual Employment Tribunal claims, collaborating closely with external legal counsel, preparing documentation, and managing witness preparation.
- Risk Mitigation: Provide expert guidance to Performance Partners and senior leaders on ER matters to proactively identify and mitigate legal and reputational risks associated with employee disputes.
- People Leadership: Lead and develop a team of People Advisors.
- Coaching & Mentoring: Provide hands-on coaching and technical mentorship to the team, developing their expertise in complex casework and risk assessment.
Requirements
- Deep Expertise: Demonstrable, in-depth experience executing the People workstream activities for significant organisational restructures and managing complex redundancy processes (both collective and individual).
- ER Mastery: Proven experience managing a high volume of complex and high-risk Employee Relations casework up to and including Employment Tribunal preparation.
- Acquisitions Experience: Practical experience in the People aspects of mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures, including familiarity with relevant legislation (e.g., TUPE).
- Legal Acumen: Expert knowledge of UK/relevant employment law and an ability to translate legal requirements into practical, commercially-focused People solutions.
- Consultancy Skills: Exceptional influencing, negotiation, and consultation skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior executive stakeholders and employee representatives/unions.
- People Leadership Experience: Prior experience in managing, mentoring, or coaching a team
- Experience working in a fast-paced change environment.
- Experience in policy drafting and delivery of training on ER/Change topics.
Benefits
- Uncapped bonus linked to business performance
- Defined contribution Pension
- Up to 34 days holiday (depending on shift pattern)
- Flexible holiday trading
- Flexible cash pot to spend on benefits
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashbacks, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
- Life assurance
- Save as you earn scheme
- Staff sales discount
- Free AG Barr products throughout your working day and staff sales
- Annual salary review
- Ongoing professional development and access to Learning and Development programmes and content
- And much more!
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