Employee Relations Manager

Employee Relations Manager
Job Description     

The Opportunity     

Are you passionate about creating a great place for teams and managers to work? Do you have a strong understanding of employment law and practices, with experience of working in a globally diverse team? If so, we want you on our team!     

Job Summary     

The Employee Relations Manager is responsible for providing guidance and training to a diverse team on a variety of important team management issues including recruitment, performance management and conflict resolution.     

This role is part of a team focused on an important global initiative to ensure Hult is a great place to work. This means you will work strategically to better understand and respond to employee needs and concerns.      

Responsibilities     

• Provide guidance and support to employees and managers on a variety of sensitive employee relations issues
• Support recruitment process for senior roles
• Provide management and support for HR information systems
• Maintain accurate employment records and files
• Regularly report on and analyze staff employment data
• Administer staff leave of absence programmes, special accommodations and ensure compliance with all relevant regulations.
• Communicate and enforce company policies and support with the review and updates to staff handbooks
• Help prevent and resolve problems or disputes between employees and management
• Assist with investigations into employee grievances and complaints and manage any related disciplinary processes
• Work closely with internal and external legal departments
• Other projects or duties related to employee recruitment and management

• Ideally you will have a minimum of 4-6 years’ experience as a human resources generalist with experience in employee relations
• Relevant training, or a degree in human resources or similar. You will have gained the Foundation Level from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
• Experience gained within higher education in the UK. However, the other relevant experience in business would be considered an advantage.
• Experience and knowledge of HR operations and administration required.

 Attributes     

• Strong understanding of employment law, regulations and guidelines related to HR.
• Proven work experience as an HR advisor or similar role.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to build credibility among diverse team of managers and peers
• Talented multi-tasker
• Strong attention to detail and consciousness in managing confidential information
• Capacity to work in a timely and organized way to meet deadlines

• Expertise in, and proven experience working with HR management systems
• Organisational and administrative skills
• Ability to effectively develop and implement policies and processes.
• Driven and determined.
• Practical and logical; able to solve problems quickly.

About Us      

Hult International Business School is a leading global business school offering a Bachelor’s degree, full-time and part-time Master’s degrees, one year accelerated and part-time Executive MBAs, a Doctoral program and Ashridge Executive Education programs. Hult’s innovative curriculum is taught by inspiring professors who possess real-world business experience. In addition, students gain unrivalled global business perspectives through Hult’s unique Global Campus Rotation – which allows students to study on a combination of Hult’s five campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London and Dubai, as well as Hult’s rotation centres in New York City and Ashridge. With students representing 140 nationalities, Hult is a microcosm of the global economy that rewards those who can conduct business that transcends borders.      

At Hult, we believe that education is about so much more than a degree. It is about transformation. Students want skills that will transform their lives. Employers want graduates that will transform their businesses. Society wants businesses that will transform the world. Like all change, it starts with action.     

By focusing on what our students can do in the real world, rather than just the theory they study in classrooms, we prioritize those skills and mindsets that are most needed to bring about change—in the careers of the individual, the businesses they work in, and the society we all live in. This belief in the power of learning by doing goes beyond a philosophy; it is the guiding force behind every program we provide, every course we create, every class we run. It is what makes Hult the business school for those made to do. We strive to be the most relevant business school in the world. By using our global reach and always being creative, entrepreneurial, and on the cutting edge, our aim is to have a positive impact on individuals and organizations by transforming their management practices. In so doing, we hope to be the business school of choice for existing and aspiring leaders. We will contribute to sustainable growth, helping leaders to integrate commercial success and societal well-being.