Employee Relations Manager

We're proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We're a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.

We’re looking for someone to join us within our HR team for a period of 12 weeks to carry out a project. The purpose of the role is to provide short‑term, expert leadership of Employee Relations governance and escalation, stabilising ER delivery with the third‑party provider and producing clear recommendations for a future ER service model. The role exists to deliver rapid insight, risk reduction and decision‑ready outputs within a 12‑week period.

You must possess previous experience of working with a third party outsourced ER provider.

Key areas of achievement: -

• Stabilise and standardise the handling of escalated ER cases.
• Improve governance, capability and insight in the relationship with the third‑party ER provider.
• Provide evidence‑based options and a clear recommendation for future ER service delivery.
• Leave behind sustainable processes, tools and learning.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Significant experience managing Employee Relations in‑house.
• Proven experience managing a third‑party ER supplier across at least two organisations.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and ER risk management.
• Experience using multiple ER case management systems.
• Background in an HR Business Partner role with deep ER expertise.

Desirable

• Experience leading large‑scale ER programmes (TUPE, redundancy, acquisitions).
• Experience in HR transformation or service redesign projects.
• Strong data, insight and influencing capability at senior levels.

If you feel like this sounds like the challenge for you please apply attaching your CV.