Offer summary

Qualifications:

ER experience with strong stakeholder management skills, Ability to coach and communicate effectively at all levels, Experience handling complex and sensitive cases, CIPD qualification or relevant experience preferred.

Key responsabilities:

Manage a diverse ER caseload and support business leaders on complex issues

Provide expert ER guidance on policies and best practices

Lead consultations, restructures, redundancies, and TUPE processes

Oversee grievance and disciplinary cases, ensuring fair outcomes.

Job description

Job details

Location: Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester

Capability: KPMG Business Services

Experience Level: Associate/Assistant Manager

Type: Full Time

Service Line: OEH

Contract type: Permanent

Job Description

Employee Relations Specialist

Base Locations: Birmingham, Leeds & Manchester

KPMG UK is part of a global network offering Audit, Legal, Tax, and Advisory services. With over 16,000 colleagues, we solve complex challenges for clients and communities, guided by our values: Courage, Integrity, Excellence, Together, and For Better. We foster a collaborative and inclusive culture, leveraging technology to deliver outstanding work with flexibility.

Why Join KPMG as an Employee Relations Specialist?

We strive to build positive workplace relationships, enhancing engagement, well-being, and business outcomes. Our newly structured ER Function is dedicated to professional case management, upskilling business leaders, and improving resolution pathways. This team is pivotal in shaping best practices and creating meaningful career opportunities for ER professionals.

What will you be doing?

Reporting to the ER Manager, you will manage a diverse ER caseload, supporting and coaching business leaders on complex issues, including:

Providing expert ER guidance on policies, best practices, and risk mitigation
Leading on consultations, restructures, redundancies, and TUPE
Managing sickness absence cases, including OH referrals and dismissals
Acting as a stakeholder in grievance and disciplinary cases, ensuring fair outcomes
Overseeing appeal processes and Settlement Agreements
Managing Death in Service cases, ensuring stakeholder coordination and support

What will you need?

ER experience with strong stakeholder management skills
Ability to coach, develop, and communicate effectively at all levels
Experience handling complex, sensitive cases and driving service excellence
CIPD qualification or relevant experience preferred

How To Apply

To discuss this or other Central Services roles, apply online by creating a profile and uploading your CV.

Locations & Flexibility

Core hubs: Birmingham, Leeds & Manchester, with part-time options. Discuss your needs with our team.

Why KPMG Business Services at KPMG?

Every day our firm performs better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. The difference we make shines through to our people and our clients. We’re KPMG Business Services (KBS). We’re a cross-functional team, bringing together experts across a wide range of critical activities which help to grow, run and protect our business. From HR and Learning, Finance, Procurement, Facilities and Operations, through to Risk and Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Market Development, our approach is focused on driving the improved performance of the firm. We work shoulder to shoulder with our client-facing teams and we focus on delivering our services in ways which help to drive efficiency, improve quality and enhance our firm’s brand and reputation.

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