We are looking for the Employee Relations and Policy Manager to lead on ER cases and provide specialist employee relations, employment law and change management advice and guidance to HR and business stakeholders.

This role can be based in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol or Sheffield, a combination of home and office based, with some travel between offices in line with business demand

About CMS
CMS is a Future Facing firm. With 79 offices in 45 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep sector understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what's coming, but to shape it.

CMS is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. Our bold approach to a changing future ensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent.

About the Role
You'll take the lead on all disciplinary, grievance and appeal cases by managing the overall process, determining roles and responsibilities when other HR/local involved and engaging external support if needed.
You'll deliver support, advice and guidance on a wide range of areas including investigations, discipline and grievance hearings, TUPE, sickness and policy to ensure good employee relations are maintained and company policies and protocol is adhered to.
Additionally uou'll guide and coach Line Managers, Partners and Senior Leaders, providing advice which is commercial and pragmatic whilst balancing risk.
You'll also provide advice to HR teams on complex sickness and disability cases including taking the lead on redundancy cases and projects alongside HR team. Leading on approach, timelines, impact and the communications plan. You'll support the Senior ER Manager in creating new policies, reviewing existing policies, conducting research to ensure they are market leading, compliant and up to date.

About You
The role requires you to have a deep technical employment policy and employee relations knowledge. In addition, you'll be expect to have;
* Sound judgement to balance risk with commercial solutions.
* Exceptional stakeholder management.
* Excellent people management skills: you will demonstrate how you have been a force for good - driving improvements in performance, development and engagement of teams.
* Highly effective verbal and written communication skills; the ability to break down complex information and communicate simply across a range of stakeholders.
* Ability to prioritise, influence and operate as a coach/mentor to mangers and individual members of staff, constructively challenging where necessary.
* Practice of leading, evolving and driving forward people related or change projects.
* Collaborative and proactive in seeking opportunities to work with colleagues to co-create solutions that meet needs of multiple client groups.
* Expert understanding and grasp of how to operate within an environment of multiple HR policies and procedures

Equal Opportunities
At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive. For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please view the Diversity & Inclusion pages on our website.

Please apply online or contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions. For information regarding our competitive range of benefits please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Please note that CMS have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

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