Employee Relations Lead

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Role: Employee Relations Lead
Location: Covent Garden, London (United Kingdom) – Hybrid
Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract
Working pattern: Part-time – 3 days / 21 hours per week
Pro-rata Salary: £46,800

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Employee Relations Lead to play a key role in supporting BSI’s global organisational change programmes.

Working closely with our Organisational Design and People Change teams, People Business Partners and Employee Relations colleagues, you will coordinate the ER requirements of complex change programmes across multiple countries and regions.

You will act as the central point of coordination, bringing together country-specific employment requirements, processes, risks, dependencies and timelines into clear and practical global ER plans.

You do not need to be an employment law expert in every country. What is important is knowing the right questions to ask, understanding where risk may exist, engaging the right local expertise and turning complex information into a coordinated plan that enables change to be delivered effectively.

This is a highly autonomous role suited to someone who enjoys bringing structure to complexity, managing multiple stakeholders and taking ownership of programmes through to delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary Employee Relations contact for complex organisational change programmes.
• Partner with Organisational Design, People Change, People Business Partners and business stakeholders on the employee relations elements of business change.
• Coordinate ER activity across multiple countries, regions and time zones related to specific projects.
• Engage local HR, ER, Legal and specialist teams to understand country-specific employment requirements, consultation processes, employee representative considerations and key timelines.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive global ER change plans covering key activities, dependencies, consultation periods, approvals, communications and implementation dates.
• Identify critical paths and highlight where local requirements may impact proposed global timelines.
• Identify legal, employee relations, operational, employee experience and reputational risks associated with proposed organisational changes.
• Constructively challenge assumptions where proposed approaches or timescales may not be achievable.
• Translate complex country-specific requirements into clear, commercially practical recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Maintain strong project governance, including action logs, decision logs, risk registers and regular status reporting.
• Coordinate activity across local HR and ER teams while ensuring appropriate local ownership and accountability.
• Work closely with Legal, Reward, Payroll, Finance, Communications and other specialist teams where required.
• Produce clear presentations, project updates, timelines, risk assessments and decision papers for senior stakeholders.
• Develop tools, templates and scalable ER approaches that can be used across future organisational change programmes.
  

What we’re looking for

Essential

• Strong experience in project or programme management within Employee Relations, HR or Change.
• Practical experience supporting complex organisational change programmes.
• Strong organisational and project management capability, with the ability to manage several complex workstreams simultaneously.
• Experience working across multiple countries, regions or complex stakeholder groups.
• Sufficient employment law knowledge to recognise potential risks and engage the appropriate expertise.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to turn complex information into clear plans, recommendations and actions.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including confidence working with and constructively challenging senior stakeholders.
• Strong written communication and presentation skills.
• Confidence working autonomously and taking ownership of delivery.
• Ability to remain calm and effective when working to challenging deadlines.
• Persistence in following actions through to completion.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and incomplete information.
• Flexibility to work across international time zones where required.
  

Highly desirable

• Experience supporting organisational change across multiple international jurisdictions.
• Experience coordinating complex employee consultation or employee representative processes.
• Experience working within a complex, global or matrix organisation.
• Broader knowledge of international employment law and employee relations practices.
• This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Employee Relations or organisational change professional who enjoys taking something complex, creating clarity and ensuring it gets delivered.

Do you believe the world deserves excellence?

We are proud to be the business improvement company for other organisations to become more sustainable and resilient and finally to inspire trust in their products, systems, services, and the world we live in.

Headquartered in London, BSI is the world's first national standards organization with more than 100 years of experience. We are a global partner for 86,000 companies and organizations in over 193 countries, offering development, auditing, certification, and training services, including innovative software solutions and cyber security expertise for all industries: from aerospace and automotive to food, construction, energy, healthcare, IT and trade sectors. Incorporated by Royal Charter, we’re truly impartial, and home to the ultimate mark of trust, the Kitemark.

Through our unique combination of consulting, training, assurance and regulatory services we bring solid and broad knowledge to every company.

If you want to contribute to this inspiring challenge, bring your open and enthusiastic mindset to our dynamic team, apply now and become part of the BSI family!

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BSI is committed to ensuring the diversity of our workforce reflects that of our clients and the communities in which we operate. Our goal is to create a sense of belonging for all employees by providing opportunities to develop, grow, and engage with our global organization all while having fun doing great work. BSI is a community where everyone can thrive.

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About Us

BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.
 
Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.
Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.
Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society’s critical issues – from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.

BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.