Senior Employee Relations Adviser - Director

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BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.

BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a globally recognised leader offering capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions.

Job Purpose & Scope

Providing practical and strategic advice on the full range of ER matters and delivery of a broad ER agenda for CIB London and Scotland.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality support and advice, ensuring the effective management of ER-related risks (legal, financial and reputational) for employee relations issues e.g. disciplinary, grievances, restructures/ re-organisations, performance management etc. In particular the role requires front line management of disciplinary, grievance and redundancy exercises

• Designing, maintaining and implementing ER strategy, policies and activities, aligned with commercial and HR functional requirements

• Providing commercial and proactive HR consultancy advice to business heads and HR business partners, and facilitating delivery of HR solutions via other specialist functions as required

• Preparing and continuously reviewing key HR documents, including employment agreements and offer letters, consultancy agreements and settlement agreements

• ER Project management including key advisory and ER work-stream management for any restructuring/ acquisitions/disposals/outsourcing/insourcing/off-shoring

• Ensuring ER requirements are pro-actively met and managed in annual risk management processes such as legal obligations and annual contract and policy reviews

• Engaging in transversal project work supporting the Compliance team or other business initiatives as and when required

• Delivery of specialist training to HR/management when required

• Visible role in promoting appropriate workplace behaviour, equality and diversity agenda and initiatives

• Maintaining relationships with 3rd party service providers such as training providers

• Ensuring accurate and high quality reporting of ER issues and keeping full and accurate records

• Building and maintaining good relationships with members of the employee forum

• Actively staying current with employment law and HR knowledge, attending appropriate seminars and participating in team knowledge development meetings

The role is largely autonomous with a continuous caseload of disciplinary and grievance process, with supervision and oversight by the Head of team as required, and access to legal advice on a continuous basis.

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The Requirements

Essential

• Relevant experience in UK employment law and/or UK employee relations in a fast-paced business environment, preferably with material exposure to working in or advising in the international banking environment, including in the regulatory context

• Knowledge of UK employment law, supported by academic or professional qualifications

• Strong drafting skills

• Strong communication skills

• Initiative, solutions focused with a strong service/client orientation

• Ability to show good judgment to balance commerciality with risk management

• Flexibility in style and approach to assist the business to achieve their strategy

• Sensitivity and diplomacy, highest level of integrity and confidentiality

• Ability to gain credibility and trust with all levels of employees including senior management

• Ability to deal with deadlines and time pressure, and maintain attention to detail

Preferred

Supervisory experience

Equal Opportunities

BNP Paribas promotes equality of opportunity and is committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

As an employee with BNP Paribas London Branch, we want to make sure that you are rewarded for your commitment. As such, you will be entitled to our award winning benefits package which includes a generous holiday allowance of at least 34 days (including bank holidays), a non-contributory pension of 12%, private healthcare, GP service and dental cover all as standard, along with a number of personal insurances such as income protection, life assurance and personal accident insurance. We believe in ensuring all our employees have a positive work life balance so in addition you will also have access to a variety of flexible lifestyle benefits such as cycle to work and green car leasing schemes, season ticket loans and reduced cinema and gym membership to name a few.

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