About the role
BYD UK is seeking an Employee Relations Specialist to build and deliver a seamless and positive employee experience across the whole employee lifecycle. We aspire to ensure employees feel heard and that they are given the appropriate resources and support needed to be effective and efficient during their careers. The ideal candidate is someone who is highly motivated with a positive attitude, and exhibits patience, teamwork, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence.
Job Description / Key Responsibilities:
- Conflict resolution: Mediating disputes between employees or between employees and management.
- Policy development: Creating and updating workplace policies and procedures.
- Compliance: Ensuring the organization adheres to labor laws and regulations.
- Investigations: Conducting inquiries into workplace issues such as harassment or discrimination claims.
- Performance management: Assisting with performance improvement plans and disciplinary actions.
- Training: Developing and delivering training programs on topics like workplace conduct and company policies.
- Communication: Facilitating open communication between employees and management.
- Consultation: Advising managers on how to handle employee-related issues.
- Employee engagement: Implementing initiatives to improve employee satisfaction and retention.
- Documentation: Maintaining accurate records of employee relations issues and their resolutions.
- Other duties as required by the line manager.
Ideal candidate profile:
- Preferably a minimum of 5 years of relevant employee relations experience.
-Demonstrated strong understanding of the employment law and regulatory frameworks.
- Strong experience in partnering with various key stakeholders and being an effective team player.
- Demonstrated policy and procedure development and enforcement to ensure compliance.
- Able to make good judgement for sensitive, complex and/or ambiguous situations.
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Confidence, gravitas and credibility together with a robust and resilient personality.
- Able to handle confidential information in a mature and professional manner and escalate issues where appropriate.
- Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Work Location
Uxbridge London
About BYD UK
BYD UK is the UK distributor of BYD Company Ltd which is a China-based company and a global leading-edge provider of green energy technologies. BYD UK offers a range of electric vehicles, including all-electric cars, all-electric buses and all-electric forklift trucks.
About BYD Group
Established in February 1995, BYD Group is a leading multi-sector high-tech company focused on the innovation and development in automobiles, rail transit, renewable energy, and electronics.
Committed to fulfilling a better life through technological innovations, BYD Group leverages a powerful network of over 40 subsidiaries and 700,000 employees worldwide in over 400 cities of 79 countries, actively drive the implementation of comprehensive zero-emission and emission reduction solutions. In 2023, BYD Auto sold 3.02 million NEV (BEV+PHEV) globally, maintaining its position as the world leader in NEV sales.
BYD Group upholds the values of innovation, pragmatism, passion, and competition, dedicating itself to technological empowerment throughout the entire process of renewable energy acquisition, storage, and application, contributing to the goal of the sustainable future development for all humanity.