!*HR Employee Relations - Uxbridge - Global Biotechnology!*
Location: Hybrid close to Uxbridge
FTE: Full time - 6 months (Company average tenure over 4 years. Role will have the view to extend)
Start date: ASAP
Rate: Very good rate
Job Description
Planet Pharma are working with a global research-based biopharmaceutical company, dedicated to delivering life-saving therapies to patients in need. With the commitment and drive you bring to the workplace each day, you will be part of a team transforming healthcare and improving millions of lives worldwide. As part of our rapidly growing, science-driven organization, we are advancing medicine by providing urgently needed treatments for HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, hematology and oncology, inflammation, respiratory diseases, and cardiovascular conditions.
Objective:
We are modernising the employee experience by streamlining processes and enhancing global service delivery while maintaining personalized support. The Employee Relations Contractor, reporting to the Director of ER, will be part of an International ER Team providing support across 40+ countries. This London-based role focuses on core ER support for assigned business functions and select locations in Europe, the Middle East, and Canada, alongside ER Partners in Singapore, France, Italy, and Spain.
Provides subject matter expertise on a broad range of International ER issues, including:
* Performance management
* Investigations
* Grievance
* Disciplinary and terminations
* Reorganisations
* Complex leaves of absence
* Sickness absence issues
* Understands International ER frameworks including works councils
* Has sound knowledge of HR policies and practices
* Provides guidance to HR Business Partners and Business Managers on managing employment risk
* Responds to and investigates complaints involving employee conduct that may violate company policies, values, and/or legal obligations. Partners with Legal and conducts investigations under their guidance when potentially unlawful conduct is involved.
* Prepares investigation summaries which includes factual findings and conclusions.
* Contributes towards and takes an active part in business change projects including acquisitions/people integration, restructurings and reorganisations.
* Provides ER support with virtually no immediate direction and exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to individual situations and projects.
Requirements:
* An excellent HR professional with high level experience in UK and international Employee relations.
* Has managed redundancy, re-organisation, disciplinaries/terminations.
* Needs solid UK ER experience.
* Any international ER experience and any additional languages would be beneficial
If this role isn’t suitable for you, please let us know if you can refer anyone – any recommendations are much appreciated! Planet Pharma offers a competitive referral scheme so you will be rewarded for your help!
About Planet Pharma
Planet Pharma is an American parented Employment Business/Agency that provides global staffing services with its head-quarters in Chicago and our EMEA regional office located in Central London. We have invested significantly in creating a robust international platform that enables us to work compliantly in 30+ countries with a current network of 2500+ active contractors globally as well as a very strong permanent / direct hire recruitment offering.
Our specialist knowledge and close relationships with our clients and the wider industry really makes us unique in our field. Just recently we were recognized by FORBES as the 17th best professional staffing firm, and have won multiple awards from industry accredited bodies for our commitment to excellence and service delivery. We have extensive functional expertise including: Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, QA, QC, Submissions experts, Clinical development, Quality, Biostatistics, and Medical Affairs / Writing.
We are an equal opportunities Recruitment Business and Agency.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.