Employee Relations Advisor

Phoenix Group

Employee Relations Advisor supporting delivery of people-related change activity at Standard Life. Partnering with senior colleagues to provide compliant ER advice and enhance colleague experience.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeEdinburgh • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £40,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support redundancy and consultation activity, contributing to elements such as business case review, selection criteria, redeployment approaches, and enhancing the overall colleague experience, with the opportunity to lead smaller activities over time.
Work in partnership with ER Consultants, HRBPs and senior leaders to support the delivery of people-led change while developing an understanding of how to balance colleague experience with fair, safe and compliant outcomes.
Provide well-informed, risk-aware advice, drawing on existing knowledge of employment law and best practice, while recognising when to seek guidance on more complex or high-risk matters.
Contribute to ER aspects of organisational change, supporting senior team members to ensure decisions are commercially sound, compliant and applied consistently.
Support and guide leaders through change activity, building confidence in coaching and judgment, whilst escalating more complex or sensitive situations as appropriate.
Maintain awareness of changes in employment legislation and case law, applying updates to day-to-day work with support and building capability over time.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience supporting redundancy and restructuring activity, contributing to fair and compliant consultation and selection processes, with guidance from senior colleagues, when needed.
Good working knowledge of UK employment law, with the ability to apply it in straightforward situations and a willingness to build expertise over time.
Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build relationships and support HRBPs and leaders, developing confidence to contribute to decision-making in change scenarios.
Able to provide clear, practical ER advise on lower-risk matters, recognising when to seek input on more complex or higher-risk situations to ensure appropriate outcomes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Up to £40,000 DOE plus an indicative bonus range of 8%-16%
Private medical cover
38 days annual leave
Excellent pension
12x salary life assurance
Career breaks
Income protection
3x volunteering days and much more

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Hard Skills & Tools

employment lawconsultation processesselection criteriarisk managementorganisational change

Soft Skills

stakeholder engagementrelationship buildingcoachingjudgmentdecision-making