HR Policy and ER Lead

Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 

We’re looking for an experienced HR Policy & ER Lead to act as the centre of expertise for HR and Employee Relations across Campions. This is a specialist role focused on designing, owning and governing robust HR frameworks that ensure consistency, fairness and legal compliance across the business.

Key Responsibilities

HR & ER Policy Ownership

• Design, write and maintain HR and ER policies, procedures and guidance

• Ensure legal compliance and practical usability

• Own policy governance, review cycles and version control

• Translate employment law into clear, operational guidance

Employee Relations Framework Design

• Build and maintain end-to-end ER frameworks covering disciplinary, grievance, performance, absence and investigations

• Define escalation thresholds and quality standards

• Act as the authority on procedural fairness and ER consistency

Restructuring & Organisational Change

• Lead HR frameworks for large-scale restructures and redundancy programmes

• Design consultation processes, materials and toolkits

• Advise on risk, mitigation and legal compliance

• Capture learning from change programmes and embed into future frameworks

Complex Investigations

• Lead high-risk or sensitive investigations including harassment, discrimination, whistleblowing and senior-level matters

• Ensure independence, quality and defensible outcomes

Manager & HR Enablement

• Create practical toolkits and templates for managers and HR teams

• Align materials to agreed people standards

• Drive consistency in ER delivery

Training & Capability Building

• Design and deliver ER training for HR Advisors and managers

• Cover investigations, hearings, consultation and risk management

• Refresh content based on trends and legal developments

Governance & Insight

• Maintain ER and investigation dashboards

• Analyse trends and systemic risk

• Provide senior leadership with clear people-risk insight

Employee Forums

• Design and establish employee network frameworks

• Support transition into business-as-usual ownership

About You

You’ll bring deep expertise in Employee Relations and policy design, combined with the confidence to operate as a centre-of-excellence specialist.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Strong, up-to-date UK employment law knowledge

• Proven experience designing ER frameworks at scale

• Experience leading large-scale restructures and consultation

• Significant experience in complex investigations

• A track record of delivering ER training

• Strong judgement and pragmatic decision-making

• Ability to turn legal risk into clear, usable tools

• Experience in multi-site or high-volume environments

• Experience designing governance dashboards