• Private medical insurance
• Car or car allowance
• Aviva DigiCare+ (health check, Digital GP, mental health & nutritional consultations), exclusive Perks at Work, free meals onsite, Employee Assistance Programme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Ongoing training and development

Key Accountabilities

-To manage all Employment Tribunal and Early Conciliation activity within your designated sectors including but not limited to:

• Reviewing claims and assisting with ET3 response drafting

• Devising case management and defence strategy per tribunal claim, including early identification of risk areas or jurisdictional defences

• Advising/influencing stakeholders on the prospects and risks of each claim, the proposed case management and defence strategy, and the value of the claim

• Meeting regularly with key stakeholders for your sector – MD’s, Operation Directors, Head of People and People Operations Director to build solid relationships

• Preparing all documents for hearing including tribunal bundles, witness statements, counter schedules of loss, skeleton arguments and any other documents as required

• Preparing and submitting case management applications in accordance with the case management/defence strategy

• Preparing for and representing Compass Group at all types of hearing including case management preliminary hearings, substantive preliminary hearings, judicial mediation and full merits hearings including remedy if necessary

• Providing feedback to stakeholders at the conclusion of all claims and Tribunal hearings

• Liaising professionally and effectively with key internal stakeholders including line managers of all levels of seniority, witnesses, Employee Relations team, HR team (leadership team and field-based as necessary), payroll and resourcing amongst others, with a view to building positive and collaborative working relationships

• Liaising professionally and effectively with external parties such as ACAS, unions, solicitors and barristers as part of the Tribunal case management process

• To advise line managers and HR on settlement agreement process and settlement agreement terms

• Negotiating directly with employees’ solicitors where appropriate with a view to ensuring exit as expediently and cost-effectively as possible

• Reviewing and re-drafting settlement agreements in line with Company guidelines

• Providing advice and guidance to ER (Infosys), People team and line managers on complex internal cases on an as-required basis within designated sectors

• Providing advice and guidance to the TUPE team, People team and line management on complex TUPE queries or complex large-scale TUPE transfers within designated sectors

• Undertaking mediation

• Providing advice and guidance to designated sectors on ad hoc projects

• Reviewing and approving IT access requests for designated sectors

Person Specification

• Expert knowledge of Employment Law including case law

• Min. 3 years’ experience of Employment Tribunal case management including advocacy at Employment Tribunal hearing whether in person or remotely.

• Expert knowledge of HR Policy and Process

• Expert in advising on all employee relations matters with a deep understanding of discrimination law

• Excellent Stakeholder engagement

• Excellent organisational and diary management skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

• Strong oral and written presentation skills, able to communicate and influence at all levels of seniority internally and externally

• Good attention to detail

• Expert negotiating skills

• Able to communicate difficult advice effectively in straightforward, non-ambiguous terms

• Able to work on own initiative and manage caseload with minimal supervision

• Able to prioritise workload

• Able to build positive, collaborative working relationships with internal stakeholders

• Strong Commercial Awareness