Employee Relations Lead, Avalere Health
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Global healthcare communications agency
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Global healthcare communications agency
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To imagine new possibilities for a healthier world and create the connections that make better health happen.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience working in an Employee Relations role in an HR Business Partner model
- In-depth understanding of UK employment laws and regulations (US experience is highly advantageous), with demonstrated experience managing complex employee relations cases
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively influence and negotiate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to analyze complex issues and develop practical solutions
- Ability to build relationships and partner closely with leaders and members of the People team
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Law, Business Administration, or related field preferable but not essential
- Commitment to upholding the highest ethical standards and promoting a culture of fairness, respect, and inclusion
What the job involves
- The Employee Relations Lead will provide legislative and legal guidance and will partner with leaders and People Partners on all employee relations matters, to ensure a fair and consistent approach
- Lead complex employee relations cases, including but not limited to redundancy consultations, disciplinaries, grievance investigations, TUPE, harmonisation, and performance management issues
- Provide expert guidance to HRBPs and managers on HR/ employment policies, procedures, and best practices, ensuring fair and consistent application across the organization
- Conduct thorough investigations into employee complaints and grievances, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and company policies, in partnership with HRBPs
- Collaborate with internal legal counsel and senior leaders to develop strategies for managing and resolving complex employee relations issues
- Lead redundancy and Reduction In Force (RIF) processes in partnership with the People Partner, including consultation meetings, selection criteria, and redeployment efforts, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and mitigating risk to the organization
- Manage the harmonization process for newly merged or acquired entities, ensuring alignment of policies, procedures, and practices with company standards and legal requirements
- Develop and deliver training programs for leaders and managers on employee relations topics, including redundancy procedures, grievance handling, and conflict resolution
- Keep abreast of changes in UK and US employment laws and regulations and ensure company policies and practices remain compliant. Ensure employment policies, contracts and procedures are legally compliant and fit for purpose
- Oversee employee handbooks and employment policies and procedures in each region / country ensuring they are legally compliant and aligned with our company culture and ways of working
- Plan and lead key and complex change programs across the business, on behalf of the People Function, ensuring that we bring people with us on the change journey
- Create and maintain employment document templates, to ensure standardisation and legislative best practice,
- Responsible for tracking, reporting and cost management of all employee relations cases and related initiatives. Propose KPIs to report upon and analyse employment trends, providing insights to People Function leadership team
- Maintain effective relationships with employment law partner organisations in the UK and US
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Avalere Health, founded in 2001 and formerly known as Fishawack, has built a strong reputation as a leading provider of cross-border strategy consultation, communications, and marketing expertise for companies in the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries.
Though the company doesn’t make its exact customer list public knowledge, it does claim to serve all of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world, as well as a number of breakout biotech and medtech enterprises. In the over two decades since its founding, it has acquired and merged 19 healthcare firms worldwide - including Avalere Health from which it takes its new name.
Given that it’s grown from one location in the UK to encompass teams across the US, Europe, and Asia, the company appears to operate from a position of serious strength in this trillion-dollar space. Recently, it seems Avalere has focussed on building out its leadership team as it embraces its new branding and manifesto.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- The tools, skills, and support you need to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges
- Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career
- Personalized learning and training
- Hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization
- Flexible working practices
- Company pension/retirement plan
- Private medical insurance
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Compelling time-off policy
Company HQ
Knutsford, UK
Leadership
Jon Koch
(CEO)Was hired as CEO in 2021 after spending three years as SVP and CEO of the Global Dental Group at Henry Schein. Prior to this they spent more than 11 years in General Management, VP, and Group President roles at pharmaceuticals company Covance (now Labcorp Drug Development).
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