Job Title: Employee Relations Specialist
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £34,502 - £44,852 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF75286
Shape workplace culture. Influence outcomes. Help create a safe and secure world.
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Employee Relations Specialist at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.
The role
As an Employee Relations Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll join a newly created position that offers a unique opportunity to shape and influence how employee relations support is delivered across a critical part of our business. This is far more than a transactional employee relations role. You'll manage complex cases, coach leaders, provide expert employment law guidance, collaborate with trade union representatives, and drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance the employee experience.
Day-to-day you'll be required to:
- Managing a portfolio of complex employee relations cases, including disciplinaries, grievances, investigations and absence management matters.
- Providing expert advice and coaching to managers on employment law, company policies and employee relations best practice.
- Conducting workplace investigations, gathering evidence, interviewing stakeholders and producing detailed reports and recommendations.
- Building effective relationships with managers, employees and trade union representatives to resolve workplace issues fairly and consistently.
- Analysing employee relations trends and case data to identify risks, recommend improvements and support a positive workplace culture.
This role is full time, 36 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 07:15 – 16:45 and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.
Essential experience of the Employee Relations Specialist
- Proven experience managing complex employee relations cases within a large and fast-paced organisation.
- Strong working knowledge of United Kingdom employment law and its practical workplace application.
- Experience working within a unionised environment and engaging with trade union representatives.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and influence managers on people management and employee relations matters.
- Experience managing a high-volume caseload while producing accurate documentation and investigation reports.
Qualifications for the Employee Relations Specialist
- CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent Human Resources qualification), or demonstrable equivalent employee relations experience.
- Strong understanding of United Kingdom employment law and Human Resources best practice.
- Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to maintaining current employment law knowledge.
- Qualification or training in workplace investigations, mediation, conflict resolution, or employee relations practices is desirable
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 03/09/2026
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