Employee Relations Advisor
Job ID: 10113147
London
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
Work From Home
Remote (UK-based) | Full-Time | 37.5 hours/week | 6 month FTC
Are you passionate about people and problem-solving? We’re looking for an Employee Relations Advisor to join our fantastic team on a 6 month fixed-term contract
At Capita, we offer:
🌍 Remote working – work from anywhere in the UK with a good Wi-Fi connection
🤝 A supportive and fun team environment
🚀 Opportunities to learn and grow
⚡ A fast-paced, rewarding role with plenty to keep you engaged
🎉 And yes, lots to do to keep you out of mischief!
Job Description
What You’ll Be Doing
As part of our ER Hub, you’ll provide expert advice and guidance to managers and employees across the UK and ROI on a wide range of employee relations matters, including:
- Absence management, welfare, and OH referrals
- AWOL, performance, disciplinary, and grievance cases
- Appeals and flexible working requests
- Promoting proactive absence management and smooth return-to-work processes
- Supporting mental health and wellbeing initiatives
- Ensuring accurate case documentation in our case management system
- Acting as the first point of escalation from ER Assistants
What We’re Looking For
- A team player with a collaborative mindset
- Solid ER advisory experience and knowledge of employment legislation and best practices
- CIPD qualification (desirable but not essential)
- Experience in a shared service centre (a plus, not a must)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to meet tight deadlines
About Capita
Capita is an professional services organization, that helps clients across the public and private sectors run complex business processes more efficiently, creating better consumer experiences. Operating across 8 countries, Capita’s 34,000 colleagues support primarily UK and European clients with people-based services underpinned by market-leading technology. We’re a vital support service for our clients, enabling the everyday interactions that we expect to run seamlessly, to run seamlessly.
Check out our website www.capita.com for more information
What’s in it for you?
- This is a UK home-based role
- 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
- company matched pension, life assurance, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
- volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice - opportunity to take a paid day out of the office
- access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
- opportunity to gain additional qualifications through our Learning Academy or apprenticeships to help develop your career
Unlock Your Potential with Capita
At Capita, your career can take you wherever your ambition leads. You'll become part of a diverse network of talented, forward-thinking professionals working across a wide range of disciplines and sectors. We’re committed to your growth — offering endless opportunities to expand your skills, explore new paths, and advance your career.
🤝 Customer first, always🧑💻 Fearless innovation✅ Achieve together💙 Everyone is valued
What we hope you’ll do next:
Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.
About us

Capita is a consulting, transformation and digital services business. We deliver innovative solutions and simplify the connections between businesses and customers, governments and citizens. We're driven by our purpose: to create better outcomes – for our employees, clients and customers, suppliers and partners, investors, and society. We're committed to being a responsible business – in how we operate, serve society, respect our people and the environment, and deliver attractive returns to our investors.
Every day we help millions of people, by delivering innovative solutions to transform and simplify the connections between businesses and customers, governments and citizens. We partner with clients and provide them with the insight and cutting-edge technologies that give time back, allowing them to focus on what they do best and making people’s lives easier and simpler. We operate in the UK, Europe, India and South Africa and currently have 55,000 talented people working in our three divisions: Capita Experience, Capita Public Service and Capita Portfolio.