{"id":178912,"date":"2026-07-01T12:26:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/job\/head-of-employee-relations-policy-safeguarding\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:26:57","slug":"head-of-employee-relations-policy-safeguarding-178912","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/nl\/job\/head-of-employee-relations-policy-safeguarding-178912\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of Employee Relations, Policy & Safeguarding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Head of Employee Relations, Policy & Safeguarding<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

18 month Fixed Term Contract<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I am delighted to be supporting a prestige and iconic organisation in the world of Performing Arts to appoint a Head of Employee Relations, Policy & Safeguarding.<\/p>\n

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this is a critical role shaping how the organisation handles its most sensitive and high-risk people matters.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

You’ll bring structure, pace and credibility to employee relations, ensuring a consistent, fair and legally robust approach, while strengthening early resolution and leadership capability.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Alongside leading complex casework and industrial relations, you’ll own employment policy and governance frameworks, ensuring they are practical, compliant and support effective management. You’ll also provide oversight of safeguarding and deliver clear insight on organisational risk and trends.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Key Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This is a senior leadership role that brings together employee relations, industrial relations, policy and safeguarding into one clear, organisation-wide agenda. You’ll set direction, oversee the most complex issues, and ensure a consistent, high-quality approach to how people matters are managed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

You’ll lead the employee relations framework end-to-end – balancing risk and fairness while improving early resolution, strengthening manager capability, and reducing repeat issues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

You’ll also shape the organisation’s industrial relations approach, building constructive relationships with trade unions and supporting senior leaders through consultation and negotiation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Alongside this, you’ll own policy and governance, ensuring frameworks are practical, compliant and support effective decision-making, while providing oversight of safeguarding and visibility of organisational risk.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In practice, this includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n