ER & Policy Executive
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Argos
Closing date: 10 May 2026
Requisition ID: 400059398
About the team
You’ll be joining the Argos People Employee Relations & Policy team, a specialist function supporting leaders and colleagues across the business to navigate complex employee relations matters with confidence and fairness. The team plays a critical role in managing risk, enabling good decision‑making, and ensuring that our policies and practices align with both employment law and our valued behaviours. Working at the centre of Argos, the team partners closely with senior leaders, employment law experts, and wider people teams to deliver commercially sound and human‑centred outcomes.
More about the role
As an Employee Relations & Policy Executive, you’ll support the delivery of expert ER advice on complex, high‑risk, and high‑profile cases. Working closely with the ER & Policy Specialist, you’ll balance reactive case management with proactive insight‑led interventions that build capability across the business. Your day‑to‑day will involve advising leaders on sensitive employee relations matters, assessing risk, tracking cases to resolution, and ensuring advice aligns with policy, employment law, and Argos’ valued behaviours.
You’ll also play a key role in analysing ER data to identify trends and risk areas, supporting initiatives to improve outcomes in areas such as absence, performance, and long‑term sickness. In addition, you’ll contribute to tribunal preparation, deliver training and briefings on new policies, and coach leaders to strengthen their confidence and capability in managing ER issues.
More about you
To be successful in this role, you’ll bring proven experience in employee relations, with the confidence to manage complex and sensitive cases in a fast‑paced environment. You’re comfortable assessing risk, applying sound judgement, and tailoring your advice to achieve balanced outcomes that work for both colleagues and the business.
You’ll be a credible and collaborative partner, able to influence and challenge stakeholders constructively while building trust at all levels. A data‑led and pragmatic mindset, strong communication skills, and a commitment to continuous learning will enable you to deliver high‑quality, commercially focused ER support and help build sustainable people capability across Argos.
Essential criteria
• Demonstratable experience providing employee relations advice on complex or high‑risk cases, following cases through to resolution.
• Proven knowledge of UK employment law and its practical application within an organisational context.
• Evidence of analysing ER data to identify trends, assess risk, and inform action plans or recommendations.
• Proven experience influencing and advising stakeholders at multiple levels, including senior leaders.
• Demonstratable capability in communicating ER guidance clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.
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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
