Industrial Relations Lead

London Source: WhatJobs
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Overview

In this role you will lead the industrial relations agenda for a national infrastructure business with two London sites and additional locations. You will shape the IR framework, partner with SLT and HR, and manage relationships with major unions to drive collective bargaining and change programmes. You’ll tackle complex on-site issues, including working patterns, in a highly unionised environment. The position offers home-based work with occasional in-office presence and national travel, impacting how IR supports organisational strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the IR strategy and framework across the organisation
  • Manage multiple collective bargaining agreements
  • Address legacy terms and conditions during major organisational change
  • Build and maintain relationships with unions and TU reps
  • Negotiate pay, shift allowances and working agreements
  • Provide on-site IR leadership for complex issues including working patterns
  • Collaborate with SLT and HR generalists to align IR with broader people strategy
  • Travel nationally as required

Key requirements

  • Technical expertise in industrial relations
  • Experience managing collective bargaining agreements
  • Strong relationship building with unions
  • Ability to navigate a complex, unionised environment
  • Experience with pay negotiations, shift allowances, and working agreements
  • Proven capability to lead organisational change initiatives
  • Strong stakeholder management with senior leadership
  • Ability to travel nationally
  • relationship-building
  • stakeholder-management
  • influencing
  • industrial relations
  • collective bargaining
  • pay negotiations

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