What you will be doing
as HR Consultant - Industrial Relations
1. Designing and delivering Trade Union related IR interventions and strategies.
2. Leading on IR areas, providing a bespoke consultancy service to leaders and other HR departments
3. Handling escalated in-depth and complex queries.
4. Analysing and interpreting research data to inform IR strategy and approach.
5. Building trusted relationships, acting as a confidant and forms alliances with internal/ external
stakeholders.
6. Ensuring business leaders understand and are engaged with IR activities
7. Working flexibly and collaboratively across business and HR functions to ensure effective planning and delivery, Identifies ways to work with resistance and complex problems.
8. Leading timely and efficient delivery of planned IR programmes into the organisation by communicating programme intent and coaching business leaders to assure delivery/ support outcomes
Working Pattern - Hybrid, Reading with some travel to other sites
What you should bring to the role?
9. Proven hands on experience of developing/deploying an industrial relations strategy which positively impacts the business and the way people work
10. Solid experience working with heavily unionised organisations
11. Expertise in IR policy and procedures including detailed and up-to-date knowledge of legislative
requirements.
12. Able to manage the employment legal system, and prepare for and manage cases/TU disputes,
13. The ability to drive an effective working relationships with the TU partnership through successful consultation and negotiation to drive positive change in the business
14. Be able to understand and speak the 'language of the business', be business ‘savvy’, and how to translate the organisation plan into an IR plan by being solutions focused.
15. Excellent expertise of shaping and driving delivery of successful change and transformation processes
What’s in it for you?
16. Competitive salary of up to £75,000 per annum
17. Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
18. Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
19. Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
20. Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
21. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.