Employee Relations Specialist

McGregor Boyall; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

McGregor Boyall is partnering with a major UK employer to recruit an Employee Relations and Industrial Relations leader. The role focuses on strategic ER/IR, union engagement, and guiding senior stakeholders through change in a large, matrixed organisation.

The successful candidate will shape colleague relations strategy across a wide workforce, lead complex consultations, and support organisational transformation across Leeds, Bristol or Edinburgh with a hybrid working pattern.

Qualifications

• Experience partnering with recognised trade unions
• Leading complex consultations in large organisations
• Influencing senior stakeholders across a matrixed environment

Responsibilities

• Shape colleague relations strategy across a large workforce
• Lead trade union engagement and negotiations
• Manage collective consultation and organisational change programmes
• Influence senior leadership on ER/IR policy and risk management

Skills

Employee relations

Industrial relations

Union engagement

Stakeholder management

Job description

I'm working exclusively on a newly created Employee Relations opportunity with a major UK employer undergoing continued transformation and growth.

We're seeking Employee Relations and Industrial Relations experience with strong experience partnering with recognised trade unions, leading complex consultations, supporting organisational change, and influencing senior stakeholders across a large, matrixed organisation.

Key areas of focus include:

• Strategic employee and industrial relations
• Trade union engagement and negotiation
• Collective consultation and organisational change
• Employment law and risk management
• Policy development and implementation
• Senior stakeholder management

The successful individual will join an expanding team and play a key role in shaping colleague relations strategy across a large and complex workforce.

We are very open to candidates from a range of sectors financial services, utilities, transport, public sector, telecoms or other heavily unionised environments are particularly encouraged to apply.

Leeds, Bristol or Edinburgh | Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)

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