Hybrid IR & TUPE Strategy Lead

Churchill Services; Caddington; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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33 days leave including bank holidays

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and ill

24/7 GP access, plus mental health, …

Two paid volunteering days per year-

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Job summary

Churchill Services is recruiting an experienced Industrial Relations & TUPE Manager to lead our IR strategy and TUPE compliance across the business. You will advise senior stakeholders, manage trade union relationships, and guide organisational change projects.

Reporting to the Employee Relations Director, you will design and deliver IR training, oversee TUPE transfers, and provide practical support to HR teams and operations. A UK-wide travel requirement and occasional evenings are expected.

Qualifications

• Proven IR management experience including negotiations and collective consultations.
• Strong TUPE transfers experience end-to-end across multiple projects.
• Excellent stakeholder management with ability to influence at all levels.
• Willingness to travel across the UK and occasional evenings.
• CIPD qualification or working towards it.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and mitigate industrial relations risks, advising senior leadership on negotiation strategies and dispute resolution.
• Design and deliver IR and TUPE training, coaching HR and business teams as needed.
• Lead end-to-end TUPE transfers (inbound and outbound), ensuring full compliance with UK employment legislation.
• Manage large-scale mobilisations and demobilisations, including planning, employer engagement, and consultation with trade unions and employee representatives.
• Produce monthly MI reports and provide timely updates to HR SLT and senior leaders on IR and TUPE projects.
• Support the HR team with ad hoc duties and contribute to your own ongoing development.

Skills

Industrial relations management

TUPE transfers

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Education

CIPD HR Level 5

Job description

Churchill Services is recruiting an experienced Industrial Relations & TUPE Manager to lead our IR strategy and TUPE compliance across the business. You will advise senior stakeholders, manage trade union relationships, and guide organisational change projects.

Reporting to the Employee Relations Director, you will design and deliver IR training, oversee TUPE transfers, and provide practical support to HR teams and operations. A UK-wide travel requirement and occasional evenings are expected.