Senior Employee Relations & Change Leader

DWF; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DWF in Manchester is seeking an ER & Change Manager to lead a team of six Employee Relations professionals, delivering expert ER guidance and driving strategic change initiatives in a global environment.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to manage complex cases, employment law matters, restructures and TUPE activity, ensuring a legally compliant and colleague-centered approach. The role offers a hybrid working model with two days in the office each week.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading Employee Relations functions and managing ER teams.
• Strong employment law expertise with experience handling complex ER cases and investigations.
• Proven experience delivering organisational change programmes, including restructures, consultations, redundancies and TUPE activity.
• Demonstrated success leading HR projects, transformation initiatives or major business change programmes.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills.
• Experience working within a large, complex organisation with multiple competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of six Employee Relations professionals, providing expert guidance on ER matters.
• Escalation point for the most challenging ER cases and investigations.
• Drive business-wide change initiatives, including restructures, consultations and TUPE programmes.
• Collaborate with HR and business leaders to deliver transformation programmes.
• Manage organisational risk and stakeholder engagement for strategic projects.
• Support successful delivery of transformation programmes aligned with long-term objectives.

Education

CIPD Level 7

Tools

Bob

iCIMS

ADP

Access

Job description

DWF in Manchester is seeking an ER & Change Manager to lead a team of six Employee Relations professionals, delivering expert ER guidance and driving strategic change initiatives in a global environment.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to manage complex cases, employment law matters, restructures and TUPE activity, ensuring a legally compliant and colleague-centered approach. The role offers a hybrid working model with two days in the office each week.