National HR Manager — Industrial Relations Leader

HR Heads; United States; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 10%

Car allowance

Hybrid working

Job summary

HR Heads is recruiting an experienced HR Manager to support a nationally operating business within a complex, highly unionised environment. You will partner with operational leaders, navigate employee relations issues, and influence business performance through people strategies.

Leading a small HR team, you will support senior stakeholders across the UK, drive collective bargaining, organisational design and workforce planning while maintaining strong industrial relations across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Experience operating at HR Manager or Senior HRBP level.
• Strong industrial relations and trade union engagement.
• Exposure to collective consultation and organisational change.
• Experience supporting operationally focused workforces.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted HR partner to senior operational leaders.
• Lead complex employee relations and industrial relations matters.
• Manage relationships with recognised trade unions.
• Support collective bargaining, consultation and change programmes.
• Deliver organisational design and workforce planning initiatives.
• Coaching line managers on people-related matters and employment legislation.
• Leading and developing a team of two HR Advisors.
• Supporting wider HR projects and business improvement initiatives.

Skills

Industrial relations

Stakeholder engagement

People management

HR strategy

Job description

HR Heads is recruiting an experienced HR Manager to support a nationally operating business within a complex, highly unionised environment. You will partner with operational leaders, navigate employee relations issues, and influence business performance through people strategies.

Leading a small HR team, you will support senior stakeholders across the UK, drive collective bargaining, organisational design and workforce planning while maintaining strong industrial relations across multiple sites.