Industrial Relations Lead - Manchester, United Kingdom - NatWest

NatWest

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Join us as an Industrial Relations Lead

Take on an influential and leading role as you provide advice and guidance which supports an effective industrial relations strategy
You'll be helping to manage the relationship between the bank and its employee representatives, giving you excellent exposure for your work
It's a chance to provide thought leadership and insights across the bank, sharing external benchmarking, best practice and developments in the external industrial relations environment

What you'll do:

As an Industrial Relations Lead, you'll be regarded as a trusted adviser to HR colleagues and business units in relation to all aspects of industrial relations matters.

We'll look to you to understand issues, propose solutions and assist with implementation, working collaboratively with the relevant team and specialists where needed.

You'll take a leading role in engaging with and helping to manage the relationship with our employee representatives, including our Trade Unions in the UK and Ireland and the European Employee Council.

We'll also look to you to coordinate the colleague advisory panel alongside the relevant business and help to provide HR input into this.

Other key aspects of your role will involve:

Helping to manage risk by advising stakeholders of issues which need escalating, and developing and delivering responses and solutions
Understanding developments in the external industrial relations environment and recommending actions
Supporting and advising on our agreements with our employee representatives
Making sure that a clear engagement protocol is in place in relation to industrial relation matters for HR and the business

The skills you'll need:

You'll also demonstrate:

Significant expertise in industrial relations matters and knowledge of relevant policies, regulations and employment law
Experience of managing relationships with multiple stakeholders at senior levels in a complex corporate environment
A proven ability to challenge and influence stakeholders and build collaborative partnerships across business areas
Experience of driving and managing the change and delivery of and embedding initiatives across diverse business units