MLC Partners
Employee & Industrial Relations Manager
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Employee & Industrial Relations Manager
Salary: up to £80,000
Contract: Permanent
Reporting to: Head of HR
MLC Partners are recruiting an Employee & Industrial Relations Manager for a leading healthcare organisation providing highly specialised pathology and clinical laboratory services to clinicians, hospitals, and community healthcare providers across the UK.
Operating within a complex, highly regulated, and heavily unionised environment, the organisation is looking for an experienced ER/IR professional to lead its employee relations agenda, strengthen trade union relationships, and manage a team of four HR Advisers.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead trade union engagement, negotiation, and formal consultation
- Develop a more proactive and effective industrial relations strategy
- Manage and develop a team of four HR Advisers
- Oversee a high-volume and complex ER caseload
- Advise senior stakeholders on sensitive ER and IR matters
- Support work around pay, terms and conditions, and employment frameworks
- Improve manager capability and consistency in handling ER issues
About You
You will have:
- Strong experience working in a heavily unionised environment
- Direct experience of collective bargaining, consultation, and dispute resolution
- A strong background in complex employee relations
- Previous people management experience
- Strong employment law knowledge
- The credibility and resilience to work with senior stakeholders and experienced trade union representatives
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Experience within healthcare, life sciences, diagnostics, the NHS, public sector, or another complex and regulated environment would be advantageous.
To apply or find out more, please contact MLC Partners.
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