Employee & Industrial Relations Manager

Job description

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.

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

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.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

11-09-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English