Senior IR Manager

We are looking for a Senior IR manager who will be responsible for working across the Royal Mail Group with Senior HR, Functional leads and our Trade Unions to facilitate a stable IR environment with activity related to BAU activity, delivery of new initiatives and compliance to our IR agreements. This is a hybrid working role with travel to our Farringdon/London office two times per week. About the role You will influence and coach negotiating mandates across the business for change projects involving complex employee and industrial relation issues and support change activity through agreed IR remits. Provide pro-active support in managing and avoiding disputes including supporting the business approach to both internal and external mediation to increase the pace and deployment of change activity. Provide technical advice and coaching to support the delivery of all agreements and proactively support the delivery of a consistent approach to enable a culture of industrial stability. Provide pro-active expert advice together for BAU activity with a strategic overview of business impact of decisions made and advice given. Develop with others, policies and guidance to support an IR agenda and provide expert business responses through coaching to HR Business Partners and functional leads on specific IR related issues.,

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Your career in safe hands At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses. We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don't, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs. An operation of this size needs a strong support network, and the HR, Legal, Finance, IT, Risk & Governance, Customer Experience, Sales & Marketing departments are all integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations. Royal Mail is a forward thinking, innovative organisation, that is also committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality in our communities. This includes investing in technologies such as electric vehicles, drones, alternative fuel trucks and energy improvements to our estate.


• Experience of managing union and external stakeholder relationships, particularly in supporting the delivery of large-scale change
• Knowledge and understanding of Royal Mail and the wider business
• Ability to understand and interpret IR tactics into a negotiating strategy and approach
• Knowledge of current collective agreements
• Coaching & positive challenging style
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Resilience, tenacity and self-starter
• Results and output orientated
• Proven track record of influencing others and finding creative solutions
• CIPD qualified or equivalent qualifications
• Understanding of Legislation relating to Union matters
  
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We don't expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you. Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required. We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

Competitive salary Car allowance £5,500 or £5000 cash allowance Healthcare- Full family cover Annual bonus potential Company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution ratesGenerous annual leave offering of 27.5 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 10 years service Permanent, Full time 185 Farringdon rd, London, EC1A 1AA