ER Lead – Trade Union Relations

About the Role ER Lead – Trade Union Relations

ER Lead – Trade Union Relations Tower Hamlets Council is seeking an experienced interim ER Lead with deep specialist experience and knowledge in negotiations and consultation with trade union representatives in local government. This role holder will need to work at pace to address long standing disputes and failures to agree between parties by proposing professionally informed, evidenced based and pragmatic solutions to reach satisfactory resolution to the Director of HR&OD.

ER Lead – Trade Union Relations Alongside this the post holder will lead on a number of complex, high level ER cases ensuring that these reach timely resolution in line with the Councils policies and procedures. This role will also include developing Standard Operating and decision making approaches that achieve consistency and compliance across all ER activities to reduce case work escalation and ensure adherence to policies, procedures and the ACAS codes, working with colleagues in HR&OD to build competence and embed continuous improvement, playing a key role in strengthening and modernising employee and industrial relations across the Council.

This is a high profile role requires a skilled trade union negotiator and employee relations professional who can operate confidently in a complex, unionised, fast paced environment working alongside services and with legal colleagues to ens...