Employee Relations and Strategy Manager Heathrow, England
Job description
This is a key time to be joining British Airways as we Build a Better BA. We take huge pride in our past – but we’re looking to the future as an airline that loves embracing the best of modern Britain. Our country’s creativity, diversity, style, wit and warmth are the same special qualities that make us who we are. If you’re made of the same qualities as us, you could soon be part of the next chapter of our story. Together as one team, we’re connecting Britain with the world and the world to Britain like no one else
About the role
The Employee Relations and Strategy Manager supports the definition, development and implementation of the corporate industrial and employee strategy to enhance organisational performance and deliver business change
Partnering with key business areas you will define and deliver the industrial strategy and agenda associated with the current and future business plan.
Your Industrial Relations and Employee Engagement experience will enable you to develop meaningful relationships with BA colleagues and Trade Union representatives. As well as leading and supporting consultations and negotiations with the TU, you will develop direct engagement strategies and activities, seeking opportunities for improvement and innovation. You will demonstrate strong leadership skills internally and externally, with a vision and the influence to deliver change.
Key duties
- Manage relationships with key union representatives (internal to BA) and key union officials (external to BA) to successfully deliver IR/ER strategic objectives.
- Work with senior leaders and People BP’s, to deliver the people and change agenda
- Lead IR/ER projects that support the delivery of corporate and local teams’ strategy and achievement of the business plan/strategy.
- Inform and educate senior business leaders on Trade Union developments relevant to BA. CAC, ET/EAT rulings/judgements.
- Manage our industrial agreements ensuring they are documented and recorded appropriately
- Improve current industrial agreements to support business performance
- Co-ordinate local bargaining units’ teams’ ER agendas and chair local Industrial meetings as appropriate
- Advise line management and programme change with IR engagement advice
Our Corporate and Support roles come with big potential to make your mark on our business. The airline industry changes so fast that we’re constantly evolving and finding new ways to impress customers and get ahead of our competitors. If you’re an innovator, brave and bold, you will be in your element at British Airways.
About you
- Experience of working with trade unions
- Experience of managing conflict appropriately
- Proven experience in delivering and managing change
- Meaningful negotiations/Dispute resolution
- Proven ability to deliver complex projects and quantifiable change against an agreed set of measures within IR sensitive environments
Your impact on British Airways will be rewarded with a competitive rewards package plus the opportunity to develop and progress your career in many directions.
Not only will you have the chance to further your career development within BA, you’ll have access to our competitive reward and benefits package. This includes core company paid benefits such as a Defined Contribution pension scheme, generous Life Assurance cover and a whole host of options to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing. You can also sign up for a range of voluntary benefits such as Private Medical cover, Dental and Critical Illness cover, Technology Scheme, Cycle to Work and Electric Car Scheme. And of course, you’ll be able to enjoy the benefit of staff travel as soon as you join us.
At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.
Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.
N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities
