Employee Relations – Industrial Relations – Edinburgh/Glasgow

Job Description

Employee Relations – Industrial Relations – Edinburgh/Glasgow

Job Type

Contract/Temporary

Location

Edinburgh

Job Ref

BBBH02

Date Added

March 5th, 2026

Consultant

Employee Relations Consultant – 1 Year Fixed Term Contract – £55k – £60k – Glasgow/Edinburgh

Location: Glasgow or Edinburgh (Hybrid)
Contract: 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Our client, a major UK utilities organisation, is looking to bring on an experienced mid-senior Employee Relations Consultant on a 12 month fixed term basis to strengthen its Employee and Industrial Relations capability.

The role will support a complex, unionised environment, with a strong focus on ER/IR advisory work, collective bargaining arrangements, and effective engagement with joint trade unions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert advice across a broad range of employee relations and industrial relations matters
• Support and contribute to collective bargaining processes, pay negotiations, and formal consultations
• Work closely with HR and senior stakeholders to manage complex and sensitive ER cases
• Build and maintain constructive relationships with trade union representatives
• Ensure ER activity is compliant with employment legislation, internal policy, and best practice

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG – The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.