Job Description
Vice President - Employee Relations
Bristol
Full Time
Why join Rolls-Royce?
At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Vice President - Employee Relations to join the Employee Relations team, based in Bristol.
As Vice President – Employee Relations, you will work with senior leaders, people leaders and Employee Representatives to develop and drive a strategic partnership to execute business strategy. This will be achieved via relationship management, a structured approach to project planning, a consultative approach to engagement and an engaging communication style that will enable you to deliver the right tone/message to the appropriate groups and individuals.
What you will be doing:
With this attractive opportunity, you will get a chance to:
- Develop and maintain a strategic partnership with our Trade Union and employee representatives. Fostering constructive dialogue and collaboration to align workforce needs with organisational goals.
- Provide business focused, pragmatic workplace practice solutions to improve productivity, lead the programme of activity on standardisation and the creation of the right environment for a diverse and inclusive workplace in a transforming organisation.
- Maintain awareness of employee relations/industrial relations good practice, benchmark the best in the region and align the Company’s approach and solutions to match and exceed that standard.
- Provide specialist advice on complex change activities requiring collective engagement and liaise with the relevant legal representatives to ensure that risk is always kept to a minimum.
- Advise and support any statutory consultation relationships which enable good employee relations and/or legal compliance.
- Work closely with the Senior leaders across the UK to forecast and address requirements.
- Lead collective negotiations, consultations and dispute resolution activities as appropriate.
- Act as a specialist centre of employee relations excellence for all the businesses in the UK.
Preferred requirements:
- Strong relationship and influencing skills with credibility across the function, within the organisation and externally with relevant bodies.
- Ability to provide support on multiple change activities and to understand the impact of ER on the wider HR and business change agenda and to operate with a pragmatic, commercial and results orientated approach.
- Strong experience of operating on the front line of trade union relations, a history and track record of negotiations, successfully leading change within a unionised environment and drive and ability to move the business forward. Relationship building, consultative and advisory skills will be complimented with awareness of HR generalist issues.
- Strong background in employment law
- Pragmatic approach that always keeps the organisation's best interests at the forefront of the decision-making process and an ability to operate independently and work collaboratively within a global team.
- An up-to-date understanding of all elements of UK employee relations
- A proven ability in successfully holding difficult conversations and delivering sensitive messages to employees at all levels is essential.
What we offer:
We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.
Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.
Closing date: 12th May 2026
As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.
Job Category
Human Resources
Posting Date
30 Apr 2026; 00:04
Posting End Date
12 May 2026