Employee Relations Manager (Assistant Principal), An Garda Síochána

Role: Employee Relations Manager (AP)
Client: An Garda Síochána
Location: Anglesea Street Garda Station, Anglesea Street, Cork City.
Salary: Starting from: €81,475
Application: GetGot Application form only - https://staffline.getgotjobs.ie/

The Role of the Employee Relations Manager (AP), within their respective region, will include:

• Providing assistance, advice and representation on all Industrial Relations (IR) and related issues within a Region at the earliest possible opportunity, including carrying out direct local negotiations.
• Assisting in negotiating agreements, resolving employment issues and implementing policies.
• Representing the Organisation at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), Conciliation, Adjudication, and the Labour Court and at Mediation, Adjudication and Arbitration under the Civil Service C&A Scheme on all issues unresolved through direct local negotiations.
• Maintaining and constantly updating a sound working knowledge of employment legislation, legal aspects of practice and the complete range of terms and conditions applicable to employees.
• Developing a positive working relationship with associations and unions.
• Contributing to strategic direction as part of the senior management team, including identifying IR priorities.
• Engagement with the other functional areas, as well as relevant Business Owners across the Organisation, including engagement on national issues.
• Actively contributing to the development of the business plans, policies, and risk registers of the division and the Organisation.
• Support the Principal Officer, Head of Industrial Relations.

Please note that the above list of responsibilities is not exhaustive and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties.

The role of the Employee Relations Manager is key to improving employee relations throughout the Organisation. They will work directly with employee relations issues as they arise, maintaining positive industrial relations within their respective regions.
The successful candidate will require the following:

• Demonstrable experience of having worked in an industrial relations role, preferably within the public sector.
• Demonstrable experience of representing their employer in the industrial relations machinery of the state (WRC adjudication, WRC conciliation services, Labour Court).
• Have a minimum of four (4) years' experience in the field.
• Excellent knowledge of employment law issues.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work in a diplomatic, tactful and discreet manner, while dealing with confidential and sensitive information.
• Excellent written and presentation skills
• Ability to work on own initiative at a regional and local level, while also maintaining effective channels of communication with Garda Headquarters.
• Ability to travel nationally to execute the full requirements of the role.

Essential Criteria

• A Third-level qualification.
• 4 years' experience in a Human Resource Management/ Industrial Relations environment.
• Significant experience with IR Machinery of the State (i.e. WRC, Labour Court, C&A Scheme).
• Experience in providing support and guidance on employment law, policies and compliance.
• A full, clean driving licence with no endorsements and access to a vehicle to undertake the full duties of the role. This requirement must be maintained at the job offer stage.

Desirable Criteria

• 4 years' experience in Industrial Relations/ HR advisory role within a Public Services environment.
• A Legal qualification.
• Mediation Institute of Ireland (MII) Accreditation.

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CV's will not be accepted for this role. If you submit a CV or blank document, you will get an email with a link to complete the online application form.

Closing date for all completed online application forms is 3:00 PM, Monday 9^th February 2026.