Posted:
12/18/2024, 11:29:35 AM
Location(s):
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⋅ New South Wales, Australia
Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior
Field(s):
People & HR
At Cerebral Palsy Alliance, we value diversity, foster an inclusive culture and champion equitable opportunities. We strongly encourage applications from candidates with a diverse range of backgrounds and lived experiences including people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Join us and make a positive difference to the lives of people with disabilities, and to grow your career as part of our alliance of great minds. Our shared values are Passionate, Respectful, Ethical, Curious and Courageous.
About the role
The Employee Relations Manager is responsible for the provision of leadership and high-level advice and direction on employee and industrial relations services and related activities and matters. The role acts as a key business partner CPA's business areas and manages the provision of day-to-day operational expertise and guidance to ensure legislative and HR best practice compliance.
Managing a small team of ER professionals, providing leadership, guidance and coaching to ensure timely, effective resolution of complex IR/ER issues. This is a hands on role in a large complex business, with regular involvement in various initiatives across remuneration benchmarking, people experience, DEI and employee engagement
Duties include
Lead an advisory team of four, ensuring they are equipped to effectively support leaders with a wide range of people matters
Provide expertise, guidance and coaching to managers to ensure compliance with legislative requirements, to resolve complex ER matters
Manage the design and development of policies, procedures and training to ensure compliance and to help build leadership capability
Collaborate with key managers on attraction, retention, employee development and engagement strategies to identify opportunities to make the organisation an employer of choice
Provide representation of the organisation at industrial tribunals and external forums
Drive the implementation of initiatives and practices that ensures the team effectively engages with and support changes across the organisation
Partner, support and monitor industrial instruments including the development and implementation of agreed industrial instruments for new and existing projects to ensure compliance with workplace laws
Lead various projects, ensuring project performance and delivery within agreed timelines and budget
Build and maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders to successfully effect changes to policies and procedures
Develop and manage interactions with unions and other industrial bodies to maintain constructive relationships
About you:
Extensive experience in the field of Human Resources, working autonomously at a senior level
Relevant Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Post Graduate studies in a relevant field (Human Resources, Employee Relations, Business, Law, Commerce).
Strong leadership capability, able to coach mentor and engage a high performing team
Ideally experience in a range of service delivery/operational sectors would be demonstrable
Demonstrated experience managing multiple major projects at once
Demonstrated experience in influencing and working collaboratively with employees at all levels across CPA
Up to date knowledge on relevant employment legislation
Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal working with a high level of attention to detail
Important information:
At CPA the safety of our staff and clients is of paramount importance. We have assessed this role type as requiring a low level of physical functionality with some inherent requirements. For more information on what that may mean for this role please click here.
How to Apply
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*CPA will be closed over the holidays, applications will be reviewed in early January*
Website: https://cerebralpalsy.org.au/
Headquarter Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Employee Count: 1001-5000
Year Founded: 1945
IPO Status: Private
Industries: Non Profit