Senior Manager – ER/IR

We’re partnering with a global organisation to recruit a Senior ER/IR Manager into their first class People team. This is a high-impact, strategic leadership role, one that sits at the heart of change, complexity and influence across a large-scale organisation.

Reporting to the Director – Employee and Industrial Relations, this role is critical in shaping and executing ER/IR strategy, partnering with senior leaders and guiding the organisation through enterprise negotiations, transformation, and compliance.

This is not a role for the sidelines. You’ll be hands-on with enterprise bargaining, litigation, leadership capability building and culture shaping – all within a highly unionised, operationally diverse business.

What You’ll Lead:

• End-to-end enterprise agreement negotiations and industrial strategy
• Engagement with key external bodies: Fair Work Commission, Federal Court, and other tribunals
• Management of industrial disputes, litigation and workplace investigations
• Development of IR/ER policy frameworks, compliance reviews, and rectification programs
• Trusted ER/IR advisor to operational and senior business leaders
• Capability-building for leaders and people teams in all things ER/IR

What You’ll Bring:

• 10+ years’ experience in complex, unionised environments
• Deep understanding of the Fair Work Act and employment legislation
• Proven strength in enterprise bargaining, IR strategy and dispute resolution
• Experience working closely with blue-collar or industrial workforces
• Confident stakeholder engagement – you’ll be influencing at every level
• A calm, commercial mindset under pressure

This is an opportunity to lead in a business that doesn’t shy away from complexity — and to be part of the real decision-making when it comes to culture, compliance and change.

To apply or learn more: Reach out in confidence to Kayla Hoye on 0434 039 406.