Manager, Employee Relations at IAG AUS

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

05 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Employee Relations, Leadership, Communication, Negotiation, Policy Changes, Legal Proceedings, Coaching, Agile Environment, Strategic Mindset, Stakeholder Engagement, Collaboration, Judgment, Problem Solving, Inclusivity, High Performance, Change Management

Industry

Insurance

Description

Create impact as a Manager, Employee Relations IAG is the largest general insurance group in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. We help make your world a safer place through creating a stronger and more resilient business and enabling our portfolio of iconic insurance brands. Mō te Tūranga | About the Role As an Employee Relations Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the employee experience and protecting IAG’s reputation through strategic, compliant, and people-focused leadership. You’ll lead a team of advisors and specialists to manage a variety of complex employee relations matters as well as collective agreement negotiations, policy changes, mergers and acquisitions and legal proceedings, ensuring alignment with legislation and internal standards. You’ll be a confident and effective communicator, both written and verbal, trusted to engage across the business, deliver training and represent IAG at the Employment Relations Authority. With exposure to a wide variety of issues and stakeholders trans-Tasman, this is a high-impact role for someone who thrives on challenge, leads with purpose and is passionate about building a safe, inclusive and high-performing workplace. This is a permanent full-time role with hybrid working conditions, based in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). Ōu Pūkenga | About You Strong experience as a senior employee relations practitioner, ideally in a commercial organisation of significant complexity Proven ability to translate complex and technical employee relations issues into pragmatic and plain language solutions Experience working in an agile environment, exercising good judgment with incomplete information Strategic mindset – able to anticipate employee relations issues and take an active approach resolving them Courage and ability to challenge and influence stakeholders Demonstrated experience coaching and upskilling leaders and HR practitioners in employee relations issues Proven ability to actively keep abreast of changes in external environment and translate into internal environment Proven ability to work collaboratively across whole of function and broader group to reach common approach Applications close Tuesday, 21st October at 11:59pm. All this shows up in what we offer: Boosted Kiwisaver with 4% employer contribution and life insurance as standard Up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance Annual $500 Health & Wellbeing payment 5 myLeave days per year on top of annual leave Work from home and many more flexibility options with myFlex Dedicated career growth programs, including the award-winning IAG Academy Partner discounts on every day and special occasion items A certified Family Inclusive WorkplaceTM Award-winning recognition and reward program *employment type eligibility criteria apply Mō mātou | About us IAG is the largest general insurance group in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. We’re also a tech and research facility, a hub for climate change experts and a centre of resilience design. We chat over coffee with customers, advocate for them in the corridors of Parliament and back them up in the community when life’s moments hit hardest. We acknowledge Tāngata Whenua in Aotearoa and are committed to growing Māori prosperity and wellbeing in Aotearoa through He Rautaki Māori (IAG’s Māori Strategy). We celebrate unique viewpoints shaped by life experiences, cultures and passions. And expand careers, genuinely connect with community, lead with a powerful purpose and celebrate what makes you individual. We're passionate about social issues, walk the talk on sustainability and strive to do more than standard on things that matter. We’re proud to be an accredited family-friendly workplace and are committed to being a safe and supportive space for all our employees. We do this because we’re ready for you. We’re ready for you. Apply today. Learn more about who IAG is here.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of advisors and specialists to manage complex employee relations matters and ensure compliance with legislation. Engage across the business to deliver training and represent IAG at the Employment Relations Authority.