Manager Industrial Relations & Workplace Standards

at  NSW Legal Aid Commission Office of the

• Ongoing Full-Time
• Clerk Grade 11/12 ($145,378.00 - $168,130.00 + super)
• Location – Sydney (Haymarket)
• Flexible/hybrid work options available

ABOUT US

Legal Aid NSW helps people with their legal problems. We can help people with most areas criminal law, family law and every day civil law legal issues. We give legal advice, help at court and do family dispute resolution. We can do this over the telephone or at one of our 28 offices.

KEY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Have previously led a team of a comparable size and nature across all aspects of HR/IR/ER
• Current knowledge of all aspects of employment law employment law, IR/ER/Workplace Standards, and Investigations
• Having led and/or managed consultations, negotiations, disputes, in a similar or alike industry or sector
• The ability to step in/up and coach managers and employees as needed as a team player

DO YOU NEED HELP TO APPLY?

It’s important to properly prepare before you apply for a role. Here is some other information to help you:

• If you have questions about the role, you can contact Craig Cole via email: craig.cole@legalaid.nsw.gov.au.
• If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
• The Role Description sets out the responsibilities of the role.
• The focus capabilities and key accountabilities in the role description indicate what is expected at that level. Being familiar with these will help you understand what the panel will be looking for in the successful candidate.
• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NSW

CLOSING DATE: Sunday, 16 February 2025, 11.59p

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Manager Industrial Relations and Workplace Standards works within the wider Legal Aid HR division to provide advice, manage industrial relations matters and ensure our workplace standards are maintained and adhered to. In this role, you will manage a team of two Senior Advisors (IR/ER), two HR Business Partners, one HR Advisor and one HR Project Officer. This role supports the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and professional Human Resource, Industrial Relations, Employee Relations, Enterprise Agreement and Workplace Standards across all Legal Aid NSW, which in turn support the people of Legal Aid NSW to serve our clients.

THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ROLE

You must:

• Human Resources Management Qualification
• Certificate IV in Government Investigations
• Extensive demonstrated experience developing and implementing ER/IR strategies in a large, complex multi-site national organisation
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Criminal Record Check
• Previous experience in managing and resolving complex workplace investigations and disciplinary matters, again, across a large complex multi-site national organisation
• Enterprise agreement facilitation, mediation, and negotiation experience in a large organisation
• Hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency (for ongoing vacancies)

It’s important to properly prepare before you apply for a role. Here is some other information to help you:

• If you have questions about the role, you can contact Craig Cole via email: craig.cole@legalaid.nsw.gov.au.
• If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
• The Role Description sets out the responsibilities of the role.
• The focus capabilities and key accountabilities in the role description indicate what is expected at that level. Being familiar with these will help you understand what the panel will be looking for in the successful candidate.
• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NS