Senior Manager- Employee

24-Month Maximum-Term Contract | Reporting to the Director – Employee and Industrial Relations

DP World is seeking a strategic and experienced Senior Manager – Employee & Industrial Relations.

In this pivotal role, you'll oversee and manage industrial and employee relations matters, partnering closely with senior leaders and divisional teams. You'll provide expert guidance on workplace legislation, drive best-practice policy development, and help shape a consistent, compliant, and constructive employee and industrial relations culture.

While the role is based in Perth, we're open to candidates located in other states for the right fit.

Key Responsibilities –

• Oversee industrial relations activities, including enterprise agreement negotiations, management of industrial action, and engagement with external stakeholders such as the Fair Work Commission, Federal Court, and other tribunals.
• Partner with operational leaders and technical specialists to provide guidance and support on strategic projects.
• Lead the management and resolution of industrial disputes and related litigation, offering strategic advice throughout the process.
• Provide expert employee relations advice on complex matters, including policy development and reviews, organisational change, disciplinary processes, and workplace investigations.
• Support compliance with enterprise agreements and payroll obligations, including delivering rectification programs where required.
• Deliver training and capability-building initiatives for business leaders and people teams, focusing on IR / ER knowledge, processes, and legislative responsibilities.
• Manage right of entry matters in accordance with legal and procedural requirements.
• Assist with the development and rollout of IR / ER frameworks and business practices.
• Manage end-to-end enterprise agreement negotiations, including preparation, compliance review, documentation, implementation support, and response to industrial action in collaboration with business leaders and senior stakeholders.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience required :

• Degree or qualification in HR, Industrial Relations, Employment Law, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge of Fair Work Act 2009 and related employment legislation.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in complex, unionised workplaces, preferably with blue-collar workforces.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver clear, practical ER / IR advice.
• Experience managing enterprise agreements, industrial action, and workplace change.
• Experience representing organisations at the Fair Work Commission, including in dispute resolution, unfair dismissal defence, and general protections matters.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and data analysis skills.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world's trade flow better, changing what's possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse, and professional team of more than 106,500 employees from 158 nationalities, spanning 73 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that's fit for the future. In Asia Pacific, DP World employs more than 7,000 people and has ports and terminals in 18 locations.

We're rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

We're investing in innovation, from intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, at the forefront of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimizing disruptions from factory to customer's door.

Supporting equality

We are an equal opportunity employer. We employ and promote based on role requirements, and select people based on their qualifications, skills, experience, and fit with DP World Australia's culture and values. We strongly encourage persons from non-traditional backgrounds to apply.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.

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