Head of Employee and Industrial Relations

1 week ago


Melbourne, Australia Leidos Full time

Company Description

Every person at Leidos plays an important and valued role bringing science, engineering and technology together to produce practical solutions for our customers’ most complex problems. It’s how we help to make the world safer, healthier and more efficient - work that matters and a mission, like those of our customers, we are passionate about. We’re open minded, ambitious and committed to enabling our people to do their best work, to be inspired by what they can achieve and the impact they can have.

Here in Australia, we’re agile and growing fast. Our 1,400 employees are busy building an enviable reputation for innovation and delivery. And, as part of a US-based organisation with 37,000 people and a 50 year history, we are able to draw upon world-leading technical expertise to help us provide the best solutions to our customers.

**Job Description**:
As a member of the Australian HR Leadership team, you will report to the Australian VP of HR and be responsible for Employee and Industrial Relations. As this is a new role within the team you will be heading up ER/WR Workplace Relations and designing and delivering frameworks, policies, processes, and reporting to ensure best practice. Part of this role will include the education of the business - training and workshops to help build the capability and understanding of this space.

You will be the go-person for advice, and people leaders and HRBP’s will work hand in glove with you as you act as an escalation point for complex matters and Lead/ guide the Workplace Relations & Ethics investigations.

The scope of the role will be to:

- Lead/ guide Workplace Relations & Ethics investigative matters.
- Provide Industrial Relations leadership and operational support for the delivery and maintenance of Enterprise Bargaining Agreements.
- Input into the design and development of enterprise People Plan frameworks
- Prepare reports to the executive team and key stakeholders

**Qualifications**:
**About you and what you will bring**:
You will be a career Change Manager and have deep current Australian workplace relations knowledge and experience and would have designed or been part of the design to deliver a multichannel capability in an organization with significant growth. You will be great at fostering relationships with senior leaders and influencing in a complex stakeholder environment. Not only a pragmatic problem solver you will be willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done. A strong believer in the value great employee relations can deliver to the business. There is plenty of opportunity to shape the role to suit the organisation and your career goals. Think of it as semi-Greenfields, an opportunity to add value and be seen as that senior leader within the space.

We are a great team - smart, supportive and well regarded and looking for a team member to build this capability.

Additional Information
**What You’ll Love**

At Leidos, you will be valued, included and supported. So if you are open-minded and keen to be the difference, we look forward to welcoming you.



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