Industrial Relations Manager

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**The Opportunity**:

- **Lead and implement CSIRO Enterprise Agreement & IR Strategy**:

- **Influencing & negotiation is what you thrive on**:

- **Supportive, flexible hybrid work environment**

If you love the idea of bringing your experience to a purpose lead organisation where you are valued and work alongside likeminded passionate individuals who are driven in helping Australia innovate, push boundaries, and solve the greatest challenges of our times then we’d love to hear from you.

We understand that you are more than just a resume on a page, so we invite you to contact us, we are open to chat about everything from the role to salary and benefits to ensure that no stone is unturned in the search for our newest team member. We want to set you up for success, as you will play a critical role as our Industrial Relations Manager where you will be responsible for providing industrial, and employee relations leadership and advice that is proactive, strategic and solution focused. You will help shape the future landscape of our industrial relations framework in CSIRO.

**Your duties will include**:

- Investigate, interpret, and provide expert advice on a wide range of employee related matters, and legislative and industrial agreement issues
- At a strategic level, take a lead role in negotiating and supporting CSIRO’s Bargaining team during negotiations for new agreements
- Be a CSIRO representative and support and advocate CSIRO’s best interests externally in various jurisdictions, industrial tribunals, Commissions, sector groups and negotiations
- Partner with CSIRO leadership, People Team leaders and advisors to guide, educate and provide expert advice on a broad range of employment and industrial relations matters
- Liaise and develop strong working relationships across the Workplace Relations team with the Case Management and Policy and Remuneration teams to support the management and resolution of escalated complex people cases and ensure CSIRO policies and procedures are compliant with relevant legislation
- Manage all aspects of industrial disputes, demonstrated through advocacy and negotiation.
- Lead the development and implementation of the CSIRO and Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex Enterprise Agreement Strategies
- Provide operational and strategic industrial relations advice on a range of new and emerging CSIRO initiatives including a forward focused vision of CSIRO’s industrial relations landscape

**Salary**:AU$117,917 to AU$138,176 pa (pro-rata for part-time) + up to 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**:Indefinite

**Reference**:90127

**To be considered you will need**:

- Relevant experience at a senior level, providing advice and managing complex workplace, industrial and employee relations matters
- Comprehensive and specialist knowledge and understanding of Fair Work Commission cases and the legislative, regulatory, and industrial instruments in relation to employment and industrial relations, preferably within the government context.
- Strong problem-solving skills to resolve matters where policy, guidelines, and precedents are not available and the exercise of advanced professional skills to resolve emerging or complex problems as required.
- Superior interpersonal skills exemplified by experience influencing, establishing, and maintaining strong, collaborative working relations with internal and external stakeholders, including key regulatory bodies.
- Demonstrated professional and respectful behaviours and attitudes in a collaborative environment.

**Desirable**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Law, Industrial /Employee Relations or related discipline from a recognised university are also highly desirable.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description
- The People Team play an important role in creating an environment that enables CSIRO people to do the best science of their lives. Our People Transformation is a new program of work underway that is designed to reimagine the way that the People Team delivers support to people and leaders at CSIRO in order to provide outstanding people experiences that are more integrated, simplified and customer centric._

**Eligibility**:
**Flexible Working Arrangements**:
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

**Diversity and Inclusion**:
We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

**About CSIRO**:
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