Lead, Er Policy

**Permanent Opportunity****:

- **Sydney CBD**:

- **GPPR ER Policy & Governance**

**READY FOR ANYTHING**

At IAG, we live and work by our purpose to make your world a safer place. We are motivated by a unique culture that celebrates honesty, creativity, empathy, equity and collaboration. We call it the IAG way, and it means we all share a ‘ready for anything’ mindset that sets the tone for positive actions and positive outcomes. We put heart into everything we do which guides us to create amazing things for our customers, our people and our communities.

As the largest general insurance group in Australia and New Zealand, we own some of the region’s most trusted brands, including NRMA Insurance, CGU, SGIO, SGIC and WFI. We are ready for anything.

**Job description**

**Key Responsibilities**
- Lead and implement strategic employee relations projects ensuring alignment to strategy and compliance obligations
- Lead development and management of employee relations policies, including development of new policies and review and revision of existing policies
- Lead development and implementation of governance frameworks for compliance with legislative obligations, collective agreements, employment contracts and policies
- Contribute to People and Culture due diligence and integration activities on multiple concurrent acquisitions and other transactions
- Contribute to bargaining for enterprise agreements (Australia) and collective agreements (New Zealand)
- Manage the implementation of change initiatives resulting from changes in enterprise/collective agreements, employment agreements and policies
- Monitor and ensure compliance with legislative and compliance obligations
- Lead and implement training for people leaders and P&C on employee relations
- Work closely with our internal employment law team to escalate as appropriate and obtain legal advice where required
- Monitor external trends and the legislative and regulatory environment to ensure a contemporary approach to employee relations and ongoing compliance.
- Work collaboratively with the wider Employee Relations team to ensure alignment
- Project manage all programs according to the agreed project delivery method, people engagement practices and monitoring quality assurance through reporting, tracking, risk identification and management
- Proactively manage risk for IAG

**Skills & Experience**
- Seven or more years’ experience as a senior ER practitioner in a commercial organisation of significant complexity and preferably across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience in project and change management including cross-functional teams.
- Experience working in an agile environment, exercising good judgment with incomplete information.
- Strategic mindset - able to anticipate 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
- 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
- Relevant tertiary qualifications - Degree in Human Resources, Employee Relations, Law

**Ready for anything? Let’s talk.**

IAG rewards and recognises its people with generous benefits, career development opportunities and real work-life balance. Employees also enjoy 13% superannuation, up to 50% insurance discounts, flexible work and leave options, generous parental leave and return to work programs, various corporate partner discounts and a people-focused culture that celebrates achievements big and small.

IAG has committed to the reconciliation movement in Australia for First Nations people and focus on providing a safe and supportive work environment for all our employees. More information on our Reconciliation Action Plan can be found on our company website.