Manager Policy and Workplace Relations
2 days ago
**About the Department**
The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.
The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.
**About the Division**
The People, Strategy and Operations division at the Department of Education is seeking a VPS 6 Manager with significant experience in Employee and Industrial Relations and who is team focussed with strong conceptual, analytical, writing and stakeholder management skills to join the Strategic Workforce Planning and Workplace Relations Branch.
The Policy, Workplace Relations team is responsible for developing and maintaining the Department's Human Resources policies and guidelines for the public service, managing the industrial environment and providing strategic expert advice and on human resources and employee relations matters.
**About the Role**
In this role you lead and manage the development and continual improvement of high-quality strategic HR policy in relation to the Department's workforces. The Manager, Policy and Workplace Relations will act as policy lead for key initiatives, including legislative change, and will manage effective stakeholder relationships between the Department and key external agencies and service providers.
The role also supports stakeholders through the provision of strategic and specialist advice on complex HR issues and will have responsibility for one or more HR policy development projects. You will also have the ability to take a strategic approach to challenges, build strong relationships and can excel in supporting a corporate Human Resources function for a complex organisation.
**Attributes**
A key accountability is to develop a deep understanding of the business and deepen insights through the use of data intelligence to identify business needs and issues, providing solutions, strategic advice, and counselling in areas such as underperformance, case managing employee relations issues and implementation of HR policies and procedures.
**Desirable**Qualifications and Experience**
The role requires strong skills and experience in employee and industrial relations and is accountable for supporting recruitment activity; resolving issues about terms and conditions of employment; building and maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships; delivery of excellent customer service; advisory and support in the resolution of complex queries; and coaching around high level, complex people management issues.
A tertiary qualification in a relevant field is desirable, but not essential.
**Further Information**
**Applications close** 11:59pm on 13-JUL-2025.
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