Employee Relations Policy

Make a difference as an Employee Relations Policy and Governance Specialist.

Join the largest general insurance group in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. We're a top-tier ASX-listed company helping to make the world a safer place through creating a stronger and more resilient business and enabling our portfolio of iconic insurance brands.

Your Role

As a Specialist in Employee Relations Policy & Governance, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping how IAG responds to evolving employment legislation and ER entitlements compliance. This is a strategic, high-impact position where your expertise will guide the development and implementation of policies that ensure fairness, legal integrity, and operational excellence.

You'll lead key workstreams across enterprise-wide ER initiatives, including:

• Enterprise Agreement and Award interpretation, and employment law implementation, translating complex legal frameworks into clear, actionable policies and guidance.
• ER entitlements compliance and payroll governance, ensuring our practices meet regulatory standards and reflect best practice.
• Designing and delivering change programs that embed new legislative requirements across the organisation, working closely with Legal, Payroll, and People & Culture teams.

This role offers the opportunity to influence policy at scale, contribute to enterprise transformation, and be a trusted advisor in one of Australia and New Zealand's largest insurance groups.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity based in Gadigal Country (Sydney) or Naarm (Melbourne). While the role is location-specific, we welcome applications from candidates outside Sydney and Melbourne who are open to relocating. Please note that relocation support is not provided, so any move would need to be self-managed.

About You

You're a strategic and solutions-focused ER professional who thrives in complex environments and is passionate about driving ER compliance and positive workplace change. You bring a strong legal lens, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to turn legislation into meaningful action.

You'll also bring:

• Proven experience as an ER practitioner in a commercial organisation of significant complexity, ideally across multiple jurisdictions.
• Expertise in ER entitlements compliance including leading remediation programs.
• Strong knowledge of Australian employment law and experience interpreting award clauses.
• Experience in project and change management, including working with cross-functional teams.
• Advanced analytical skills, including proficiency in Excel and data analysis.
• A strategic mindset with the ability to anticipate issues and proactively resolve them.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across all levels of the organisation.
• A proactive approach to staying across changes in the external environment and translating them into internal action.

If you're ready to take on a role that drives real change and challenges you to lead with purpose, we're ready for you.​

Applications close Sunday, 16 November 2025.

Make sure to discuss all internal applications with your current manager before applying.

Joining IAG you'll have access to a raft of benefits from across the Group:

• Boosted superannuation with 13% as standard
• Up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance
• 5 myLeave days per year on top of annual leave
• Work from home and many more flexibility options with myFlex 
• Industry-leading 20 weeks paid parental leave, available from the day you start, for both primary and secondary carers
• Compassionate leave
• Award-winning recognition and reward program*employment type eligibility criteria apply

ABOUT US​  

As part of IAG you'll enjoy a world of career opportunities, a purpose-led place focused on creating connection and belonging, and where you can create meaningful impact every day and grow your career beyond the expected. That's not just words. It's our people promise. We're ready for you with unexpected opportunities for your career, your work-life and your ability to make a difference. We celebrate all viewpoints shaped by life experiences and culture, and are guided by the knowledge and voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, businesses, and communities. We collaborate on Indigenous-led solutions that enable growth and create meaningful change for our customers and employees.

We're ready for you. Apply today. 

Learn more about who IAG is here.