About the Role:
As the Employment Relations Manager, you will play a crucial role in supporting and developing capability across the business. You will be the technical expert on employment relations, offering insights and recommendations to support informed and risk-based decision-making. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring compliance, blended with pragmatism and commerciality. The devil is in the detail!
Blended with the need for strategic horsepower, is your operational prowess. Combined, it makes for a very busy role in a large, complex organisation.
This is a role for an Expert in ER. While not doing it, you’ll be guiding with qualified authority around the handling of various ER matters, including the likes of OIAs. You have deep knowledge of the processes required; the strategy that works – based on experience and stories you have; and you will drive things forward with urgency.
With all of this, you are a natural, empathetic leader, and can easily evidence how you build capability; complemented with service delivery and stakeholder management.
This role will go through to mid-2026, starting either side of Christmas. For someone great, who knows what could come next!
About You:
You will be a commercially savvy, strategic thinker, and you will have a deep understanding of HR/ER practices and legislation. Your success in this role will require you to have:
- Private sector experience and a strong commercial bent, coupled with some time in Government throughout your career.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills
- Extensive experience in employment relations in NZ with in-depth knowledge of New Zealand employment law and regulations
- Ideally, you will have law degree
- Deep understanding of industrial relations practice, including the likes of collective bargaining and union relationships, OIAs, protective disclosures etc etc
- Knowledge of performance management principles and methodologies
Apply Now!
To find out more, please get in touch with Sandy Gibbs on 027 583 7411. We do encourage you to apply promptly, allowing your CV to be on hand when talking.
To apply for this vacancy you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.
At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.
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