Associate Director Policy & Workplace Relations

Overview:

Associate Director, Policy & Workplace Relations

• Lead a dedicated team of workplace relations and case management experts.
• Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, and hybrid ways of working.
• Full-time, continuing position.

About the role

The Associate Director – Policy & Workplace Relations is a leadership role with responsibility for a dedicated team of workplace relations and case management experts providing expert advice and support to RMIT’s People Leaders with the aim of delivering a consistent people experience and ensuring RMIT people perform at their best.

The role presents an opportunity for an experience people and service leader to work with the Director of Policy & Workplace Relations and broader People Leadership Team to shape the evolution of the function with a focus on ensuring efficiency and consistency across service delivery whilst balancing employment risk and the implementation of pragmatic case management practices.

The Associate Director will partner with the team and directly with people leaders to collaboratively manage complex grievances, workplace investigations, underperformance cases, conduct cases, terminations, protracted injury, and illness matters, conflict resolution, industrial disputes and RMIT representation in the Fair Work Commission as required. 

Success in this position will require:

• Strong people leadership skills:  A demonstrated track record of building, leading and developing teams of specialist professionals.

• Extensive case management experience: Demonstrable experience as a senior human resources leader with employee relations & case management experience and expertise.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement & influencing skills: Demonstrated experience engaging, coaching and upskilling leaders and HR practitioners in people issues management.

• Commercial acumen in decision making and advice, supported by a demonstrated record of success in providing a high level of advice and support at an executive level relating to industrial matters.

• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.

• A collaborative workstyle: Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively in comparable organizational settings with decentralised decision-making authority and a diverse range of operational needs and priorities.

• Whilst not essential, formal qualifications and experience in employment law and industrial relations are preferable.

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.

About the Portfolio

The People function sits in the Operations Portfolio and is comprised of a team of strategic HR professionals who provide outstanding, client focused, proactive and effective solutions and services for all RMIT employees. 

Our success is achieved by understanding our business and operating as a business partner to our clients.  We deliver responsive, innovative and practical solutions and services that allow the University to enter the Future of Work.

The People team operates in a manner that supports the RMIT values and achievement of the RMIT Knowledge with Action Strategy.  By providing tailored, quality human resources services and products and ensuring a high level of expert support and advice, the People team will enhance College/Portfolio and Groups ability to meet their business objectives. This in turn will allow the University workforce to better support the current and future student population at the University.

To Apply 

Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply’ link at the top of this page.

Following the application deadline, submissions will be reviewed upon closing with interviews expected to commence mid-to-late August.

For further information about this position, please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Ben Cass at ben.cass@rmit.edu.au

Position Description - Associate Director, Policy & Workplace Relations  

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Applications close Monday 12th August.

About RMIT University

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