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About the role

The Employee Relations (ER) Manager will lead an advisory team (ER Specialists and Advisors) in the provision of expert, business focused advice, guidance, and support. In addition, the role will lead CPA's employee relations function and acts as CPA's industrial relations subject matter expert. The ER Manager will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to a range of people-related initiatives that enhance the employee experience and make CPA a great place to work.

Duties include

• Develop an effective ER strategy / roadmap to ensure that CPA is compliant with employment laws and regulations
• Lead the advisory team, ensuring they are equipped to effectively support leaders with a wide range of people matters
• Provide expertise, guidance and coaching to managers to ensure compliance with legislative requirements, to resolve complex ER matters and to mitigate risks to the organisation
• Engage and partner with CPA's appointed lawyers to assist with complex people matters as needed
• Coach and mentor managers to build strong people management capability in line with the CPA's culture, practices, and strategic plan.
• Oversee the remuneration benchmarking process for CPA job roles using AON and other benchmarking sources
• Implement development strategies to ensure that the advisory team is equipped with the knowledge and skills required to perform their role and effectively support the business
• Partner with the CPO, Business Partners and external lawyers to prepare for the renewal of CPA's Enterprise Agreements.
• Partner with the Business Partner and other P&C team members on the delivery of people related projects

About you:

• Extensive experience in the field of Human Resources, working autonomously at a senior level
• Relevant Bachelor's Degree or Higher Post Graduate studies in a relevant field (Human Resources, Employee Relations, Business, Law, Commerce).
• Strong leadership capability, able to coach mentor and engage a high performing team
• Ideally experience in a range of service delivery/operational sectors would be demonstrable
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple major projects at once
• Demonstrated experience in influencing and working collaboratively with employees at all levels across CPA
• Up to date knowledge on relevant employment legislation
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal working with a high level of attention to detail

Important information:

At CPA the safety of our staff and clients is of paramount importance. We have assessed this role type as requiring a low level of physical functionality with some inherent requirements. For more information on what that may mean for this role please click here.

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