Senior Manager, Employee Relations Strategy And Projects - 6-Month Contract

Senior Manager, Employee Relations Strategy and Projects - 6-month contract

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We’ve never been just a bank. Just like you should never be just an employee. We’re united in our belief that in banking, better can be bigger, and together we’re making it happen.

It starts here. With Bendigo Bank and you.

Our people are at the heart of our Bank, and we care about them deeply. The People and Culture division delivers meaningful work in support of our group strategy, with a focus on enriching the employee experience and helping our people to thrive at the Bank.

Within the People and Culture division, our Employee Relations (ER) team provide specialist employee relations advice to the business. As trusted advisors, the ER team ensure that employment related legislation and regulatory obligations are met. The team also manage our industrial arrangements to ensure commerciality and compliance.

We currently have a short-term contract opportunity for someone to come on board as Senior Manager ER to focus on Strategy and Projects through until the end of June 2025.

Working across the organisation, you’ll support senior leaders and managers with compliance in our pay-related systems and processes.

In this strategic and visible role, you’ll get to advise and provide strategic project delivery of ER initiatives including:

• Pay compliance matters, in connection with workplace law, enterprise agreements, and modern awards
• Specialist ER advice to pay compliance and payroll governance activities, and (if need is identified) remediation
• Contractual interpretation issues
• Drafting and resolution of complex queries related to People and Culture policies and procedures
• Leave entitlements and conditions
• Implementation of a consequence management framework in alignment with the Bank’s Code of Conduct, Consequence Management Policy and other policies

Join a collaborative, dynamic, and supportive team with a diverse set of skills, where you’ll get to genuinely influence the Bank’s strategic initiatives that are value driven.

This role can be based in any one of our office locations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Bendigo, or Adelaide. We offer flexible work options that put our people first, and a hybrid model with a minimum of two days per week in the office. This role could be full time or part time, so talk to us about what flexibility looks like for you.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Tertiary qualification in either Human Resource Management, Employee Relations, or related discipline is desirable
• Demonstrated high performance and proven experience in a senior role in Employee Relations / HR
• Deep knowledge and understanding of relevant workplace law, modern awards, and enterprise agreements
• Ability to interpret employment contracts and policies, managing ambiguity effectively
• Demonstrated capabilities with advocacy and negotiation
• Excellent stakeholder relationship and influencing skills up to executive level
• Proven capability to coach and mentor all levels of employees, people leaders, and executives regarding employee and industrial relations

So, why work with us?

• Want big impact that matters? Here, you’ll know your work directly benefits the customers and communities we all serve.
• Want to be more than just a number? Join a team that truly values you - and that gets more and more diverse every day.
• Want career opportunity AND flexibility? Achieve both here, where we know that balance and progression go hand in hand.

You’ll also get access to a great range of benefits, including:

• Hybrid work? Flexible hours? A compressed work week? Our flexible work options are designed to suit your life.
• Health and wellbeing support, including discounted gym memberships, private health insurance options, and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your immediate family members.

We’re making better, bigger. And we’ll get there with you.

Apply now! Applications close 30 October 2024.

At Bendigo and Adelaide Bank we believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success and we actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity of thought to our business.

We support candidate requests for adjustment to accommodate an illness, injury, or disability to equitably participate in the selection process.