About The Role

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you'll lead a contemporary workplace relations strategy that empowers our people, strengthens organisational performance, and enables the achievement of our strategic priorities. This is an opportunity to drive meaningful change, partner with leaders across the organisation, and create a positive, high-performing workplace where people and communities thrive.

Work type: Permanent, full time.

Classification: $177,546 pa plus Super

Key responsibilities

- Develop a clear, inspiring vision for the team's future, formulate goals to achieve it, and communicate it effectively to lead the department.
- Ensure that People Partners equip and enable leaders, across all levels, with the tools to effectively manage their people and help them perform and achieve their best. People & Organisational Leadership.
- Design and Drive the implementation of the City’s Workplace Relations Plan as a subset of the City’s People & Culture Strategy.
- Lead the People and Employee Relations team to deliver on the Workplace Relations Plan.
- Manage all aspects of the department’s resources and budget planning for effective operations; regularly tracking and reporting on performance against departmental goals.
- Lead the provision of expert advice to the P&C; Division and the Executive team regarding the prevention and resolution of significant industrial disputes, grievances and union consultation to ensure an effective environment and culture is achieved including compliance with relevant legislations, industrial instruments and government policy.
- Establish robust governance mechanisms to ensure appropriate record keeping,



budget monitoring and reporting.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have a tertiary qualification in Commerce, Human Resources, Industrial Relations or a similar field and / or significant human resources leadership experience in a comparable organisation.

Essential Experience

- Demonstrated experience in managing senior stakeholders i.e. executive leadership team and senior leaders, liaison with government agencies and Unions,
- Commercial and ideally local government business experience and ability to demonstrate bottom line value add through innovative workplace relations transformation initiatives.
- Knowledge and proven contemporary experience in developing Workplace Relations strategies in a complex and industrially active workplace.
- Demonstrated people management and leadership skills to support, influence and foster a productive team culture.
- Accomplished negotiation, writing and public speaking skills to influence stakeholders and achieve support for organisation outcomes.
- Highly developed presentation skills, including experience with using cutting edge technology/applications to present information and persuade.




- Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check and a pre-employment medical assessment as part of the recruitment process (funded by the City).

Child Safety Responsibilities

We are committed to being a child-safe organisation and have zero-tolerance for child abuse. We have specific policies, procedures, and mandatory training in place to support employees, volunteers, and contractors to achieve and adhere to these commitments. Please read our Child Safe Standards Management Policy .

Diversity and Inclusion

At the City we want a workforce that reflects the community we live in. We welcome and embrace everyone, all people with their own unique experiences, and support and encourage all our employees to do their best work, have equal access to opportunities and a just working environment. For this reason, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from First Nations people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, from the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability and people of all genders, ages and diverse experience.

We are the City

From parks to offices, childcare centres to works depots, leisure facilities to the Wool Museum and waterfront, our team plays a vital role in shaping our vibrant and growing community. Our community counts on us to get the essentials right while looking for ways to go beyond. By listening, collaborating, and focusing on sustainability, we strive to do the basics brilliantly and create a lasting impact. If you’re ready to be part of something bigger, join us in shaping the future of Geelong.

We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process.

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📌 Manager People & Workplace Relations (Geelong)
🏢 City of Greater Geelong
📍 Geelong