Head of People, Culture & Safety

• $150k-$160k + super (neg)
• Full-time permanent position
• Exciting opportunity to work across multiple entities within a global company
• Opportunity for career progression, training and development

Our client is a leader in their industry servicing large commercial, industrial and manufacturing industries across Australia. Due to internal movement, we are seeking a Head of People, Culture & Safety to join their team.

Within this role, you will lead the Group's people, culture and work health and safety functions across a national, multi-site workforce - strengthening our people strategy with the Board and Executive Leadership Team, and delivering the advisory, transactional and compliance work that keeps the business safe, lawful and properly resourced.

The role:


People strategy, workforce planning and organisational design

• Lead the people strategy with the Board and Executive Leadership Team, aligning workforce planning and organisational design to business objectives.
• Model workforce demand and supply, map critical roles, and manage the permanent, casual, labour hire and contractor mix.
• Lead organisational design and structural change, including consultation obligations, redeployment and redundancy.
• Maintain succession plans for critical and senior roles, with named successors and development plans.
• Own the recruitment framework from requisition and approval through sourcing, assessment, offer, pre-employment checks and onboarding.

Employment and industrial relations

• Provide ER and IR advice and case management across multiple enterprise agreements, modern awards and common law contracts.
• Interpret and apply awards, enterprise agreements and the National Employment Standards, and maintain a register of interpretations so rulings are applied consistently across sites.
• Lead enterprise bargaining end to end: mandate and strategy, claim costing, consultation, protected industrial action contingency planning and Fair Work Commission approval.
• Manage union relationships, right of entry, consultation and dispute resolution, and represent the business before the Fair Work Commission and other tribunals.
• Manage misconduct, grievance, underperformance and termination matters with documentation that will withstand external scrutiny.

Work health and safety

• Oversee the group WHS management system, including document control, verification and continuous improvement.
• Chair the group safety governance forum and with the WH&S Manager.
• Oversee workers' compensation across all jurisdictions, including insurer and scheme agent relationships, claims strategy and premium management.
• Own return-to-work programs, injury management plans, suitable duties and durable return outcomes.

Compliance, policy and risk

• Maintain a current policy and procedure framework with an annual review cycle, version control and evidence of communication.
• Ensure compliance with the Fair Work Act and National Employment Standards, applicable awards and enterprise agreements, and applicable legislation.
• Streamline compliance administration so evidence is captured as work is done, reducing administrative overhead while strengthening the compliance position.

Performance, capability and leadership development

• Own the performance framework: goal setting, review cadence, calibration and consistent management of underperformance.
• Design, launch and continuously improve the leadership development program, and measure whether capability transfers to the workplace.
• Coach supervisors and senior managers in people management and difficult conversations, so more matters are handled competently at line level.

Remuneration, benefits, reward and recognition

• Own the remuneration framework, including role banding, external benchmarking, the annual review cycle and budget modelling with Finance.
• Design and maintain employee benefits, reward and recognition programs, and review uptake, cost and effect on engagement and retention.
• Employee engagement and culture

Leadership of the People & Safety team

• Lead, mentor and develop the People & Safety team, set clear objectives, coach technical capability and build succession within the function.
• Manage the function's budget and external providers, including legal, rewards and recognition, employee events and recruitment partners.
• Own the HR systems and their interface with payroll, and maintain a single source of truth for employee data.
• Deliver monthly people and safety reporting to the Board.

What we're looking for:

• Tertiary qualification in human resources, industrial relations, law, business or a related discipline.
• Certificate IV or Diploma in Work Health and Safety; ICAM or equivalent lead investigator training; return-to-work coordinator accreditation. (desirable)
• Experience in Manufacturing, Construction, Industrial, Service or a comparable blue-collar, multi-site industry
• At least [8] years' generalist HR experience, including [3-5] years leading a people function in a multi-site operational environment.
• Demonstrated enterprise bargaining experience through to Fair Work Commission approval, and direct experience representing an employer in tribunal proceedings.
• Demonstrated WHS leadership in a higher-risk operating environment, including incident investigation, regulator interaction and management system ownership.
• Workers' compensation and injury management experience across more than one jurisdiction.
• Experience advising and influencing boards and executive teams, including preparing and presenting papers.
• Sound commercial judgement, and the ability to translate business objectives into workforce decisions.
• Ability to hold a position in adversarial settings while preserving the working relationship.
• Discretion, integrity and confidentiality in handling sensitive matters.
• Practical and site-credible, comfortable moving between the boardroom and the site floor.
• Willing and able to travel to national sites, including regional locations, and available outside ordinary hours for serious incidents.

Benefits:

• $150k-$160k + super (neg)
• Full-time permanent position
• Exciting opportunity to work across multiple entities within a global company
• Opportunity for career progression, training and development

If you would like to know more, apply today as we'd love to hear from you!

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Who is A.I.R Recruitment? A.I.R Recruitment is a national award winning boutique recruitment agency based in Newcastle, driven by passion and the challenge of connecting quality candidates to careers that deliver success. The foundation of our business is built on trust, integrity and the three key fundamental people solutions to Attract, Integrate and Retain. A.I.R Recruitment specialize in permanent recruitment in white collar, blue collar, professional and executive roles.

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