Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Employment Relations Manager to join their team in Wellington. This role offers an exciting opportunity to utilise your expertise in employment relations within a supportive and inclusive environment. You will be instrumental in fostering positive relationships between employees and management, ensuring compliance with employment laws, and developing strategies to improve workplace culture.
What You'll Do
As the Employment Relations Manager, you will play a crucial role in managing and resolving complex employee relations issues. Your excellent problem-solving skills will be put to use as you conduct effective, thorough, and objective investigations. You will maintain an in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to the day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Your interpersonal skills will shine as you provide day-to-day performance management guidance to line management. Working closely with both management and employees, you will strive to improve work relationships, build morale, increase productivity, and ensure retention.
Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues
Conduct effective, thorough and objective investigations
Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees
Provide day-to-day performance management guidance to line management
Work closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention
Provide HR policy guidance and interpretation
What You Bring
The ideal candidate for the Employment Relations Manager position brings proven experience in a similar role. Your in-depth knowledge of labour law and HR best practices will be essential in this role. You have demonstrable experience with HR metrics and are able to architect strategy along with leadership skills. Your excellent active listening, negotiation, and presentation skills set you apart from others. Furthermore, your competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the company will be highly valued.
Proven experience as an Employment Relations Manager or similar role
In-depth knowledge of labour law and HR best practices
Demonstrable experience with HR metrics
Ability to architect strategy along with leadership skills
Excellent active listening, negotiation and presentation skills
Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the company
What Sets This Company Apart
This organisation prides itself on its commitment to providing an inclusive work environment where diversity is celebrated. They believe that by nurturing a culture where individual differences are respected and valued, they can better serve their employees and community. They offer flexible working opportunities, generous pensions contributions, training opportunities for personal growth leadership, making it a truly supportive place to work.
What's Next
Ready for the next step in your career? Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!
Apply today by clicking on the link. We look forward to receiving your application!
Robert Walters endeavours to review all applications in a maximum of five working days. If you have not received correspondence within this timeframe please do not hesitate to contact Kimmi Seevens on +64 4 471 9700.
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