Manager Strategic Employment Relations

**Role type**: Permanent, Full-timeLocation: WellingtonSalary: $150,287 - $203,330 dependant on skills and experience
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the Role
This is a unique opportunity to lead a small team which will provide expert ER advice, guidance and support across the organisation. Our Employment Relations team works with four unions across five collective agreements and has various workforces within coverage. You will have the opportunity to create and develop these relationships further and provide expert advice to our Senior Leadership Team.

**You will bring your skills and experience to support MPI by**:

- Developing an ER strategy for MPI
- Providing leadership, coaching and mentoring to team members involved in ER work
- Representing MPI in external HR forums where required (e.g. PSC cross-agency meetings).
- Representing MPI in union negotiations, mediations and disputes

Mōu - About You
You are an Employment Relations expert with impactful communication skills and a strong negotiator. You'll be able to comfortably engage with all levels of stakeholders and demonstrate a consultative and collaborative working style. You will understand the connection between organisational culture and strategic industrial relations.
You enjoy problem solving, creative thinking, innovative solution finding skills and the ability to coach others. You're eager to get stuck in with bargaining and engaging across our four unions and excel in challenges. You have either been in a similar role leading an ER function or a Principal ER Specialist looking to move into a leadership role.

**You will stand out if you have**:

- Extensive experience within the ER/IR environment
- Knowledge or experience of the government employment relations landscape and approach
- Experience working with collective employment agreements and with unions
- Excellent stakeholder and relationship management expertise

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team
The Employment Relations team consists of an Employment Relations Specialist and a Remuneration Specialist. The team are at the forefront of supporting People and Capability and the wider business by providing expert advice and working with our Unions.
Mō te Manatū Ahu Matua - About MPI
As a TeTiriti o Waitangi partner we are committed to supporting and enabling Māori,
whānau, hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.
We're passionate about growing prosperity in the sector while ensuring respect for Kaitiaki - guardianship of our natural resources.
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**Ngā hua o te Mahi i te Manatū Ahu Matua**: - Benefits of working at MPI
- A challenging and varied role, interacting with the wider business
- Paid eye test and contribution to the costs of corrective lenses/frames
- Up to three additional (MPI holidays) leave days

See the benefits of working at MPI
Wā Mahi Ngāwari - Flexible WorkingWe support work life balance and flexible work arrangements. If you're interested, we are open to discussing flexible working options with you.
Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi whaitake? - Are you ready to make a difference?We are committed to being a good partner under Te Tiriti o Waitangi which includes working closely with iwi, hapū, whanau and hāpori.
In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa; your interest and motivations for this role; the abilities, strengths, personal attributes and diverse perspectives you will bring to the role and this organisation, which may have also been gained outside of the workforce.

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