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Senior Analyst / Manager - Industrial Relations

Unique opportunity for Industrial Relations professionals to join the Deloitte Workplace Integrity Team in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth!

Are you ready for an extraordinary career opportunity? Do you want to leverage your workplace relations expertise in a market leading consulting practice? Do you want to help some of Australia’s biggest brands get workplace compliance right?

You’ll work with highly regarded leaders in Industrial Relations, who are focused on driving innovative, data-informed solutions to traditionally complex Industrial Relations puzzles. We help our clients with all things workplace relations – from Fair Work compliance and workplace relations due diligence right through to enterprise bargaining negotiations and long term Industrial Relations strategy.

As a passionate Industrial Relations practitioner, you’ll love the adventure of each new day as you work with an energetic, multi-skilled and flexible team of analysts, lawyers and consultants.

About the team
In the Workplace Integrity team, we provide an objective lens on our clients’ approach to their employment framework, specifically tailoring Industrial Relations solutions that are fit for purpose. We take a pragmatic approach to the interpretation and application of industrial instruments, working in close partnership with our data analytics colleagues in the targeted analysis of employee data, particularly in relation to reviewing workplace relations compliance.

What will your typical day look like?
As part of the Workplace Integrity Team, you will encourage our clients to “Be on the front foot. Not on the front page”.

As a valued team member of the Workplace Integrity Team you will play a pivotal role influencing, coaching, advising and supporting our diverse range of clients across different industries on driving workforce compliance, improvements and productivity. As a national team, there are no geographical boundaries across Australia where Deloitte has an office and we welcome applications from all states.

Every day, you will work to mitigate business risks and provide a positive customer experience. You will consult and be responsible for providing expert guidance on leading workplace relations practices. You will demonstrate effective early intervention and holistic long-term workforce strategies that are aligned to needs of the business and its people, whilst ensuring compliance within the relevant legislative frameworks.

You will contribute to the design of innovative solutions in response to risk issues and identify organisational risks and opportunities for process and system changes to better manage future risk on a sustainable and collaborative basis.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you.
You will be agile, approachable, and pragmatic in your interactions with our diverse stakeholders showing empathy, flexibility and resilience every day. You are adept at translating complex, technical Industrial Relations into simple, understandable concepts that all stakeholders can relate to. With substantial hands on Industrial Relations experience, you have intimate knowledge of the Fair Work Act regulatory system and an innate understanding of the relevant stakeholders Above all, you are someone with the utmost integrity, who holds confidentiality and discretion at their core.
You are someone with:
• A passion for Industrial Relations compliance and strategy
• A proven Industrial Relations background with an ability to think critically, strategically and translate this into practical, operational outcomes
• Knowledge of the Australian Fair Work regulatory system and an ability to contextualise and apply this framework to our clients’ circumstances
• A passion for simplification and process improvement
• Exemplary written and verbal communications skills
• The ability to identify, analyse and resolve complex and multi-faceted problems
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• A collaborative and consultative approach
• The ability to hit the ground running and manage projects and client engagements
• You see obstacles as opportunity and are solution-driven
• Consulting or Industrial Relations experience
• You will have relevant qualifications such as Industrial Relations, Law, Commerce

Why Deloitte?
At Deloitte, we create positively differentiated work experiences that enable our people to feel valued and achieve their full potential. We value difference and embrace people with diverse backgrounds and thinking styles. Knowing that people work best in a variety of ways, we are happy to discuss alternative arrangements if the working pattern you are looking for is not specifically indicated.