About Scope

Scope’s mission is to enable each person to live as an empowered and equal citizen. We support people with physical, intellectual and multiple disabilities and developmental delays to achieve their goals. Across Victoria, Scope provides services to thousands of people with a disability in more than 100 service locations.

Scope is a registered provider under the NDIS and delivers a range of services including supported independent living, short term accommodation (respite), lifestyle options and therapy.

Scope was recently named on the Australian Financial Review’s 'Top 100 Most Innovative Companies' in Australia and New Zealand.

About The Role

Over the next 12 months, Scope is embarking on a major People & Culture change programme to deliver new People systems, processes and ways of working to improve our efficiency and match the strong growth plans of the organisation. This has already seen our organisation grow from 1700 to over 4000 staff in the last 12 months. This change programme will also include a comprehensive overhaul of related IT systems and business processes and the implementation of a recently developed Organisational Capability framework.

Workplace Relations will also play a critical role in the longer-term integration of two distinct workforces; each of which has its own employment arrangements, union relationships, culture and conditions. As a start-up role, the work will therefore be varied; and will include both front-end/strategic work as well as back-end dispute resolution. Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Lead and manage the coordination of a high-quality workplace and industrial relations service to ensure that effective workplace practices operate; consistent with our Strategic IR plan, and obligations under various industrial arrangements.
• Drive consistency of practice; and application of specialist advice through working in partnership with key P&C Managers, and Business Partners across the full organisation. Develop and mentor the P&C Business Partners to deliver effective line manager IR support.
• Provide high level strategic, tactical or operational level support to resolve difficult or complex workforce relations matters; including the use of external 3rd parties or tribunals.
• Effectively manage external union relationships consistent with Scope’ long term Industrial relations direction, Plan and organisational interests.
• Represent Scope in key workplace relations disputes, whether in discussions with the unions or before 3rd party tribunals.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Law, HR Management, Industrial Relations or a related discipline
• Minimum of 8 years specific and contemporary IR experience
• Well demonstrated experience working in highly unionised environments
• Demonstrated record of leading and managing the development and implementation of effective Workplace Relations strategies; with the ability to challenge and assess the criticality of business priorities and changes
• Transformational and positive change experience within complex/ multi-site organisations
• Extensive experience in leading key IR negotiations in a similar size /style of business
• Very strong knowledge of the Australian workplace relations environment; with sound working knowledge and ability to interpret and apply complex legislation, policies, trends and ongoing developments in workplace relations

Scope as an Employer

Successful candidates will enjoy a range of staff benefits including flexibility to suit your work-life balance, continuous development and training, competitive remuneration and salary packaging and purchased annual leave scheme. You will also get the unique chance to work in a sector that is seeing the biggest social reform since the introduction of Medicare.

Take your career on a journey with Scope and work proactively with us to achieve our mission!

Please direct enquiries to Phil Turton, General Manager People & Culture, on 0409 183 276 or email [email protected], using the subject line: Workplace Relations Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

 Position Description

Please note, the successful applicant will be required to hold a Working with Children Check and a Police Check issued in the last 12 months for employment in the Disability sector. If you have lived or worked for a continuous period of 12 months or more in another country within the last 10 years, a certified International Police Check from that country or countries will also be required.