Senior Workplace Relations Partner

As the Senior Workplace Relations Partner, you will play a pivotal role in helping to navigate Nine through structural transformation and industrial complexity. Reporting to the Head of Workplace Relations & Advisory, you will manage and operationalise industrial strategy and complex employee relations.

This is a unique opportunity to modernise operational IR frameworks, lead critical award governance, and coach the broader People & Culture team toward a proactive, compliance-driven future.
 

Day to day you will:

• Lead the operational IR response for major structural shifts and business model transformations to ensure seamless transitions
• Manage the strategic roadmap and operational preparation for Enterprise Agreement renewals, ensuring Nine is positioned for flexibility and compliance throughout the industrial cycle
• Act as a primary advocate for Nine in matters before the Fair Work Commission, leading the organisational response to complex claims and defining litigation strategy in partnership with Legal Counsel
• Lead comprehensive assurance reviews validating award alignment and ensure robust governance across remuneration and workforce management frameworks and systems
• Navigate and resolve legacy industrial issues, addressing data integrity gaps and minimal process governance in high-pressure award areas
• Partner with Payroll to execute technical remediation and rectification work resulting from compliance audits
• Establish group-wide consistency for consultation and redundancy events to ensure adherence to technical Award/EA requirements
• Support leaders and employees on escalated and complex ER/IR issues referred by Workplace Relations Partners or the IR Specialist
• Lead union engagement by acting as the primary interface for day-to-day union management and participate in our response to queries and claims across our varied workforce
• Build organisational capability through technical coaching of the Workplace Relations team and creating tools to upskill the wider People & Culture function in compliance