Senior Employee Relations Advisor

At ANZ, we’re shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers. 

About the Role

As a Senior Employee Relations Advisor (T&C Consultant), you will provide expert labor relations advice intended to ensure participants are treated fairly, lawfully and in line with ANZ policies and Values, while ensuring regulatory compliance and the risks to the bank are mitigated.

This post is part of the Employee Relations Asia, Europe and America (ER AEA) Team, reporting to the Team Lead, AEA. The role holder manages day-to-day relationships with various senior stakeholders across a number of ANZ locations, working collaboratively and effectively as part of a multi-geography team, and implement continuous improvement initiatives aimed at building line manager capability, confidence and awareness in dealing with people-related matters. 

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Location: Solaris One Building, Makati and/or MDC 100 Building, Eastwood QC
Role Type: Full-Time, Permanent 
Shift Schedule: Day shift 

What will your day look like?

As a Senior Employee Relations Advisor, you will also be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Managing complex Employee Relations matters independently, including grievances, misconduct investigations, disciplinary and appeal matters
• Providing expert Employee Relations advice on employment regulatory matters across Asia, Europe and America, particularly in the Philippines.
• Leading and managing various Employee Relations and Talent & Culture (T&C) initiatives
• Coaching, mentoring and supervising other members of the ER AEA team
• Building knowledge and capability within the ER AEA team
• Managing team operating costs / external legal provider costs
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with service users and stakeholders, including the local legal teams in the Philippines
• Providing clear and authoritative advice to service users on complex and/or sensitive Employee Relations cases and projects and on Health, Safety & Wellbeing (HSW) matters within area of responsibility
• Undertaking Employee Relations case management of varying complexity, where understanding of Employee Relations, legal, regulatory, business, HSW and T&C stakeholder requirements intersect
• Collaborating with legal teams in the preparation for and participation in labor relations matters
• Keeping across key developments in Manila employment law and labor legislation and regulation and providing proactive and strategic advice to relevant stakeholders

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Business and/or Human Resources Management and/or Law degree (post graduate legal qualifications in particular are highly desirable)         
• Extensive experience in a specialist Employee Relations role or employment legal role, demonstrating a thorough understanding of employment laws, regulation and policy
• Demonstrated, strong experience engaging and managing senior stakeholders, ideally in a multi-national context, and ability to function as a strong and collaborative colleague and team member
• Demonstrated ability to apply sound judgement, well developed influencing skills and commercial acumen to a range of cases
• Demonstrated advanced understanding of relevant employment legislation, regulation and industrial instruments and ability to apply sound judgment and commercial acumen to a range of ER matters including labor relations
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and strong attention to detail

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

So why join us?

ANZ provides banking and financial services and operates across more than 30 markets. We are among the top 4 banks in Australia, the largest banking group in New Zealand and Pacific, and among the top 50 banks in the world. With more than 2,000 people, our team in Manilla play a critical role in executing our strategy and deliver what matters most to our customers and the bank. We continue to grow our professional services capabilities to support our customers around the world.  Our expertise and services make us a bank, and our people, purpose, and culture makes us ANZ. We’re proud of the inclusive culture we’re renowned for where 90% of our people feel they belong.

We provide our people with a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services.  We also have flexible working options so that our people can “make work, work for them”.

We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ visit  https://www.anz.com/careers/. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 63165.

Posting will end on 10 April 2024