Workplace Relations and Remuneration Team Leader - Perth, WA, Australia

Workplace Relations and Remuneration Team Leader – Permanent – Perth

The Workplace Relations and Remuneration Team Leader plays a pivotal role in shaping and delivering strategic people solutions that enhance employee experience, drive performance, and align with organisational goals. This role leads a team of specialists who provide expert advice across employee relations and remuneration. As a trusted advisor, the Team Leader ensures the delivery of high-quality, consistent, and values-aligned advisory services.

This role is instrumental in fostering a culture of excellence, inclusion, and continuous improvement, while ensuring compliance, equity, and innovation in all people-related practices 

Your Role in Action  

• Lead and manage the Workplace Relations and Remuneration team to deliver consistent, high-quality HR advisory services in employee relations and remuneration.  

• Provide expert guidance on complex employee relations and remuneration issues, ensuring all advice is compliant with legislation, enterprise agreements, and internal policies.  

• Advise senior leaders and HR business partners on best-practice approaches, and communicate clear, actionable recommendations for resolution 

• Ensure strict compliance with Enterprise Agreements regarding classification and remuneration frameworks. Monitor and interpret changes to enterprise agreements and ensure all classification and remuneration practices are updated accordingly.  

• Deliver training and guidance to HR and business leaders on agreement provisions and compliance requirements.   

• Partner with senior leaders to align people strategies with business objectives, using data-driven insights to inform decisions.  

What Makes You a Great Fit 

• Tertiary qualifications in HR Management, Law or a related discipline.

• Extensive experience in remuneration, benefits, and/or employee relations within a complex, regulated environment  

• Ability to understand and align HR strategies with organisational financial and operational context, including budgetary constraints and business drivers 

• A commitment to the creation and management of a compliance culture in which all Company personnel actively pursue compliance as part of their daily duties and responsibilities. 

• Skills to lead teams through organisational transformation, restructures, and capability development. Ability to foster a culture of adaptability and resilience 

• In-depth knowledge of employment law, enterprise agreements, remuneration governance, and risk management. Ability to proactively monitor regulatory changes and ensure ongoing compliance.

• Experience in dealing with complex employee relations / initiatives and providing subject matter expert advice and guidance. 

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including: 

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.  

• Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements. 

• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. 

• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. 

• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. 

• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.   

• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.

• Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Perth office and South Metro Depot, perfect for cyclists.