Employee Relations & WHS Compliance Senior Manager

Scyne specialises in supporting public purpose organisations to build more resilient, equitable, secure and prosperous communities. We strive to support a stronger Australia - one purpose, one practice.

We are an Australian, independent, contemporary, national business with the scale and capabilities to support public purpose projects and governments at all levels right across Australia. Setting a new standard for public sector advisory services in Australia, Scyne is conflict free from the private sector, with rigorous governance and accountability frameworks and standards. Hear about Scyne from our leaders here.

As the Employee Relations and WHS Compliance Senior Manager, reporting to the Head of People Business Partnering, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and leading Scyne’s approach to employee relations and workplace health and safety. You will work closely with the People Business Partnering team, the Chief People Officer, and the broader People Team to strategically own and continuously improve the frameworks, policies, and practices that govern employee relations and WHS compliance across the organisation.

This role is responsible for driving best practice in workforce management, enabling employee self-service, and ensuring legal and regulatory compliance. You will lead the enterprise-wide case management approach for employee relations, provide expert guidance on complex and high-risk matters, and govern WHS compliance frameworks. You will also design and deliver capability uplift programs for people leaders, embedding psychologically safe leadership and proactive risk management into Scyne’s culture.

Your work will directly support Scyne’s Wellbeing & Inclusion strategy, ensuring that all employer obligations are met and that employees and leaders are educated, empowered, and supported in fulfilling their responsibilities.

Key Accountabilities

• Strategically lead the implementation and continuous improvement of ER and WHS frameworks, policies, and procedures, ensuring alignment with Scyne’s values, legal obligations, and risk appetite.
• Be the SME for complex and high-risk employee relations matters, providing expert, risk-based advice to the People Business Partnering Team, the broader People Team (including assisting with implementation), as well as senior leaders, ensuring consistent, fair, and legally compliant outcomes.
• Lead the enterprise-wide ER case management approach, including oversight of investigations, grievance handling, disciplinary processes, and reporting as required.
• Partner with the Chief People Officer, Head of People Business Partnering, and Senior People Business Partners to shape the organisation’s approach to employee wellbeing, inclusion, and safety, ensuring these are embedded in culture and practice.
• Build and deliver capability uplift programs for people leaders, with a focus on ER case management, WHS responsibilities, and psychologically safe leadership. Partner with Learning & Development to embed these into core leadership development.
• Generate & use ER and WHS data to create actionable insights, identify trends, and inform proactive interventions.
• Own and govern the WHS compliance framework, including the development and maintenance of WHS policies, procedures, and reporting mechanisms. Ensure alignment with legislative requirements and best practice standards.

• Qualification – tertiary qualification in Employment Law and/or Human Resources, or equivalent expertise in Employment Relations and Work, Health & Safety, is highly regarded.
• Experience – significant proven experience in employee relations and workplace health & safety, supporting the organisation through compliant & risk appropriate advice, policy, and procedure.
• Stronger Together – ability to work independently and as part of a team, building working relationships at all levels of the organisation that are based on respect and trust.
• Amplify Impact – placing the employee and organisation at the centre of what you do, investing time to understand the organisation strategy & culture to deliver best practice policy, process, & advice.
• Build Trusted Relationships – build relationships with employees across Scyne that enable open, frank, & fearless conversations.
• Value Every Person – communicate with all people, whether verbally or in writing, respectfully, even where there are differences of opinion or things don’t go your way.
• Think Beyond Limits – engage a sense of curiosity in all that you do, challenging the status quo where there is opportunity for improvement, maintaining an understanding of the organisational environment we operate in and providing both reactive & proactive support at all levels of the organisation.
• Defined By Ethics – honesty, integrity, and ethical behaviour are core to how you operate, and you will do the right thing even when it is hard, and when others aren’t doing it, you hold them to account.

Work, Health & Safety

• Everyone in the workplace has duties under Health & Safety legislation to ensure a safe work environment for all.
• As an employee of Scyne, you are required to take reasonable care for your health, safety, & wellbeing & that of others, complying with all relevant health, safety, & wellbeing policies, procedures, and instructions, and reporting hazards, incidents, & unsafe behaviour.

Our benefits

• Market leading Parental Leave: Allows either carer to take 26 weeks of leave, flexibly, until a child is two years of age. A six-month minimum service requirement for new starters applies. We also make full superannuation contributions for up to 12 months (including unpaid parental leave). 
• Flex working: Our people have the autonomy to choose where and when they work so they can integrate their professional and personal lives, finding the right balance that fuels their growth, wellbeing, engagement and productivity. If it works for them, their teams, and their clients, it works for us. 
• Additional leave: a 5th week of paid leave to support rest, wellbeing, and inclusion during our annual summer shutdown also Birthday leave, First Nations Cultural Leave, Floating Public Holidays, Leave+ (purchased leave up to 12 weeks), Study Leave, Volunteering Leave, and more! 
• Employee share options for every team member, reflecting our commitment to shared success and ownership. 
• Smart Device reimbursement: Working flexibly means accessing the information you need on the go. That’s why we help pay for your smartphone or tablet, claiming up to $60 a month towards your bill. 
• Wellness and Lifestyle benefits: We’ll give you $295 a year to spend on items or activities that support your wellness, and up to $205 a year to support your balanced lifestyle. 
• Sonder: A digital care platform that empowers people to actively take control of their wellbeing to live well and perform at their best, free to Scyne Employees and their immediate family members. 

Interested in working together or want to find out more? 
If you too share our purpose of helping governments and their agencies build more resilient, secure, equitable and prosperous communities, then you should apply today.