Director of Enterprise Bargaining

About the role

The Director of Enterprise Bargaining will lead the department’s enterprise bargaining team through negotiations and bargaining campaigns, ensuring agreements align with strategic plans and government objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise bargaining team to deliver agreements that support departmental strategic plans and whole‑of‑government goals.
• Collaborate with senior executives, stakeholders, professional associations and central agencies during consultations and negotiations.
• Direct research and analysis of employee and industrial relations matters for bargaining purposes.
• Advocate for the department before the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission and other tribunals.
• Develop and present discussion papers, briefing material and advice on complex employment relations issues.
• Oversee projects focused on industrial‑relations outcomes, including policy development and evaluation.
• Ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff are consulted and outcomes align with cultural capability frameworks.
• Establish networks with other agencies, unions and external bodies to monitor contemporary industrial relations matters.
• Represent the department in intra‑ and inter‑governmental forums and generate risk‑mitigation strategies for workforce issues.

Required profile

• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high‑quality outcomes within tight timeframes.
• Strong stakeholder and union relationship skills with extensive experience in enterprise bargaining or relevant industrial relations qualifications.