Director, Employee Relations and HR Policy, AsiaPac
At a glance
Director-level Employee Relations & Culture role at Onelineage. Laverton North · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Set the Asia-Pacific approach to employee and industrial relations, working with executives, legal teams and HR
- Guide enterprise bargaining, collective negotiations and union engagement across the region
- Steer workforce changes, including restructures, consultations and broader organisational transformation
- Help leaders manage employment-law risk, compliance, governance and HR policy
- Advise executives on complex workplace issues and pursue commercially practical outcomes
What you bring
- Deep employment and industrial relations expertise from a senior ER/IR, employment-law or in-house advisory career
- Substantial experience handling workforce change, enterprise bargaining and union relations
- A record of advising senior leaders on workplace risk, compliance and governance
- Credibility influencing executives, operational leaders, HR and legal partners in complex organisations
Who this fits
This director-level role suits an experienced employee or industrial relations leader, or a senior employment lawyer moving into business-facing leadership. You’ll work across a unionised, regulated Asia-Pacific environment; exposure to multiple jurisdictions is valued.
From the employer
Lineage is the world's largest temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, with a global network of over 400 facilities, spanning 25 countries across North & South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Working a Lineage is not just a job - it's an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of the Lineage team, you are a critical link in the food supply chain.
The Asia-Pacific region currently includes Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Singapore employing nearly 3000 team members.
Position DetailsWe are now looking to appoint an experienced Director, Employee Relations & HR Policy to lead our regional employee and industrial relations strategy across Asia Pacific.
This is a unique opportunity for either an accomplished ER/IR leader or a senior employment lawyer looking to move into a strategic, business-facing leadership role.
Partnering closely with executive leaders, legal stakeholders and HR teams, you'll help shape workforce strategy, navigate organisational change, manage risk and drive commercially focused outcomes across a complex, unionised and highly regulated operating environment.
Why This Role Could Be the Right Move for a Lawyer
Rather than simply advising on employment law issues, this role offers the opportunity to influence business strategy, lead major workforce initiatives and drive outcomes across a diverse Asia Pacific portfolio.
You'll work at the intersection of:
Enterprise bargaining and industrial relations strategy
Organisational restructuring and workforce transformation
Employment law risk management and compliance
Executive stakeholder engagement
Union and workforce relations
HR policy and governance
This is an opportunity to step into a true business leadership role while continuing to leverage your deep employment law expertise.
What You Bring
We are looking for a commercially minded leader with deep expertise in employment and industrial relations and a proven ability to influence outcomes in complex organisational environments.
You may come from:
A senior Employee Relations or Industrial Relations leadership background
A workplace relations, employment law or industrial law practice
An in-house legal, ER or HR advisory function within a large organisation
Your experience will ideally include:
Significant experience advising on employment, labour and industrial relations matters
Expertise managing workforce change, restructures, consultations and organisational transformation initiatives
Proven involvement in enterprise bargaining, collective negotiations and union engagement strategies
Experience advising senior executives on complex workplace risk, compliance and governance matters
Strong knowledge of employment legislation, industrial instruments and regulatory frameworks
Experience representing or managing matters before tribunals, regulators or dispute resolution forums
Demonstrated success operating in partnership with business leaders to deliver commercially pragmatic outcomes
Ability to influence and build credibility across executives, operational leaders, HR and Legal stakeholders
Experience working within or alongside large, complex organisations through secondments, embedded advisory arrangements or in-house roles
Exposure to APAC jurisdictions and multi-country employment environments will be highly regarded
In summary, if you are an experienced lawyer seeking to transition into a strategic in-house leadership role, we would love to hear from you.
If you have built your career advising organisations through complex workplace challenges and/or you have gained meaningful experience working within businesses through secondments, embedded advisory roles or in-house engagements, such experience will be highly regarded.
Why Lineage?
Lineage is more than just a cold storage logistics business. We’re focused on being a vibrant, innovative and progressive employer where all our teams work safely, harmoniously and efficiently toward a common purpose - transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world.
Lineage is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic work environment and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
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