Workplace Conduct & Investigations Lead

Do you thrive on managing complex workplace issues while providing strong leadership and technical guidance? We’re building a new team and need a leader who combines technical expertise with a focus on developing people, driving fairness, and delivering practical, pragmatic solutions – always with care, integrity, and respect for those involved. 

You’ll lead a small team managing matters such as grievance enquiries, disciplinary processes, formal performance management, and investigations into alleged misconduct. You’ll ensure each case is approached with empathy and a trauma-informed mindset, ensuring people feel heard and treated fairly. This is a role for someone who values integrity, thrives on complexity, and wants to make a real impact on workplace culture while building capability and confidence in others. 

You stay across the latest case law and legislative changes, and you know the details matter. For you, technical expertise isn’t optional – it’s what ensures processes are fair, defensible, and effective. 

Your Role in Action 

• Lead and grow your team – Coach and mentor case management specialists, building their technical capability and confidence. Provide clarity on priorities and ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes.
• Guide with expertise – Offer practical, pragmatic advice and recommendations on complex workplace matters, ensuring solutions are fair, defensible, and aligned with best practice. 
• Manage complexity with care – Oversee case flow, allocate work based on risk and urgency, and personally handle escalated or high-risk matters with empathy and a trauma-informed approach. 
• Build and refine processes – Develop and maintain best-practice, practical processes and templates for efficient and consistent case management, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Educate and empower – Deliver training and guidance to HR professionals and leaders on workplace conduct and investigations. 
• Apply technical excellence – Ensure investigations comply with the Fair Work Act, enterprise agreements, safety regulations, and internal policies. 
• Support FWC matters – Contribute to Fair Work Commission cases when required.
• Set the standard – Monitor external investigation partners to ensure their work meets our quality expectations. 
• Document with precision – Maintain accurate, defensible records ready for legal or regulatory review. 
• Drive insight and reporting – Analyse case data to identify trends, provide insights, and deliver actionable recommendations that improve workplace culture, safety, and compliance, while meeting reporting requirements for the organisation and external bodies. 

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Proven values-driven leader who loves mentoring team members and building powerhouse teams - especially in fast-paced or high-stakes environments. 
• Hands-on experience running and overseeing complex workplace investigations, ideally in unionised, safety-critical settings. 
• Deep theoretical and practical knowledge of workplace laws (e.g. Fair Work Act), enterprise agreements, and the art of procedural fairness. 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to build trust and confidence with diverse stakeholders across all levels and environments.
• Outstanding written communication skills, producing clear, accurate reports and documentation that support compliance, record-keeping, and informed decision-making.
• Equipped with trauma-informed investigation skills and training, bringing empathy and insight to every case.
• Relevant tertiary or diploma qualifications in HR or a related field. Formal investigation qualifications are highly regarded. 

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. 
• 22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave to support family and cultural connections.  

Applications close 7 December 2025 

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. As a WORK180-endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan.   

Learn more about Western Power here: About (westernpower.com.au)