Employment Relations Specialist

About the Role: Join our clients dynamic People, Culture & Safety team as a Workplace Relations Specialist. You'll support the Manager Workplace Relations and Wellbeing in delivering expert advice and services across employee and workplace relations, ensuring compliance and fostering constructive relationships with unions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert advice on employee and workplace relations matters.
• Manage employee relations cases with a focus on timely, fair, and cost-efficient resolutions.
• Develop and implement Action Plans following reviews and investigations.
• Support enterprise agreement negotiations and represent the organization in tribunals and commissions.
• Prepare contracts of employment and maintain templates for case management.
• Collaborate with the injury management and Wellbeing team on employee case management strategies.
• Ensure adherence to Child Safe Standards and related policies.

Documentation and Compliance:

• Maintain accurate case management documentation.
• Prepare and review correspondence for employees, managers, and unions.
• Report on employee and dispute case management.

Business Alignment and Commercial Focus:

• Review position descriptions and classifications.
• Conduct training on employment matters.
• Provide reports and analyze trends in employee relations.

Collaboration and Partnership:

• Resolve complex employee and workplace relations issues.
• Work with People leaders and PCS team members to enhance the organization's reputation.
• Draft, review, and amend policies and workplace documents.

EBA Compliance:

• Provide interpretation and advice on workplace and enterprise agreements.
• Facilitate workshops to explain enterprise agreements and awards.

People and Team:

• Motivate, coach, and collaborate with peers to achieve organisational goals.

Health, Safety, and Wellbeing:

• Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures.

Belonging & Inclusion: They celebrate thier people's unique contributions to achieving thier ambition to transform lives through high-quality education. Thier culture of Belonging & Inclusion enhances the experiences of employees, students, and communities.

About our client: Thier purpose is to excel in education and training, enhancing the social and economic futures of individuals, industry, and communities. They offer over 400 courses across ten campuses in Victoria, online, in the workplace, and overseas with partner organisations.

Join Us: If you are ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, apply now to become a part of our clients dedicated team. Help enrich lives through education and strive for excellence in all they do.

At HOBAN we encourage applications from people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people of all genders, LGBTI people, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

We provide reasonable adjustments; including alternate formats to the recruitment process for individuals with disability. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please email our Adjustments Coordinator at adjustments@hoban.com.au or visit hoban.com.au/adjustments for additional contact details.