Employee Relations Advisor

Austin Health; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Wellbeing program

Onsite childcare

Mentoring and development

Job summary

Austin Health in Melbourne is seeking a hands-on Employee Relations Advisor to support local managers and HRBPs across the organisation. You will provide ER/IR advice, manage cases end-to-end, and ensure fair, consistent and legally compliant application of policies and industrial instruments.

A typical day includes guiding investigations and grievances, supporting misconduct processes, and coaching managers.

Qualifications

• Experience in an HR or ER advisory role
• Sound knowledge of employment legislation and industrial instruments
• Strong judgement and ability to manage sensitive matters
• Clear, confident communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong organisation and prioritisation capability

Responsibilities

• Provide timely, accurate advice on employment legislation, EBAs and policy.
• Manage ER cases end-to-end, including investigations and grievance resolution
• Support misconduct and disciplinary processes, including coaching managers
• Work with stakeholders across P&C to resolve issues early (or when they’re already well underway)
• Contribute to ER guidance, toolkits and process improvements
• Support EBA implementation and respond to industrial and union-related queries

Skills

Employee relations

HR advisory

Communication

Organisation

Stakeholder management

Job description

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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About Employee Relations

The Employee Relations team is a specialist advisory service on all things related to the employment relationship including HR policy and processes, advice and interpretation on employment entitlements and provision of case management support for Austin Health Managers and employees on workplace employment related issues.

About the role

This is a hands-on advisory and case management role supporting local managers, HRBPs and teams within P&C with employee relations matters across the organisation. You will provide ER/IR advice and support, manage cases end-to-end, and ensure the fair, consistent and legally compliant application of Austin Health policies and industrial instruments.

Think investigations, grievances, misconduct processes, and helping managers navigate situations that are rarely straightforward.

A regular day will see you:

• Provide timely, accurate advice on employment legislation, EBAs and policy.
• Manage ER cases end-to-end, including investigations and grievance resolution
• Support misconduct and disciplinary processes, including coaching managers.
• Work with stakeholders across P&C to resolve issues early (or when they’re already well underway)
• Contribute to ER guidance, toolkits and process improvements
• Support EBA implementation and respond to industrial and union-related queries

About you

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• Experience in an HR or ER advisory role, or at the very least a keen interest.
• Sound knowledge of employment legislation and industrial instruments
• Strong judgement and ability to manage sensitive matters
• Clear, confident communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong organisation and prioritisation capability

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Brenton Otte, Senior Employee Relations Advisor at ************@austin.org.au