Hr Adviser

Hr Division; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Working with dynamic and creative yous

Job summary

Sweet By Nature is seeking an experienced Human Resource Adviser to provide hands‑on HR services, support our people and managers, and implement HR policies and programs. You will handle recruitment, induction, personnel records and HRIS, while advising on workplace relations and performance matters.

Reporting to the HR Manager, you will also coordinate staff training and support injury management/return‑to‑work processes, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and company policies.

Qualifications

• Experience in end‑to‑end recruitment and selection.
• Experience with HRIS and personnel records management.
• Knowledge of the Fair Work Act 2009 and National Employment Standards.
• Strong written and verbal communication and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Manage recruitment and selection, staff induction, personnel records and HRIS.
• Provide advice on workplace relations policies and disciplinary matters.
• Prepare HR reports and workforce data for management (headcount, turnover, leave).
• Assist with enterprise agreements, workplace investigations and terms of employment.

Skills

Recruitment

HRIS

Workplace relations

Staff training

Disciplinary matters

Communications

Education

Bachelor degree in HR

Five years HR experience

Job description

Sweet By Nature

Location: 131–133 Bamfield Road, West Heidelberg VIC Employment type: Full-time, permanent (38 hours per week) Salary: $79,600 – $85,000 per annum plus superannuation Applications close: 20 November 2026

About us

Sweet By Nature is based at 131–133 Bamfield Road, West Heidelberg, Victoria. We are growing and are seeking an experienced Human Resource Adviser to deliver professional, hands‑on HR services that support our people, our managers and our human resource policies and programs.

About the role

Reporting to the HR Manager, the Human Resource Adviser provides professional staffing and personnel administration services in support of Sweet By Nature's human resource policies and programs. The role manages recruitment and selection, staff induction, personnel records and HR information systems, and provides advice to management on workplace relations, staff performance and disciplinary matters. The role also coordinates staff training and supports workplace injury management and return to work.

Key responsibilities

Recruitment and selection

• Receive and record vacancy information from managers, including job descriptions, wages and conditions of employment, and prepare position descriptions.
• Arrange the advertising of job vacancies on appropriate recruitment channels and provide information on current vacancies to internal staff and job seekers.
• Screen applications, conduct interviews and arrange skills testing and assessment of applicants.
• Coordinate the selection of staff, including reference, qualification and right-to-work checks, and prepare letters of offer and employment contracts.

Induction and conditions of service

• Arrange and deliver the induction of new staff, covering company policies, code of conduct and workplace health and safety responsibilities.
• Provide employees with information on conditions of service, salaries, entitlements and promotional opportunities.
• Coordinate probation reviews with line managers.

Personnel records and HR information systems

• Maintain accurate and confidential personnel records and associated human resource information systems, covering contracts, variations, leave, qualifications, performance and separations.
• Ensure record keeping complies with the Fair Work Act 2009 and the Privacy Act 1988.
• Prepare HR reports and workforce data for management, including headcount, turnover and leave.

HR and workplace relations advice

• Provide advice and information to management on workplace relations policies and procedures, staff performance and disciplinary matters.
• Study and interpret legislation, Modern Awards, enterprise agreements, employment contracts, wage payment systems and dispute settlement procedures, and apply them to day‑to‑day HR matters.
• Examine and help resolve employee grievances and disputes, and assist with workplace investigations in line with procedural fairness.
• Assist the HR Manager with negotiations on terms and conditions of employment and the development of enterprise agreements, workplace relations policies and procedures.
• Support the operation of workplace consultative committees and employee participation initiatives.

Supporting responsibilities

• Coordinate staff training and development, including facilitating in‑house sessions (induction refreshers, policy and compliance training) and arranging external training providers, and maintain the training register.
• Compile workplace injury and incident records and workers' compensation documentation, and assist with rehabilitation and return-to-work plans in consultation with managers, the insurer and treating practitioners.

About you

Essential

• Bachelor degree or higher in Human Resource Management, Business or a related discipline, or at least five years of relevant HR experience in place of a degree.
• At least 2 years' experience in a Human Resource Adviser or similar HR generalist role.
• Demonstrated experience in end‑to‑end recruitment and selection, staff induction, and maintaining personnel records and HRIS.
• Sound working knowledge of the Fair Work Act 2009, the National Employment Standards, Modern Awards and enterprise agreements.
• Experience advising managers on performance, disciplinary and workplace relations matters.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and a high level of confidentiality.

Desirable

• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40122 or equivalent).

Benefits

• Flexible hours
• Working with dynamic and creative individuals