Inclusion & Wellbeing Adviser

MinterEllison Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

MinterEllison is seeking an Inclusion & Wellbeing Adviser for a 12-month fixed-term contract in Sydney. The role focuses on delivering health, safety and wellbeing programs while supporting inclusion initiatives and governance across People & Culture functions.

You will coordinate with stakeholders, provide practical guidance within established policies, and escalate higher-risk matters to specialists. This role emphasises inclusivity, wellbeing, and compliance awareness across the firm.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in health, safety, wellbeing, employee experience, diversity or a related People & Culture environment.
• Strong coordination and organisational capability, with experience supporting recurring programs, reporting activities, submissions or provider relationships.
• The ability to provide practical guidance using established frameworks and exercise sound judgement on day-to-day health, safety and wellbeing matters.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and a collaborative approach to working effectively across People & Culture and specialist functions.
• Clear written communication skills and the ability to translate information into useful communications, resources, reports and program content.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the People & Culture representative on the firm's inclusion committees, supporting them to plan, coordinate and deliver initiatives that help achieve their goals.
• Providing practical guidance on health, safety and wellbeing activities and reasonable adjustments, applying established policies, tools and escalation pathways.
• Acting as an initial escalation point for People Services Delivery and Return to Work Coordinators, triaging workers compensation, return-to-work and ergonomic enquiries and escalating matters requiring specialist input.
• Coordinating and implementing agreed inclusion wellbeing and safe workplace activities, including campaigns, learning content, communications and engagement initiatives.
• Monitoring regulatory developments, emerging practice and sector trends, and identifying themes and opportunities to improve programs and services.
• Managing day-to-day relationships with selected health, wellbeing and inclusion providers and coordinating requirements within approved service arrangements.
• Supporting reporting, compliance obligations across inclusion (WGEA, AWEI, AusLSA) and wellbeing, benchmarking and program evaluation, tracking agreed measures and feedback and preparing clear communications, resources and routine summaries for stakeholders.
• Sound judgement and the confidence to recognise when a matter is complex, novel or higher risk and requires escalation to the accountable specialist or function.

Skills

Relevant experience in health, safety,

Stakeholder engagement

Coordination and organisational

Ability to provide practical guidance

Clear written communication

Job description

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MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest independent law and consulting firms. With a heritage of almost 200 years, we are known for our excellence, and our authentic and enduring relationships with our clients, our people and our communities. Clients seek out MinterEllison to help them solve complex problems every day. We do this by our full-service legal offering and complementary consulting offering.

We offer opportunities to work on industry-leading mandates for top-tier clients, while being part of a high-performing and collaborative team that values excellence, diversity of thought, curiosity, and inclusion. We value our people and empower them to achieve their ambitions - with the support, trust and autonomy to grow their careers in meaningful ways.

At MinterEllison, we're leading the way with AI and other emerging technologies, powering innovation right across our firm. You will have the opportunity to engage with AI tools we've built, and other external AI tools, to enhance efficiencies and excellence internally and with our clients.

Our People & Culture team supports the programs, practices and frameworks that contribute to a safe, healthy and inclusive working environment.

We are seeking an Inclusion & Wellbeing Adviser to join the team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is a practical, delivery-focused role working across health, safety and wellbeing activities, while also supporting agreed inclusion programs and initiatives. Working closely with colleagues across People & Culture and other specialist functions, you will help deliver established programs, respond to enquiries and identify emerging themes and opportunities for improvement.

Your Role

As our Inclusion & Wellbeing Adviser, you will support the effective delivery of health, safety and wellbeing activities across the firm, providing practical guidance within established policies and frameworks. You'll bring strong coordination, stakeholder engagement and judgement, knowing when to resolve an issue using existing guidance and when specialist or higher-risk matters need to be escalated.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the People & Culture representative on the firm's inclusion committees, supporting them to plan, coordinate and deliver initiatives that help achieve their goals.
• Providing practical guidance on health, safety and wellbeing activities and reasonable adjustments, applying established policies, tools and escalation pathways.
• Acting as an initial escalation point for People Services Delivery and Return to Work Coordinators, triaging workers compensation, return-to-work and ergonomic enquiries and escalating matters requiring specialist input.
• Coordinating and implementing agreed inclusion wellbeing and safe workplace activities, including campaigns, learning content, communications and engagement initiatives. Monitoring regulatory developments, emerging practice and sector trends, and identifying themes and opportunities to improve programs and services.
• Managing day-to-day relationships with selected health, wellbeing and inclusion providers and coordinating requirements within approved service arrangements.
• Supporting reporting, compliance obligations across inclusion (WGEA, AWEI, AusLSA) and wellbeing, benchmarking and program evaluation, tracking agreed measures and feedback and preparing clear communications, resources and routine summaries for stakeholders.
• Sound judgement and the confidence to recognise when a matter is complex, novel or higher risk and requires escalation to the accountable specialist or function.

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, cultural backgrounds, genders (including trans or gender diverse), LGBTQ+ people and those with carer responsibilities. We particularly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

We welcome applications from people with:

• Relevant experience in health, safety, wellbeing, employee experience, diversity or a related People & Culture environment.
• Strong coordination and organisational capability, with experience supporting recurring programs, reporting activities, submissions or provider relationships.
• The ability to provide practical guidance using established frameworks and exercise sound judgement on day-to-day health, safety and wellbeing matters.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and a collaborative approach to working effectively across People & Culture and specialist functions.
• Clear written communication skills and the ability to translate information into useful communications, resources, reports and program content.