Inclusion & Wellbeing Adviser

MinterEllison; Sydney; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Social benefits

Job summary

MinterEllison in Sydney is seeking an Inclusion & Wellbeing Adviser to join the People & Culture team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role focuses on health, safety and wellbeing activities, delivering practical guidance within established policies and frameworks.

You will coordinate programs, respond to inquiries, and escalate higher-risk matters when needed, working with stakeholders across the firm to support inclusion initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience in health, safety, wellbeing, employee experience or related People & Culture environment.
• Strong coordination and organisational capability with recurring programs, reporting activities, submissions or provider relationships.
• Ability to provide practical guidance using established frameworks and sound judgement on day-to-day health, safety and wellbeing matters.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and a collaborative approach across People & Culture and specialist functions.
• Clear written communication skills to translate information into useful communications, resources, reports and program content.
• Ability to recognise when a matter is complex, novel or higher risk and escalate appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the People & Culture representative on inclusion committees, coordinating and delivering initiatives.
• Providing practical guidance on health, safety and wellbeing activities and escalation pathways.
• Triage workers compensation, return-to-work and ergonomic enquiries; escalate to specialists when needed.
• Coordinating inclusion wellbeing and safe workplace activities, including campaigns, learning content and communications.
• Monitoring regulatory developments and trends to improve programs and services.
• Managing relationships with health, wellbeing and inclusion providers and coordinating service requirements.
• Supporting reporting and compliance obligations across inclusion and wellbeing, benchmarking and program evaluation.

Skills

Coordination skills

Stakeholder engagement

Written communication

Practical guidance

Judgement in H&S matters

Collaboration across P&C

Diversity & inclusion experience

Employee experience

Job description

Location: Sydney

Contract Type: Fixed Term

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.

We support sustainable ways of working regarding how, when and where you work and offer a wide range of social, financial and health benefits (see https://www.minterellison.com/-/media/Minter-Ellison/Files/Careers/MinterEllison-Employee-Benefits-Dec_2025.pdf )

The Team

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.

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.
• 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.