People & Culture Advisor

Boral; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary package & short-term incentive

Mentoring from P&C leaders

Parental leave

Additional leave

Novated leasing

Discounts

Zero Harm culture

Job summary

Boral is seeking an experienced Employee Relations Advisor to provide real ER input across our multi-site Australian operations. You will advise leaders on investigations, performance conversations and EA interpretation, reporting to the Head of Business Partnering and learning from senior practitioners.

You will help run parts of the annual P&C cycle and contribute to projects across leadership, diversity and industrial relations, building a safe, engaged and inclusive workplace where our

Qualifications

• Employee relations experience including disciplinary and performance management.
• Exposure to a large, multi-site industrial business with EA-covered workforces preferred.
• Experience contributing to P&C projects.
• Ability to lead challenging people conversations and continuously improve.
• Autonomous, growth mindset and collaborative approach.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Advising leaders on disciplinary matters, and guiding investigations from start to finish.
• Interpreting EAs and Awards for leaders and employees, and making the answer easy to act on.
• Coaching leaders through difficult conversations so they can handle the next one themselves.
• Responding to complaints and disputes, and resolving them well.
• Facilitating annual cycle activities across Performance and Reward, IR, and Talent and Capability.
• Turning our P&C annual plans into practical action on the ground.
• Supporting our P&C Business Partners with reporting, analysis and project work.

Skills

Employee relations

Disciplinary investigations

EA interpretation

Coaching leaders

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

Job description

This is a chance to do real employee relations work, not administer it. You will advise leaders across our operational businesses on live matters: investigations, disputes, performance conversations and EA interpretation. You will report to the Head of Business Partnering and learn alongside senior practitioners who have been doing this work for years.

The brief is broad for an advisor role. Alongside the day to day advice, you will run parts of our annual P&C cycle and contribute to projects across leadership, diversity, engagement and industrial relations.

Now is a good time to join us. We are a market leader with prized assets and a solid, vertically integrated business, and we are partway through a real journey of improvement and change. You will help our leaders build a safe, engaged, diverse and inclusive workplace, and a culture where our people do their best work.

Your day will involve:

• Advising leaders on disciplinary matters, and guiding investigations from start to finish
• Interpreting EAs and Awards for leaders and employees, and making the answer easy to act on
• Coaching leaders through difficult conversations so they can handle the next one themselves
• Responding to complaints and disputes, and resolving them well
• Facilitating annual cycle activities across Performance and Reward, IR, and Talent and Capability
• Turning our P&C annual plans into practical action on the ground
• Supporting our P&C Business Partners with reporting, analysis and project work.

What are we looking for?

• Employee relations experience, including supporting leaders through disciplinary and performance management processes
• Exposure to a large, multi-site industrial business, ideally with EA-covered workforces
• Experience contributing to P&C projects
• The confidence to lead a challenging people conversation, and the curiosity to keep improving how you do it
• An autonomous and accountable work ethic, a growth mindset and a collaborative approach
• Relevant tertiary qualifications.

What’s on offer?

• An attractive salary package, including a short term incentive
• Ongoing mentoring and guidance from experienced P&C leaders and subject matter experts
• Generous paid parental leave entitlements
• The opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Novated leasing and a range of corporate discounts
• A role with an Australian owned and operated market leader, committed to Zero Harm and to driving sustainable outcomes.

About Boral

We are Australia’s leading vertically-integrated construction materials solution provider and have been helping to build and enable a strong, modern Australia for more than 75 years. Our integrated network includes upstream assets – quarries, cement operations and our bitumen JV - and downstream operations across, recycling, concrete and concrete placing and asphalt.

Our people provide solutions to help customers and stakeholders build a sustainable future in a changing world. Our values are what matters to us and guide our behaviours: Safety, Teamwork, Ambition, Accountability and Respect.

We’re proud of our legacy as a great Australian business and have a strong foundation to improve and continue fulfilling our purpose and what we do best - building something great.

Boral values and is committed to creating a diverse working environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All suitable applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or age.