Principal Employee And Industrial Relations Consultant

Sa Health; South Australia; On-site; AUD 98,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent health service provider in South Australia seeks a Senior or Principal Employee and Industrial Relations Consultant. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality industrial relations consultancy and strategic advice, engage in complex negotiations, and manage stakeholder relationships. This role is critical for enhancing the well-being of the community and supporting the organization's mission. Full-time, term contract role with competitive salary, emphasizing diversity and inclusion within a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Collaborative and inclusive work environment

Access to wellness support programs

Community service involvement

Qualifications

• Experience in providing high-quality industrial relations consultancy services.
• Ability to manage complex negotiations and advocacy.
• Expertise in workforce planning and developing strategic advice.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex industrial relations consultancy and negotiations.
• Provide executive-level strategic advice and briefings.
• Represent SA Ambulance Service in legal and industrial proceedings.
• Develop and implement workforce planning strategies.
• Lead stakeholder relationship management and training development.

Skills

Complex industrial relations advice

Negotiations

Stakeholder relationship management

Workforce planning

Legal representation

Job description

Salary:

• ASO6 - $98,478.00 - $104,165.00 p.a.
• ASO7 - $108,109.00 - $116,864.00 p.a.

Full Time / Term Contract (up until 18 Sep 2026)

EASTWOOD / 5063

About Us:

SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia’s provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services.

We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.

Our Vision: An innovative, patient focused, technology enabled, evidence driven, emergency response and health care ambulance service; achieved by exceptional people.

Our Mission: Providing emergency response and health care ambulance services within South Australia, designed and development around patient and community needs, enabling timely and equitable access for our patients to the most appropriate point of care.

Our Purpose: To ensure South Australia thrives by enabling access to emergency and non-emergency ambulance health care and alternative patient pathways while contributing to our state’s emergency preparedness and health response capability.

Our Values:

PATIENT FOCUSED: We will put our patients and the safe and quality care we provide them first; in everything we do.

TEAMWORK: We will work across SAAS, our health system, our partners, stakeholders and the community to achieve our goals.

INTEGRITY AND HONESTY: We accept and uphold the standards and expectations of our organisation and communities.

RESPECT AND COURTESY: We will always be respectful and courteous toward our patients, each other, and all those we work with.

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: We value our role in the community, and we value the communities we serve.

CHANGE READY: We know our communities’ needs will evolve and we must adapt to meet them.

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP: We will support leadership development for our people at every level.

ASO-6

The Senior Employee and Industrial Relations Consultant is accountable to the Employee and Industrial Relations Manager for the management of specific industrial relations activities and projects and providing high quality industrial relations advisory and consultancy service to SAAS. The Senior Employee and Industrial Relations Consultant will ensure the establishment and maintenance of positive and constructive employee and industrial relations with all relevant stakeholders, including staff and industrial organisations within SAAS

ASO-7

The Principal Employee and Industrial Relations Consultant is accountable to the Employee and Industrial Relations Manager for leading specific industrial relations activities and projects and the delivery of an effective and responsive operational industrial relations advisory and consultancy service to SAAS. To support this critical objective the Principal Employee and Industrial Relations Consultant will ensure the establishment and maintenance of positive and constructive employee and industrial relations with all relevant stakeholders, including staff and unions for SAAS.

What We Offer:

• Work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment with a culture of inclusion and diversity.
• Giving back to the people of South Australia! Play a vital role in enhancing the well‑being of our community.
• We take care of you! Access to a range of staff and wellness support programs!

Key Responsibilities:

Lead Complex Industrial Relations Consultancy and Negotiations
Manage and deliver high-quality employee and industrial relations consultancy services, including complex industrial relations advice, negotiations, advocacy, and enterprise bargaining agreement negotiations for SA Ambulance Service.

Provide Executive‑Level Strategic Advice and Briefings
Deliver expert advice and briefings to the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Directors within SA Ambulance Service, and other Government agencies on sensitive industrial relations issues that may impact organisational operations.

Represent SA Ambulance Service in Legal and Industrial Proceedings
Provide expert representation and prepare submissions on behalf of SA Ambulance Service in proceedings before State and Federal Tribunals, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and industrial forums with union organisations.

Develop and Implement Workforce Planning Strategies
Contribute to workforce planning, policy development, and reform activities that support organisational priorities, critical shortage areas, and the implementation of SA Health‑wide workforce plans and attraction and retention strategies.

Lead Stakeholder Relationship Management and Training Development
Establish and maintain professional relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, develop training programmes to enhance organisational change capability, and lead staff coaching to support effective workforce management practices

Application Information:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply for this role.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and/or additional relevant history screening that may be applicable and appropriate Immunisation screening.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Job ref: 915187
Enquiries to: Vanessa Hutchinson, Industrial and Employee Relations Manager - [e-mail]

Application Closing Date - Monday , 12 January 2026 @ 11:55pm

Attachments

• Principal Employee and Industrial Consultant- ASO7- Workforce Services-Role Description.pdf
• Senior Employee and Industrial Relations Consultant- ASO6 - Workforce Services -Role Description.pdf

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