Senior Employee Relations Advisor

Mercy Health; Richmond Shire; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Health is seeking a Senior Employees Relations Advisor to guide leaders through complex ER matters, support enterprise bargaining, and ensure consistent application of legislation, awards and enterprise agreements. Your expertise will shape fair workplace practices across our 100+ year history of care.

Join a for-purpose organisation with 10,000 dedicated people, offering meaningful impact and opportunities to grow your career in a supportive healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Qualifications include a tertiary qualification in Employment Law or Industrial Relations, postgraduate studies preferred.
• Strong technical expertise in interpreting legislation, awards and enterprise agreements.
• High level analytical and problem‑solving skills to balance business objectives with ER issues.
• Demonstrated ability to provide timely, accurate ER advice to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with the highest discretion.

Responsibilities

• Guide leaders through complex ER matters and support enterprise bargaining.
• Ensure consistent and effective application of legislation, awards and enterprise agreements.
• Provide timely, accurate ER advice to internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with teams to shape fair, contemporary workplace practices.

Skills

Employment Law

Industrial Relations

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Discretion / confidentiality

Stakeholder advisory

Education

Tertiary qualification in Employment Law/Industrial Relations

Job description

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Hours: 38 hours per week

Location: Richmond Head Office

Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications

Contact: Maurice Davoli - [e-mail]

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we’re there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people at every stage of life. Across our aged care homes, hospitals and research facilities, and across numerous cities and towns, we’re on a journey to keep growing our impact for the next hundred years.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

At Mercy Health, you’ll become part of a proud history built on over 100 years of expertise, skill and care. As a Senior Employees Relations Advisor, you’ll use your deep industrial relations knowledge, analytical strengths and confident negotiation skills to guide leaders through complex ER matters, support enterprise bargaining, and ensure the consistent and effective application of legislation, awards and enterprise agreements. Your expertise will help shape fair, contemporary workplace practices that make a real difference to the people who care for our communities every day.

What you’ll bring

It takes a special kind of person to work in healthcare or community services. If you are genuinely interested in helping others, then you’ll find you can build something here and find your place in a team of 10,000 hearts.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• A tertiary qualification in Employment Law, Industrial Relations or a related discipline, with postgraduate studies highly regarded.
• Strong technical expertise in industrial and employee relations, with the ability to interpret and apply complex legislation, awards and enterprise agreements.
• High level business analytical and problem-solving skills that enable effective resolution of matters which consider broader business objectives, issues and implications.
• Demonstrated ability to provide timely and accurate advice and information to internal and external stakeholders on a diverse range of ER issues.
• Ability to work with sensitive and confidential information exercising the highest degree of discretion.
• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.