Employee Relations Specialist

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Suncorp Group Full time

Employee Relations Specialist:

  • Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne (hybrid), with 50% WFH
  • Fulltime 12month Contract with Suncorp's Employee Relations team
  • Provide proactive riskbased advice and support on complex people issues

Your Purpose


Suncorp's Employee Relations team is responsible for providing timely and pragmatic advice on all employee relations matters, including support on escalated and complex people issues and initiatives.

We're looking for an experienced Employee Relations Specialist to join our high performing, collaborative team as a trusted advisor to the business on a 12 month parental leave cover contract.


What you'll do
Reporting to the Manager, Employee Relations, you will provide commercially balanced and risk conscious advice on complex people issues, by:

  • Acting as an escalation point and providing coaching, guidance and support on complex case management and employment queries, including terminations, long term absenteeism and disputes.
  • Managing employment related claims and representing Suncorp in the Fair Work Commission and related employment tribunals.
  • Working across a broad range of employment matters, including enterprise agreement interpretation, legislative compliance, organisational change, complaints and investigations, workers' compensation claims, executive matters, and third party relationship management.
  • Identifying and reporting on trends and emerging people risks, developing and reviewing policies for continuous improvement, and contributing to cross training and upskilling across advisory areas.
  • Utilising our case management system to track and record all queries to ensure access to quality data from which to extract insights for our clients.

What you'll need to bring

  • Tertiary qualifications in Law, Employee Relations or Human Resources (
    mandatory)
  • 5 years' experience in employment law or employee relations, with inhouse experience (
    highly regarded)
  • Collaborative and consultative approach, while also able to work autonomously
  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, including before a senior executive audience
  • Proven ability to efficiently manage time, work to deadlines and deliver on competing priorities.

What we can offer

  • Discounts and offers on a range of retail favourite stores as well as banking and insurance products.
  • Give back to our communities with payroll giving, donation matching and paid volunteer leave.
  • Invest in your brighter future with ongoing career development programs.
  • Prioritise your work/life balance with our robust employee assistance program and dedicated employee council.
  • Friendly and supportive team culture
  • We offer support and various programs for our people (Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health & Wellbeing, Employee Referral Program, Facilities for nursing mothers, Social Club)

Advertised: 31 Mar 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close: 07 Apr 2023 AUS Eastern Standard Time

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