Principal Consultant Workplace Relations

4 weeks ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Department of Justice and Community Safety Full time

Utilise your Human Resources expertise to provide support and advice to the Employee and Workplace Relations branch
- A Fixed-Term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service until 4th December 2025
- VPS Grade 6: $134,593 - $180,115 plus superannuation.

**About the Business Unit**:
Employee and Workplace Relations is responsible for management of the Justice portfolio's industrial relations program, the management of departmental employee relations issues, the department's Human Resource Business Partnerships, employee investigations and also administers the internal review of actions process.
**About the Role**:
An exciting opportunity is available for a workplace relations specialist with significant experience to join our workplace relations team. The position incumbent will be responsible for working across an extensive range of employment matters in an exciting and dynamic organisation. The role responsibilities include providing consultancy advice on complex human resource issues, supporting departmental managers and human resource business partners in resolving individual employee case management issues and contributing to the improvement of human resource practice across the department.
**Some of your duties will include**:

- Identifying, developing and implementing innovative case management solutions that support departmental strategy across a range of people management, employee and industrial relations issues which focus on understanding and meeting stakeholders needs and expectations
- Providing expert, strategic and innovative advice and coaching support to senior management on complex and sensitive people management issues in accordance with the Public Administration Act 2004, the Fair Work Act 2009 and the Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2024
- Initiating, developing and implementing innovative improvements to people management practices across the department and industrial relations practices across the wider Justice portfolio which respond to new and emerging strategic issues impacting on organisational operations
- Developing a range of technical written communications at an authoritative level, including departmental briefs and memorandums, and routinely providing recommendations to senior leaders in the department aimed at influencing them to resolve often complex, contentious or sensitive employee and industrial issues
- Providing mentoring, coaching and support to other members of the Workplace Relations team and guidance based on people management knowledge and expertise to the HR Business Partners and other human resource practitioners across the department
- Contributing to significant human resource strategic programs of work, the development of departmental people management policies and processes, the development of contemporary information resources and the delivery of business unit strategic and business plans.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.
- High level experience in case managing a broad range of human resource issues, with specialist knowledge of employee relations
- Significant experience in the provision of high-level advice to deliver successful employee relations outcomes, preferably within a government workplace
- A specialist understanding of the legislative and industrial framework that applies to the Victorian Public Service, including the Public Administration Act 2004, the Fair Work Act 2009 and the Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2020

**Qualifications/Requirements**:

- A tertiary qualification in industrial relations, human resources, employment law or a related discipline and/or specialist experience in a similar environment is highly desirable.

**How to Apply**:
**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT**:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

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