Principal Consultant

About your role
As Principal Consultant in Human Resources, you will lead a dedicated team supporting Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services (MSAMHS). Your role is pivotal in managing HR activities including industrial relations, injury management, and compliance with Queensland Health policies and legislation. You will coordinate projects, conduct investigations into workplace matters, develop and deliver training, and foster strong business partnerships to drive organisational goals. Leadership, expert advice, and effective communication underpin your daily work to ensure a supportive, respectful, and legally compliant work environment.
About you
You are a skilled HR professional with strong leadership and expertise in industrial relations, workforce management, and employee engagement. Your excellent communication and problem-solving abilities enable you to build trusted partnerships and drive positive, compliant workplace outcomes.
**Key Skills**:
Proven leadership and people management skills, with ability to guide and develop teams
Strong expertise in industrial/employee relations, workplace investigations, and case management
Excellent written and verbal communication, including business report writing and negotiation
Strategic thinker with skills in continuous improvement and workforce planning
Commitment to equity, diversity, and ethical decision-making in the workplace
**What we can offer you**:
We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
**Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services**:
Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.
We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
**We are Metro South Health**:
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.
We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.
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