Er Specialist

**ER Specialist**:
NSW - Sydney CBD Human Resources Full Time
- **Utilise your experience to provide advice on employee relations matters and risks in this stand alone role.**:

- **Flexibility on offer for days and hours worked based on your strategic capability**:

- **Work for an organisation that celebrates success with reward and recognition**

EML is a leading **Workers Compensation** and **Personal Injury Claims Management** business. Our goal is to help people get their lives back through **ongoing support during their return-to-work journey**. We continue to experience ongoing growth and now have over **4,000 dedicated employees.** We foster a learning culture that allows for us to continually invest in our employees ensuring a **long-term career** here at EML.

**THE OPPORTUNITY**

As part of our National HR team, you will help make a positive impact on someone’s life every day. You will feel great satisfaction knowing your talent and hard work has a purpose.

The Employee Relations Specialist delivers strategic and technical advice to assist the business in managing risks as they relate to our people.

This stand-alone role acts as the specialist in ER and partners across the business with senior leaders and Human Resources team to provide expert ER advice. This includes action and advice regarding new and proposed legislative changes and award interpretation, performance management, investigations, advocacy, policy development and change.

This will be a **permanent** position based in the **Sydney CBD** office, with flexibility to work from home on focus days and work in office on team connection days.

**YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Provide expert employee relations advice and recommendations to business leaders and Human Resources professionals.
- Establish appropriate Employee Relations metrics, and develop the systems, practices and processes to measure, report, utilise data to guide process improvements and/or policy enhancements.
- Work with business leaders and Human Resources team to develop the capability for managing employee relations matters and risks.
- Maintain awareness of industry developments and trends and lead any required changes.
- Provide support, guidance, and representation of the business in relation to Fair Work and other legal matters as required.
- Prepare documents and represent EML for matters before the Fair Work Commission and other tribunals as required
- Advise on and update EML policies in line with organisational and future needs

**ABOUT YOU**
- Solid, demonstrated experience in a stand alone Employee Relations role, working within a fast-paced business environment
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders
- Demonstrated capacity to provide sound commercial, risk based advice to senior leaders.
- Training or qualification aligned to Employee Relations eg HR, ER, Employment Law
- Minimum intermediate proficiency in Microsoft office suite
- Experience in advocacy before the Fair Work Commission, including preparation of submissions and representing parties in conciliation.
- Desirable - accreditation in workplace mediation, conciliation and/or dispute settlement

**WHAT WE OFFER**

**We stand together as equals. **EML is an equal opportunity employer so by coming to work for us, you will be part of a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion. We are committed to maintaining a workplace where everyone feels valued and where we show respect, integrity, and honesty.

**_ EML provides career opportunities and great employee benefits, including_**:

- A vibrant, collaborative innovative team culture
- Flexibility with opportunity to WFH when you are fully capable in your role.
- A corporate wellbeing program with discounted health insurance and gym membership
- Access to discounts at over 350 retailers through our Rewards Hub program
- Entitlement to an annual tenure and performance-based recognition reward
- Comprehensive learning and development support
- Companywide events to celebrate success.
- Quarterly Reward and Recognition Awards
- Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave, plus super