Employment Relations Advisor

**_There’s something special about spending your days alongside like-minded people, just as committed to purposeful work as you. At Save the Children Australia, we attract bright and big-hearted people who are inspired to make a difference. Together, we are fearless in our pursuit of making lasting change for the children and communities who need it most._**

**A place to make a difference**:
The Employee Relations Advisor plays an important role in delivering on our vision of a better world for children. Whether it’s ensuring SCA has a robust set of processes, tools and templates to manage ER matters, or advising on complex ER matters enterprise wide, you’ll be contributing to our commitment to children in Australia, the Pacific and around the world.
- You will make a difference by: _
- Coaching leaders to manage and resolve ER matters expediently and with due process, enabling a culture of accountability and high performance
- Leading the review, revision and implementation of SCA’s key employee relations policies and procedures to ensure they align with legal requirements and best practices
- Training and developing leaders in best practice ER processes
- Ensuring SCA’s ER tools, templates and processes comply with Australian and Pacific industrial relations legislation
- Reviewing and refining key ER tools and templates for use by the People and Culture team and Line Leaders,
- Reviewing and ensuring the P&C operating model has the right response frameworks for ER matters
- Managing Fair Work Commission matters
- Supporting the review and go-forward approach to SCA’s Industrial Instruments
- Developing leader resources and references to enable leader-led interpretation of Award, EA and Fair work provisions

**A place to feel valued**:
Your deep expertise in employee / industrial relations is invaluable. Ideally, this means you will have:

- A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Law, or a related field (a postgraduate qualification or professional certification in industrial relations is advantageous).
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial relations or a related field, preferably within a Community Services organisation with geographically dispersed and diverse workforce.
- In-depth understanding of Australian industrial relations laws, regulations, and best practices.
- Experience working in remote communities and cultural expertise with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforces
- Strong analytical, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills, and the demonstrated ability to manage sensitive issues with discretion and integrity.

**A place to belong**:
It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

- Competitive salary on offer; **up to $120k + Super + full salary packaging benefits** (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you)
- Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.
- Internal employment and development opportunities
- Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
- Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

**Does this sound like the place for you?**

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

**Position Description - Employee Relations Advisor
- _We understand the need for work-life balance. We've advertised this role as full-time, permanent but if you're looking for something different, please let us know. We offer flexible hours, remote working, and individual flexibility plans to ensure we’re providing you a personalised career._
- Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding _here_._
- Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation._
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