Senior Advisor, Employment Relations, Queensland Health

Take the next step in your career with this exciting permanent opportunity as a Senior Advisor, Employment Relations within the Human Resources Branch.

As the Senior Advisor, you will contribute to providing authoritative industrial relations, human resource and employee relations advisory and support services to stakeholders across Queensland Health and Hospital and Health Services.

What you'll do

• Participate in the management of a range of allocated workplace relations matters, initiatives and projects that may include management of enterprise bargaining negotiations and outcomes, dispute resolution and emergent issues.
• Provide high level advice and support to managers, staff and unions to support the effective and consistent delivery of human resource management services.
• Undertake research and analysis of emerging industrial relations issues and options to support the development of effective and comprehensive responses to such issues.
• Manage and participate in key projects relating to employment impacting arrangements for Queensland Health employees.

About you

We are searching for someone with:

• Ability to locate, interpret and apply industrial instruments relevant to Queensland Health employment framework in order to resolve matters of medium complexity.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to support the development of solutions to industrial relations policy and resolution of specific disputes.
• High level understanding of industrial relations systems (national and Queensland) and industrial relations legislation including industrial instruments such as awards and certified agreements.
• Operates as an effective team member and works collaboratively with key internal and external stakeholders to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Takes personal responsibility for accurately completing tasks and progressing working autonomously or with minimal supervision.
• The ability to develop high quality briefs, correspondence and policy documents which are tailored to the audience's level of knowledge, skill and experience.

Why work with us?

Work alongside passionate professionals in a supportive and inclusive environment that values people and prioritises employee success and wellbeing. This includes

Competitive salaries

• 12.75% superannuation
• 17.5% leave loading

Employee wellbeing

• Access to 24/7 confidential employee support providers and counsellors including for immediate family members
• Additional flexibility to support your work life balance including access to generous leave entitlements, such as purchased leave, domestic violence leave, reproductive health leave, cultural leave, study and examination leave.

Professional development

• Career progression with more than 300 diverse career pathways and career support to take you further
• Access to a variety of programs and initiatives to support training and career growth.
• Grow your skills through hands-on experience and access to internal training opportunities and additional financial and leave benefits for approved external training and development.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

At Queensland Health, our work environment is inclusive and supportive, and we value our employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from people of all cultures, abilities and backgrounds.

Our commitment to cultural safety, equity, diversity and inclusion means we understand some people may need changes to the recruitment process. If you need support during the recruitment process, such as meeting with the panel virtually instead of in person, please reach out to the hiring manager. We value diverse candidates and your need for adjustments will not affect our hiring decisions.

Ready to apply?

For further information on how to apply please review the attached Role Description.