Workforce Bargaining Specialist

Make a meaningful difference with us:

We want people who are great as individuals, and even better in a team.

As a Workforce Bargaining Specialist, you will be instrumental in advancing UnitingCare's enterprise bargaining strategy. This newly created role offers the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the development, coordination, and negotiation of enterprise agreements that reflect our organisational values and strategic priorities.

You will take the lead on less complex agreements, managing the drafting of templates and clauses to ensure consistency, legal compliance, and clarity. Your expertise will also support the implementation and education phases post-approval, helping leaders and teams understand and apply agreement outcomes effectively.

Please note, this is a full time, permanent position. Flexibility is important to us, and we know it is to you, too - this role supports hybrid working.

Your part in our UnitingCare team:

• Draft and maintain enterprise agreement templates and standardised clauses to support consistency across the organisation, ensuring all agreement documentation complies with relevant industrial legislation and organisational policy.

• Drive or co-lead negotiations for less complex enterprise agreements under the guidance of the Manager.

• Coordinate and prepare documentation to support bargaining meetings, including evidence, data, and rationale for proposed changes.

• Assist in stakeholder consultation, union engagement, and internal communications throughout the bargaining process.

• Support the implementation of approved agreements, including communication plans, leader education and collaboration with Payroll and HRIS for system configuration.

• Maintain tracking tools and documentation to monitor bargaining progress across multiple agreements.

What makes a difference for us?

• Tertiary qualifications in Law, Human Resources or Industrial Relations, with demonstrated experience in enterprise bargaining, including preparation, negotiation support, and documentation in a complex or multi-agreement environment.

• Strong understanding of the Fair Work Act 2009, modern awards and enterprise agreement frameworks, including the approval process and BOOT requirements

• Proven ability to draft clear, compliant, and operationally sound clauses within industrial instruments, with the ability to explain industrial content to non-technical audiences.

• Experience engaging with unions and employee representatives, with an ability to manage respectful, outcomes-focused discussions.

What makes a difference for you?

The opportunity to be part of the second-largest Queensland employer who has been leading by example as a proud not-for-profit, for more than 100 years. Joining our team, you'll be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. We're a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital.  

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.

• Access to salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits - up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program.

• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme.

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events.

Diversity & Inclusion    

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.      

Safe workplace    

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.     

Child safe, Child friendly   

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children, implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services and appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur.