employee transitions manager

South Australia Police

Job reference: 702369

Location: ADELAIDE

Job status: Ongoing

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Ongoing, fulltime vacancy

The Employee Transition Manager provides strategic leadership in the delivery of workforce transition for work injured employees and employees subject to redeployment. Key responsibilities include overseeing separation processes, redeployment, and assist in identifying suitable roles for employees subject to return-to-work programs, while ensuring compliance with legislative and policy frameworks.

The role governs the Employee Management Register (EMR), leading high-level reporting and data analysis, and provides expert advice to executive stakeholders. It fosters collaboration across SAPOL to support workforce capability, operational efficiency, and organisational resilience.

This role will have managerial oversight of a team of staff, reporting directly to the Employee Transitions Manager.

The Employee Transition Manager is accountable to the Manager of HR Operations and works in partnership with other staff within HR Operations and Partnering, as well as collaboratively with employees of SAPOL and internal and external stakeholders.

Key Outcomes

• Provide leadership in the preparation, coordination, and quality assurance of all documentation and official correspondence relating to employee separations from SAPOL.
• Maintain high-level, direct engagement with internal stakeholders, and relevant SAPOL areas, to ensure alignment, transparency, and the effective execution of separation processes.
• Lead the preparation and quality assurance of executive briefings, strategic reports, and high-level correspondence related to separations. Ensure documentation reflects organisational priorities and complies with legislative and policy frameworks.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across separation-related workflows, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, consistency, and compliance with SAPOL's strategic and operational objectives.
• Ensure expert advisory and consultancy in relation to workforce transitions and contributing to the development of strategic workforce policies and practices.
• Establish and govern comprehensive reporting mechanisms for the Employee Management Register (EMR), ensuring timely, accurate, and insightful reporting to executive leadership. Oversee the collection, analysis, and interpretation of workforce data to inform strategic planning and policy development.
• Provide high-level strategic direction and oversight for case management services supporting work-injured police officers and employees subject to redeployment.
• Establish and govern comprehensive reporting mechanisms for the Employee Management Register (EMR), ensuring timely, accurate reporting to executive leadership. Oversee the collection, analysis, and interpretation of workforce data to inform strategic planning and policy development.
• Provide strategic oversight of return-to-work programs in relations to members on the EMR, including the development of integrated plans in collaboration with the Injury Management Section (IMS). Ensure programs are tailored to individual needs while supporting early, safe, and sustainable workforce reintegration.
• Provide expert advice to senior stakeholders on redeployment and workforce transition matters. Foster collaborative relationships across SAPOL to support strategic workforce outcomes and organisational resilience.
• Lead the development of performance indicators for EMR and HR initiatives. Design and implement communication strategies to promote transparency, highlight achievements, and support change management across the organisation.
• In partnership with IMS, provide strategic guidance on the identification and deployment of resources and services required to support return-to-work outcomes. Ensure solutions are efficient, cost-effective, and aligned with organisational priorities.
• Lead continuous improvement HR initiatives and reviews into contemporary HR practices in consultation with the Manager HR Operations.

Special Conditions

• The incumbent must hold a current Australian work eligibility status and will be subject to a criminal history check.
• The incumbent may be assigned to other duties at this remuneration level or equivalent.
• Some out of hours work and intra/interstate travel may be required.
• The incumbent is required to participate in SAPOL's iEngage program.

Essential Minimum Requirements

• Demonstrated experience with developing and maintaining productive working relationships with all levels of Government and relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in recording, analysing, interpreting, and presenting data in a logical and meaningful manner.
• Proven high level written and verbal communication skills including the ability to interpret and explain government policy, prepare briefing papers and report to inform decision makers and advise all levels of management on complex matters.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, which foster effective communication, teamwork, leadership, trust and cooperation across a wide cross section of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience utilising case management principles and frameworks such as undertaking suitable assessments and interventions and recommending appropriate referrals.
• Proven experience in dealing with the legislation and industrial instruments that govern human resources and industrial relations within State Government agencies.
• Proven ability to work autonomously with limited supervision, to set and meet deadlines, determine priorities and organise work to meet goals.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012; Return to Work Act 2014, standards, and regulations.

Desirable Characteristics

• Relevant tertiary qualification(s), in Human Resource Management, Psychology or Business Management.
• Knowledge contemporary HR practices and their application with the SA Public Sector, including awards, guidelines, Enterprise Agreements, Work Health & Safety Act 2012, Equal Employment opportunities and Return to Work Act 2014

Salary

ASO8 - $121,107 - $125,679 per annum.

Enquiries

Sarah Dollard

Application Instructions

All applications must be submitted online.

Applicants must submit a covering letter (two pages) addressing the essential minimum requirements of the role outlined in the Position Information Document, a current resume and the contact information of three referees including your current line manager. Applicants external to SAPOL must complete an RF2099 Pre-Employment Declaration Form and submit this with their application.

South Australia Police is dedicated to strengthening trust and collaboration with First Nations communities in South Australia as we shape a culturally responsive and inclusive workplace for First Nations employees.

Our vision is to create safer communities by strengthening the bonds of mutual respect, understanding, and partnerships between police and First Nations peoples. By deepening our appreciation and understanding of First Nations cultures and acknowledging the past, we are committed to focusing on the present and moving forward together into the future.

To strengthen our workforce, South Australia Police encourage applications from First Nations peoples.

South Australia Police is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.

People with disability are strongly encouraged to apply.The South Australian public sector supports flexible ways of working including part-time working arrangements wherever reasonably possible. The sector is diverse and desires to increase in diversity and to create opportunities for more South Australians.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

Applications close: 12/10/2025 5:00 PM