Employee Relations Specialist

As Employee Relations Specialist youll play a critical role supporting the business to manage people risk and maintain a culture that is fair commercially balanced and values driven.

Reporting to the Manager People & Culture Business Partnering youll own ER matters endtoend and work closely with a HR Business Partner leaders and MedHealth. Youll also support safety and workers compensation processes across atWork Australia including being the first responder to safety incidents.

In this role you will:

• Manage endtoend ER cases including misconduct grievances performance management and terminations
• Conduct and oversee workplace investigations ensuring procedural fairness compliance and balanced against business outcomes
• Provide expert IR/ER advice on legislation awards and organisational policy
• Support Fair Work preparation and matters in partnership with the MedHealth Legal and Workplace Relations
• Coach People and Culture team and leaders to strengthen ER capability
• Contribute to ER frameworks policies governance and continuous improvement
• Analyse ER data and trends to recommend preventative strategies
• Work with the MedHealth Safety and Workers Compensation team to be the conduit between atWork Australia and MedHealth.
• Monitor all safety incidents and respond accordingly including conducting workplace investigations were relevant

Qualifications :

Youre a confident ER practitioner who thrives in high volume environments and brings sound judgement to sensitive situations.

Youll bring:

• Commercial awareness
• Strong working knowledge of Australian employment law and modern awards
• Experience conducting workplace investigations and managing highrisk matters end to end
• Exposure to Fair Work Commission processes
• Strong documentation and attention to detail
• The ability to communicate complex issues clearly and practically
• The ability to think outside of the square and take initiative to solve business problems

Qualifications in employment law or a related discipline are desirable.

Additional Information :

We believe in supporting you so you can support others.
Enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Hybrid Working Arrangements
• 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Leadership development & career pathways across MedHealth
• Quarterly social events & recognition programs
• Wellbeing initiatives & Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fitness Passport
• Salary packaging & the ability to purchase additional leave

• All the tools and tech you need to thrive

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds people from the LGBTQI community veterans carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.
 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time