Senior Employee Relations Advisor

Employment Type: Permanent full time (Part-time, 0.8 may be considered)

Location: Hybrid working arrangement with office based in North Richmond.

Compensation: Competitive salary available plus salary packaging benefits

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Contact: Matt Claughton, HR Business Partner - [email protected]

Where there's life, there's Mercy.

Where there's care, there's You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people at every stage of life. Across our aged care homes, hospitals and research facilities, and across numerous cities and towns, we're on a journey to keep growing our impact for the next hundred years.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 11,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you'll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us as at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

At Mercy Health, you'll become part of a proud history built on over 100 years of expertise, skill and care. As a Senior ER Advisor, you'll join a friendly team of legally qualified practitioners on a range of complex ER/IR issues across our Healthcare and Aged Care services that operate across Australia.

What you'll bring

We are seeking a candidate with relevant qualifications in Employment Law, Industrial Relations or a related field that is able to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders, demonstrate our core values and be authentic and engaging in their work.

• You will hold extensive experience and demonstrated competency of the Australian industrial relations system, employment legislation and regulation with strong award and enterprise agreement interpretation skills, including classification and entitlement queries.
• Proficient in advising on industrial relations strategy, including enterprise bargaining, change management, union engagement and compliance with multiple workplace instruments.
• Experience in representing in employment-related disputes and conciliations before the Fair Work Commission and other relevant tribunals.
• Excellent attention to detail in both written and verbal communication. Experience in delivering training on changes to employment law and emerging risks is desirable.
• Strong consultation, negotiation and relationship building abilities with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency across the Microsoft suite of products, including Excel.
• A good sense of humour and ability to connect with all types of people.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check.

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people's lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture. We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.