Workplace Relations Business Partner

Workplace Relations Business Partner – Darwin NT

Professional Stream – Professional 2 ($78,824 to $91,991) + additional attractive entitlements

The People & Culture team is structured into four distinct service areas: IR/Recruitment, Workplace Relations, Wellbeing and WHS, and Payroll.

The Workplace Relations team is responsible for influencing and supporting a sound organisational culture with a people centric focus, supporting transformational change across the organisation over the coming years. This position will contribute to the team by providing high level advice on employee relations and matters across the organisation and supporting our supervisors to adopt sound, fair and best practice people management practices.

The WRBP will work under supervision from the Senior Workplace Relations Lead and will provide workplace relations advisory and other business partner support across probation period, employee performance and associated people practices, employee grievances and separations. Contribute to projects and the review of policy/procedures within the remit of the Workplace Relations team and will be required to undertake regular travel to remote areas.

 Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities 

• Cultivate and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders, including operational supervisors, to support the centric leadership model.
• Assist with the implementation of key transformative people related initiatives that are designed to guide into a space of contemporary and culturally safe practice.
• Provide advice within the Team remit to employees and supervisors across; probation, performance, conduct, grievances, complaints, investigations and separation.
• Under guidance of the Snr Workplace Relations Lead, proactively manage caseload, ensuring timely resolution with results balancing employee and draft relevant correspondence.
• Ensure relevant file and case management notes are taken and all information is treated with utmost confidentially and stored safely in the Content Manager document management system.
• Educate and facilitate workshops with stakeholders on relevant HR policies. 
• Contribute to projects that are within the remit of the Workplace Relations team (e.g. review of probation and performance review processes, employee engagement surveys etc.).
• Adhere to Code of Conduct and work in a manner which is professional, respectful, and collaborative to foster sound working relationships.
• Actively participate in performance enhancement processes and learning and development.
• Ensure self and others personal health/safety is compliant and compliant with system.
• Promote and support organisational work health and safety initiatives.

Essential Requirements

• Diploma or Bachelor degree in Human Resource Management or Business Administration, equivalent experience or a combination of relevant qualifications and experience.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience working at in a HR generalist role, along with a strong interest in Workplace Relations.
• A strong commitment to ethical conduct and maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality.
• Sound organisational skills and the ability to manage a high‐volume work load with conflicting deadlines whilst maintaining attention to detail.
• Strong ICT literacy with a good working knowledge across the Microsoft Office Suite, in particular Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.
• Demonstrated high level cross‐cultural, interpersonal and verbal communication skills with an ability to effectively liaise, engage and coordinate across an organisation and to build productive working relationships with work colleagues, constituents and external stakeholders.
• Current C Class Drivers Licence and the ability and willingness to undertake remote travel in a manual 4WD vehicle or light aircraft.

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS

• Sound understanding of performance management systems.
• Previous experience in supporting workplace culture reforms.
• Facilitation/Coaching skills.

Submit: cv, 2 relevant referee contact details and 1 page letter outlining your interest against the essential requirements of the jd. Or, contact (08) 89817431