Sharp & Carter is delighted to be partnering with a highly regarded Australian organisation to appoint a talented Workplace Relations Specialist. This is not a purely reactive ER role. You will be a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, delivering commercially balanced, pragmatic and compliant employee relations guidance while helping shape enterprise-wide ER/IR capability and frameworks.

The Opportunity
Reporting to the Employee Relations Manager, you will manage a diverse portfolio of complex and high-risk employee and industrial relations matters across a large, multi-site workforce.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading complex ER cases, investigations and dispute resolution matters
• Providing expert advice across employment legislation, awards and enterprise agreements
• Partnering closely with senior leaders and HR on sensitive and confidential issues
• Identifying trends, mitigating risk and proactively strengthening governance
• Coaching and uplifting leaders and HR teams to build ER capability
• Ensuring best-practice documentation, compliance and process integrity

This role offers genuine breadth, visibility and impact within a fast-moving environment.

About You
You are a confident, commercially astute ER professional with sound judgement and the credibility to influence at senior levels. You are calm under pressure, solutions-focused and able to balance risk with practical business outcomes.

You will bring:

• Strong knowledge of Australian employment and industrial relations legislation
• Proven experience managing complex investigations and high-risk matters
• The ability to operate independently in dynamic, high-pressure settings
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing capability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to act with pace while maintaining exceptional attention to detail

Experience & Qualifications

• Degree in Law, HR, Industrial Relations or related discipline 
• Minimum 4+ years’ experience in a specialist ER role
• Experience within large, complex organisations highly regarded
• Strong exposure to compliance, governance and risk management

Why Consider This Role?

• Work directly with senior leaders in a complex and evolving environment
• Influence ER/IR frameworks and uplift organisational capability
• Join a collaborative, well-regarded People function
• Hybrid working and strong employee benefits
• Competitive remuneration package

All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality. Sharp & Carter encourages applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences.