Workplace Relations Adviser
223113 · Sedentary Next-day readyEmployment relations advisers give advice about issues between employers and employees. They may negotiate contract agreements, attend grievance hearings and handle employee complaints.
Description
Provides staffing and personnel administration services in support of an organisation's human resource policies and programs.
Typical work tasks
Maintains personnel records and associated human resource information systems; arranges the induction of staff and provides information on conditions of service, salaries and promotional opportunities; receives and records job vacancy information from employers such as details about job description, wages and conditions of employment; studies and interprets legislation, awards, collective agreements and employment contracts, wage payment systems and dispute settlement procedures; develops, plans and formulates enterprise agreements or collective contracts such as productivity-based wage adjustment procedures, workplace relations policies and programmes, and procedures for their implementation; oversees the formation and conduct of workplace consultative committees and employee participation initiatives.
Typical work environment
- Works indoors in offices, meeting rooms and within the premises of medium to large organisations in the public and private sector.
- Generally works in adequately heated, lit, ventilated and clean, well maintained offices.
Typical physical and mental demands
- Sedentary physical demand, frequent sitting in offices or at meetings.
- Occasionally stands to make presentations or conduct training sessions.
- Frequently walks and moves from office to office for meetings and to introduce/induct new staff.
- Lifting, carrying or pulling is not a significant component.
- Bending, squatting or crouching is not a significant component of the job.
- Stretching and twisting is not a significant component of the job.
- Occasional to frequent repetitive hand and finger movements are required when using a computer or writing.
- Driving may be required occasionally, especially if the organisation is spread over a variety of locations. However, driving is not a significant component of the job.
- Mental skills necessary include a high level of cognitive functioning with communication, interpersonal, administration, interviewing, assessment, information gathering, evaluation, negotiation, planning, report writing, organisational, problem solving and decision-making capabilities.
Enter via experience or on-the-job training; no mandatory pre-entry qualification. Flagged next-day ready.
Unverified — this label is model-generated and not yet clinician-reviewed. Confirm against the WTDS before relying on it.
How this was determined (model-generated): Identical code/ER to 635 (5-year experience alternative) yet proposal called it qualification; ER's experience route means no mandatory pre-entry qualification -> experience_or_training, next_day_ready true.
Entry Requirements
A relevant tertiary qualification or at least five years applicable experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 1). In some instances particular experience and/or on-the-job training may be required.
Further Comments
There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.