Senior Human Resources Advisor

Job no: 515234
Work type: Continuing - Full-time
Campus: Adelaide
Categories: Human Resources, HEO8

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HEO 8 $110,291 - $123,734 per annum plus employer contribution of 17% superannuation.

1x Continuing position and 1x Fixed-term position available until 31st December 2025

Reporting to one of the University’s experienced HR Managers, you will have a high degree of autonomy to deliver expert, practical and timely advice on Human Resources and Industrial Relations issues to key stakeholders. You will be the go-to resource for navigating the University’s Enterprise Agreement and HR Policy and Procedure, ensuring Leaders and staff have the support they need.   

The role operates with high degree of independent judgement, providing support and guidance to managers and staff on a broad range of human resource matters. The Senior HR Advisor team collaborate effectively with HR Branch colleagues and centres of excellence, to leverage specialist skill sets, ensuring seamless service delivery to our Leaders and staff. 

By joining us, you will be a part of a broader Division of University Operations serving a customer base of 8000 staff across all sites and collaborate with a team who love what they do and have fun doing it!

To be successful you will need:

  1. Demonstrated commitment to service excellence and delivering effective stakeholder-centric HR service, possessing highly developed interpersonal and relationship management skills in order to liaise, consult, negotiate and influence a wide range of people at all levels within a complex organisation.
  2. Demonstrated knowledge and extensive experience in the use of contemporary HR practice, including legislation and industrial instruments.
  3. Proven experience providing timely and expert HR policy advice to staff and managers, including interpretation of Enterprise Agreements, change activity and HR policies and procedures.
  4. Demonstrated experience providing high quality advice and guidance to managers on complex and sensitive people management matters, identifying practical pathways for resolution. 
  5. Demonstrated experience in providing expert advice and support to Leaders on underperformance management.

Enjoy an outstanding career environment.

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaboration - offers you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs

Your division's broader role.

The Division of University Operations enables the University's delivery of high-quality and distinct learning, teaching and research experiences. Its responsibilities link to Adelaide's strategic plan and focus on people, community, assets and infrastructure, and processes.

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/operations

If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.

Click on the ‘Apply Now’ button to be taken through to the online application form. Please ensure you submit a resume and cover letter outlining your experience relevant to the position.

Applications close 11:55pm, Sunday 10th November 2024.

The University reserves the right to close this advertisement before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified.

For further information regarding this position, contact:

Tania Bishop
Manager, HR Partnering and Advisory
E: tania.bishop@adelaide.edu.au  

The University of Adelaide is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Female applicants, people with a disability and/or and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application. 

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