Senior Employee Relations Consultant

Be part of the team building the grid of the future and powering a cleaner energy future for Western Australia.

Senior Employee Relations Consultant - Two Year Fixed Term - Perth

We're growing our Employee Relations team and have an exciting Senior Employee Relations Consultant opportunity available.

As part of our Employee Relations team, you'll provide expert advice and practical support on a broad range of employee and industrial relations matters. Working closely with leaders, HR colleagues, employees and union representatives, you'll help create positive workplace outcomes while ensuring compliance with enterprise agreements, legislation and organisational policies.

What you'll be doing

• Provide expert advice on employee and industrial relations matters.

• Partner with leaders to manage performance, disciplinary matters, grievances, redundancies and workplace investigations.

• Support dispute resolution processes and work towards positive outcomes at the enterprise level.

• Build effective relationships with unions, employee representatives and key stakeholders.

• Interpret and provide advice on enterprise agreements, employment contracts and industrial instruments.

• Contribute to organisational change and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Develop, review and implement employee relations policies, procedures and standards.

• Support enterprise bargaining activities and industrial negotiations.

• Mitigate organisational risk through sound ER advice and practical solutions.

You'll bring

• Experience in Employee Relations, Industrial Relations or Human Resources.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.

• Sound judgement and the ability to manage sensitive and complex matters.

• Excellent communication, negotiation and conflict resolution capabilities.

• The ability to influence and coach leaders through challenging workplace situations.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

You'll also demonstrate

• Extensive experience managing complex employee and industrial relations matters.

• Deep knowledge of industrial legislation, enterprise agreements and union engagement.

• Experience working within large, operational and unionised environments.

• Proven capability to lead negotiations, resolve significant disputes and provide strategic ER advice.

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
• Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements.
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
• An innovative team culture that's enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.
• 22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave to support family and cultural connections.

Applications close on 15th September 2026

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We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. As a WORK180-endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. 

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