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Industrial officer (Health Professionals)

Health Services Union NSW/ACT/QLD

INDUSTRIAL OFFICER (Health Professionals)

About us:
The Health Services Union NSW/ACT/QLD (HSU) is one of the fastest growing unions in Australia, with 45,000-members in health, aged care, disabilities, paramedics, and ambulance services. The HSU uses its collective power to build a fair and just society through improving pay and conditions for our members. The organisation’s annual turnover is approximately $24m, with an employee base of approximately 130 staff.

About the role:
The Industrial Officer (Health Professionals) will be responsible for planning and carrying out work that promotes and enhances the Health Professional membership of the HSU.
The position holder will be a specialist Industrial Officer working with the HSU’s Health Professional membership. They provide advice in industrial matters; case manage industrial disputes that have profession wide significance and advise on Enterprise Agreement bargaining involving the Union’s Health Professional membership.

Location: Sydney CBD

Essential Skills and Experience:
• At least 2 years of experience within industrial relations, organizing and representing
members around collective issues.
• Advocacy before the Fair Work Commission and/or Industrial Relations Commission
• Experience in managing and directing industrial matters, enterprise agreements and
providing robust technical advice on complicated cases and issues
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to build effective
relationships with various stakeholders
• Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team

Desirable:
• Tertiary qualifications in law and/or industrial relations
• Understanding of Health Professional Workforce issues
• Understanding of the work, health, and safety laws
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications

Salary:
• Between $103,000 - $126, 891 subject to experience plus superannuation
• Attractive employment conditions

Our Benefits
• Uniquely rewarding work in the service of frontline workers
• A large, supportive, and high performing Industrial team
• Exposure to a variety of matters and opportunity to work across State and Federal
jurisdictions
• Extensive training and professional development opportunities
• Family friendly approach and focus on work/life wellbeing

Application:
Please provide a cover letter addressing the Essential Skills and Experience above with your resume to Ayshe Lewis via email at: hr@hsu.asn.au.

Applications close: COB Wednesday 22 December 2021