People & Employment Relations Senior Advisor

About the role:

Reporting to the Manager – People Advisory, you will support our leaders to provide a great place to work for our employees, and a great service to our customers. In this role you will support leaders minimise risk and improve culture and performance to achieve desired business outcomes.

Real benefits that matter

• Real flexibility with options to work from home, flexible working hours
• Two well-being days each year to recharge, relax and enjoy life (separate to standard paid sick/personal leave)
• Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service 
• Take advantage of our co-contribution superannuation scheme. Receive a 12% employer contribution and enjoy an additional 2% employer co-contribution when you elect to salary sacrifice 2%    
• Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and ceremonial leave of up to 5 days so you can maintain your cultural connection and wellbeing.
• Annual leave loading – an extra 17.5% pay when you use your annual leave

What the role will involve, day-to-day activities:

• Providing advice, support and coaching to leaders on matters including performance management, misconduct, grievances, fitness for work, behaviour and team culture
• A hands-on role, you will be willing to get stuck in, working with the team and leaders to resolve issues effectively
• Undertaking workplace investigations of varying levels of complexity
• Coaching leaders to improve their people management capability
• Providing advice on the interpretation of our enterprise agreement, employment contracts and policies and procedures
• Participating in the identification, implementation and continuous improvement of People Advisory initiatives, processes, policies, and procedures and ways of working
• Working within a collaborative, fun and supportive team environment, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your skills on a variety of matters and projects

About you, key skills and experience:

• Degree qualification in Human Resources Management or a related discipline
• Considerable HR generalist, employee relations and/or case management experience, ideally in a medium to large multi-disciplined organisation
• Business focused, great at building relationships and offer strong coaching and mentoring skills to provide guidance on a range of people matters
• Experience working with a field-based blue collar workforce would be beneficial but is not essential

Sound like a match? If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your skills and experience as well as your ability to meet the requirements of the role.    

Please note: By applying for this role, you are consenting to your current and previous line managers being contacted as references.  

As part of the recruitment process, you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which commonly includes - but is not limited to - a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check. If you would like the full list of pre-employment screening checks prior to applying, please contact recruitment@watercorporation.com.au  

Applications close Friday 16 October 2026.

We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace: 

Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.

Applicants with disability who require adjustments during the recruitment process including an alternative format of the application form, can contact a Recruitment Officer at recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 08 9420 2000.

To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website