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Workplace Relations Specialist

• Collaborate in a supportive and professional team environment
• Attractive salary and benefits including generous leave provisions
• Enjoy working arrangements that support a healthy work-life balance

The role

• Full Time, Fixed Term (up to 12 months)
• Level 8 - $113,948 to $128,980 pa (plus 17% superannuation)
• Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange or Wagga Wagga campus

As a Workplace Relations Specialist reporting directly to the Director Workplace Relations and Compliance, you will foster a cooperative and adaptable workplace culture while ensuring the University meets its legal and industrial responsibilities in human resource management. This pivotal role will lead complex casework and drive initiatives that elevate employee and workplace relations across the organisation.

About you 

• Completion of a relevant tertiary qualification in employment relations, human resources, or related field with higher education experience desirable
• Extensive experience in employee and industrial relations within a complex environment
• Strong knowledge of employment law and enterprise agreement development
• Proven ability to manage complex cases with sound judgement and confidentiality
• Skilled communicator with excellent negotiation, policy writing, and advisory skills
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills

About us 

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.

The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.

Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

Learn more about the Division of People and Culture here.

Visit our website to learn about our great range of employee benefits.

Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.

To apply  

Click the Apply button and complete your application online, submit a “statement of suitability” demonstrating your skills, knowledge and/or experience relevant to the position (referencing the selection criteria in the position description) and upload your CV. If you experience difficulties applying online or for further information on completing the application process please visit our how to apply page or contact us.

This position is available as a fixed term appointment or, for eligible employees, as a secondment.

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Further information 

Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:

Madison Olsen | Talent Acquisition Consultant | madolsen@csu.edu.au 

Closing Date: 11pm, 5 August 2025

Advertised: 22 Jul 2025 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 05 Aug 2025 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Standard Time