Employee Relations Specialist (Part Time or Full time 3-5 days)Progressive National Law Firm | Newly Created Role | Hybrid + FlexibilityIf you're an Employee Relations specialist who enjoys complex work, thrives in a professional services workplace, and wants to help shape a brand‐new People & Culture Centre of Excellence — this is the kind of role that doesn't come around often.We're partnering with a progressive national law firm to recruit their first Employee Relations Specialist , a newly created position sitting within a refreshed People Risk & Compliance function.
Working closely with the Head of People Risk & Compliance and the P&C; Business Partners, you'll play a pivotal role in strengthening the firm's people compliance framework and elevating ER capability across the business.This is a part‐time or full timerole (3, 4 or 5days per week) with hybrid working and additional flexibility.The firm is investing in a more proactive, risk‐aware approach to people management.
This role is central to that shift — helping leaders and P&C; colleagues navigate complex ER issues, embedding early‐intervention practices, and ensuring the firm's frameworks are fit‐for‐purpose.Key ResponsibilitiesA mix of hands‐on ER casework, advisory support, and framework-building:Manage complex and sensitive ER matters end‐to‐end, including performance, conduct, grievances and investigationsProactively identify workplace risk and advise on mitigation strategies, controls and defensible decision‐makingInterpret and apply industrial instruments , including the Legal Services AwardDraft and evolve ER frameworks — policies, procedures, guidance notes and supporting materialsCoach and uplift capability across P&C; and leaders,



embedding early intervention and consistent practiceContribute to people risk, safety and compliance projects , including psychosocial safety, positive duty, privacy and broader governance initiativesYou could be from one of these backgrounds.This role is ideal for someone who genuinely enjoys ER — not just managing issues, but shaping frameworks, improving controls and lifting capability across a business.
It could suit:A HR Generalist who gravitates to ERYou already spend 50%+ of your role on ER and want to specialise further — moving into a role where complex matters, policy work and risk advisory are the core focus.An ER Specialist stuck in reactive case managementIf you're in a high‐volume, reactive environment and want to do more thinking than firefighting, this role offers proactive work, framework design and broader people‐risk exposure.An IR Specialist wanting a more corporate, less industrial environmentIf you're coming from a unionised, EA‐heavy or highly industrial setting and want to apply your technical strengths in a professional services context with more nuance and advisory work.An external ER/IR consultant ready to move in‐housePerfect if you've been providing advice from the outside and now want to see the real‐world impact of your work — influencing leaders, shaping culture and building long‐term capability.What you'll bringStrong technical ER capability — investigations, procedural fairness, documentationConfidence interpreting awards and translating obligations into practical, commercial adviceSound judgement and professionalism in sensitive, high‐risk mattersA collaborative, influential style suited to a professional services environmentCuriosity, analytical thinking and a mindset for continuous improvement
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📌 Employee Relations Specialist - Hybrid & Flexible (Sydney)
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📍 Sydney