It's an exciting time to join Uniting Communities. With a new organisational strategy recently launched and a newly established People Experience team, we're reimagining how we partner with leaders, support our workforce, and create positive workplace experiences.

We're seeking an accomplished Workplace Relations Partner to play a pivotal role in this next chapter.

This is more than an opportunity to provide expert employee and industrial relations advice. It's an opportunity to influence how workplace challenges are navigated, strengthen leadership capability and help shape a proactive, contemporary approach to Workplace Relations across one of South Australia's leading not-for-profit organisations.

If you thrive on complex challenges, enjoy influencing outcomes and want your expertise to make a genuine difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

At Uniting Communities, we believe that how we support our people is fundamental to the difference we make in our communities.

As we bring our recent strategy to life, we're strengthening how our People & Assurance function partners with the organisation, with a focus on leadership capability, meaningful workforce experiences and contemporary people practices.

This is an opportunity to:

- Shape something new: Play an influential role in establishing and evolving Workplace Relations practices within our newly formed People Experience team.
- Make an organisational impact: Partner with leaders across a diverse and complex organisation, influencing significant workplace decisions and outcomes.
- Apply your specialist expertise: Take ownership of complex and challenging employee and industrial relations matters where your judgement and experience will make a difference.
- Drive proactive change: Help move Workplace Relations beyond reactive case management towards early intervention, prevention and continuous improvement.
- Build leadership capability: Empower leaders to navigate workplace challenges confidently, fairly and effectively.
- Be part of a supportive team:



Work alongside an experienced Workplace Relations Manager as part of our collaborative People Experience team.

You'll also enjoy the benefits of working for a purpose-driven South Australian organisation, including salary packaging opportunities to increase your take-home pay.

About the Role

Reporting to the Workplace Relations Manager, and supported by our Workplace Relations Coordinator, you'll be a trusted specialist partner to leaders across Uniting Communities.

As a senior Workplace Relations practitioner, you'll bring the confidence, expertise and professional judgement to independently lead complex employment matters, navigate industrial challenges and provide practical advice that balances organisational needs, employee experience, and workplace risk.

Importantly, this role is about more than resolving individual matters. You'll help identify emerging risks, influence organisational approaches, and strengthen the capability of our leaders to create fair, respectful, and productive workplaces.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Leading complex employee relations matters, including workplace investigations, performance, conduct, grievances and sensitive employment decisions
- Providing expert interpretation and advice on employment legislation, enterprise agreements, modern awards and industrial obligations
- Contributing specialist expertise to enterprise bargaining, union engagement, industrial disputes and negotiations
- Partnering with leaders through organisational change, consultation, restructures and complex workforce decisions
- Coaching and influencing leaders to strengthen their confidence, judgement and accountability in managing people matters
- Identifying emerging industrial and employment risks and recommending practical, proactive solutions
- Using workplace relations insights to influence organisational policies, frameworks and continuous improvement initiatives

You'll have the prospect to work across a broad and diverse service environment, where no two days are the same and your expertise will directly contribute to organi

📌 Workplace Relations Partner (Adelaide)
🏢 Uniting Communities
📍 Adelaide