Workplace Relations Specialist

Sharp & Carter

📍 Australia, New South Wales, Australia

Permanent or Full Time Business Operations Specialists Posted February 24, 2026

Job Description

Sharp & Carter is delighted to be partnering with a highly regarded Australian organisation to appoint a talented Workplace Relations Specialist. This is not a purely reactive ER role. You will be a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, delivering commercially balanced, pragmatic and compliant employee relations guidance while helping shape enterprise-wide ER/IR capability and frameworks.

The Opportunity
Reporting to the Employee Relations Manager, you will manage a diverse portfolio of complex and high-risk employee and industrial relations matters across a large, multi-site workforce.

Key responsibilities include:
  • Leading complex ER cases, investigations and dispute resolution matters
  • Providing expert advice across employment legislation, awards and enterprise agreements
  • Partnering closely with senior leaders and HR on sensitive and confidential issues
  • Identifying trends, mitigating risk and proactively strengtheni...