People Specialist

Job Description

Create your best future and join Westpac as a People Specialist (Workplace Relations).

What’s the role?

This is a senior specialist role providing best practice workplace relations advice and support to leaders across the bank on complex people matters.

You’ll find yourself engaging with leaders across all levels across the Bank to make a real, tangible impact through the resolution of individual workplace matters.

Your deep technical expertise and experience in leading workplace investigations, supported by your sound judgment and strong stakeholder management will see you build relationships and establish yourself as a trusted advisor, who partners with business leaders to influence decisions that balance technical expertise, Bank values, risk tolerance and commerciality.

Working in a highly collaborative and agile team, you’ll manage multiple live matters at once. This is a role that enables you to balance autonomy with access to strong technical support when needed.

The work is challenging, sensitive, and highly valued.

Location is flexible across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Perth‑based candidates will be considered for suitably senior profiles.

What do I need?

Essential

• Strong experience managing complex ER / workplace relations cases within a specialist or HR partnering role.
• Experience conducting workplace investigations and supporting employment matters independently
• Strong employment relations and/or employment law knowledge.
• Excellent drafting and verbal communication skills
• Confidence working in emotionally charged, high‑risk situations with a mindset of care and fairness.
  
  

Strongly Preferred

• Senior ER advisory experience in a large or regulated organisation
• Proven ability to advise and influence senior leaders
• Comfortable working autonomously across shifting priorities
• Human Resources or Legal Qualifications
  
  

Nice to have

• Experience in financial services or another regulated sector
  
  

Why join us?

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.
  
  

Create your future today

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We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

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