The Employee Relations branch is seeking to appoint a highly motivated Principal Consultant - Workers' Compensation to join their team.The Employee Relations Directorate is responsible for ensuring that industrial instruments and legislative frameworks are complied with and that employees are supported in a range of discrete human resource matters. The Directorate is made up of two branches: Labour Relations and Employee Support Bureau. It provides strategic and operational advice to the Minister, Director General, school leaders and line managers on a range of employee relations matters.We encourage all applicants with diverse professional experiences to apply.The successful applicant will develop, implement, review and report on workers’ compensation programs and procedures and liaise with management, Directors, Principals and schools in relation to complex and difficult workers compensation issues. The Principal Consultant will at a system level, investigate and research complex and difficult workers’ compensation matters in regions, schools and central office, and develop strategies for their management. The successful applicant establishes and communications networks and provides input into negotiations with Insurance Commission of Western Australia, Workcover Western Australia, State Solicitors Office and external stakeholders. The Principal Consultant will be responsible for managing a team during a period of legislative with the introduction of the new Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act in July 2024.Cultural DiversityThe Department is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and persons from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.Your written application will be assessed against the following Selection Criteria: * Demonstrated extensive skills and experience in managing workers’ compensation and injury management issues in a large organisation.
- Demonstrated highly developed negotiation, advocacy and conflict resolution skills, including the ability to influence and achieve outcomes.
- Demonstrated highly developed verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively and build high-level cross-sectoral relationships.
- Demonstrated substantival skills and experience in providing high-level advice, management, professional development and strategic direction in effectively dealing with change.
- Demonstrated highly developed conceptual and analytical skills, with the ability to provide innovative thinking in problem solving.
- Demonstrated highly developed policy development skills.
- A two (2) page statement addressing the selection criteria listed above, in context of the role and business needs of the branch
- A CV of up to three (3) pages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
- The contact details for two (2) work related referees who can attest to the claims made in your written application, preferably one being your current line manager.
- provide evidence of eligibility to work in Australia for the term of the vacancy
- complete the Department’s induction program within three months of commencement
- complete the Department’s training in Accountable and Ethical Decision-Making within six months of appointment and every three years thereafter.
- complete the Department’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural awareness online course within 3 months of commencement
- complete any training specific to this role required by Departmental policy
- consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education’s Screening Unit prior to commencement of employment