Becoming a Human Resource Adviser in Queensland

About this role

Human Resource Advisers provide staffing and personnel administration services in support of an organisation's human resource policies and programs.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for a Human Resource Adviser include:

• arrange for advertising of job vacancies, interviewing and testing of applicants, and selection of staff
• maintains personnel records and associated human resource information systems
• provides advice and information to management on workplace relations policies and procedures, staff performance and disciplinary matters
• arrange the induction of staff and provide information on conditions of service, salaries and promotional opportunities
• receive and record job vacancy information from employers such as details about job description, wages and conditions of employment
• provide information on current job vacancies in the organisation to employers and job seekers
• undertakes negotiations on terms and conditions of employment, and examines and resolves disputes and grievances
• studies and interprets legislation, awards, collective agreements and employment contracts, wage payment systems and dispute settlement procedures
• develops, plans and formulates enterprise agreements or collective contracts such as productivity-based wage adjustment procedures, workplace relations policies and programs, and procedures for their implementation
• oversees the formation and conduct of workplace consultative committees and employee participation initiatives.