The Department:
This government agency plays a vital role in ensuring compliance, integrity, and high performance across its workforce. The People and Capability Branch provides specialist HR advice and services, driving organisational culture, wellbeing, and people-focused outcomes.

The Role:
We are seeking a Senior Code, Performance and Rehabilitation Advisor to join the People and Capability Branch in Canberra. You will provide expert advice, guidance and support to managers and staff on a range of complex and sensitive employment matters. This includes managing workplace behaviour and conduct issues, performance management processes, rehabilitation case management, and supporting compensation claims.

You will play a key role in facilitating early interventions, mediating disputes where required, and helping to foster a positive workplace culture through fair and consistent practices. This is an opportunity to make a significant contribution to the development and continuous improvement of policies and procedures that support safe, respectful and high-performing workplaces.

Duties include:

• Providing expert advice on complex performance management, conduct and rehabilitation cases.
• Managing end-to-end performance improvement and conduct investigations in line with legislative and procedural frameworks.
• Preparing case documentation, briefings and reports for decision-makers.
• Facilitating discussions, mediating disputes, and supporting early resolution of workplace issues.
• Building strong relationships with managers, employees and external stakeholders.

Skills and experience required:

• Demonstrated expertise in performance management, conduct investigations, and rehabilitation case management.
• Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, directives, and procedural fairness principles.
• High-level written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to handle sensitive and complex matters.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in IR, HR, employment law, investigations or business management are highly regarded.
• APS experience highly desirable.

Eligibility and How to Apply:
To be eligible for this position you must be an Australian Citizen at the time of application. A baseline clearance will be required.

To apply for this position please click ‘apply now’ and upload a simple version of your CV. A cover letter is optional. For a confidential discussion feel free to reach out to Tanisha on [email protected]

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