Ruah is a leading values-driven employer in Western Australia’s community services sector. Our staff go boldly—not just supporting people in need, but working to end homelessness and domestic violence and creating opportunities for people experiencing poverty and mental health challenges.
Our operational and corporate services teams are backed by one of WA’s largest peer-support workforces. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion means difference is valued, celebrated and embraced.
By working with us, you will help transform the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged people in our community.
Join Ruah in the newly created role of Employee & Industrial Relations Advisor, bringing your workplace relations expertise to an organisation driven by clear social purpose. Reporting to the Manager, People & Culture – Partnering, you will collaborate with leaders, employees and People & Culture colleagues to deliver practical, compliant and solutions-focused outcomes.
You will:
This is a permanent full-time role based in Northbridge.
You are an experienced employee relations, industrial relations or workplace relations professional with strong technical knowledge, sound judgement and a practical, collaborative approach.
You will bring:
Desirable
The successful candidate will require:
All employees must uphold Ruah’s safeguarding, privacy, information security and workplace health and safety obligations.
We’d love to hear from you!
Please review the attached Position Description for full details of the role’s responsibilities, selection criteria and compliance requirements.
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We encourage concise, authentic responses that reflect your own experiences, insights and motivation for the role, rather than receiving a summary of your resume.
Applications without a cover letter addressing both questions may not be considered.
Applications close Monday, 16 November 2026. The advertisement may close before the stated closing date.
For further information, contact Racheal Moeke, Manager, People & Culture – Partnering, at racheal.moeke@ruah.org.au.
We are building a workplace where difference is embraced and encouraged - and to do this, we need people on our team who are representative of the clients we work with, who are passionate about change and courageous enough to stand up for what is right. Everyone is welcome. Everyone belongs.
We are committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All applicants will undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
