Principal Consultant

About us Lead Workforce Excellence in a Complex Healthcare Environment

This is an exceptional opportunity to lead the Human Resources function supporting Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services (MSAMHS), delivering expert advice, strong governance, and people-focused leadership in a dynamic public health environment.

Your New Role Reporting within a complex healthcare setting, you will lead a team of HR practitioners to deliver high-quality, compliant and contemporary Human Resources services across MSAMHS.

Lead and coordinate Human Resources, industrial/employee relations and injury management services, ensuring compliance with Queensland Health policy and relevant legislation.

Manage complex casework including industrial matters, disputes, performance management, investigations, WorkCover claims, injury management and workplace rehabilitation.

Provide expert interpretation and advice on legislation, awards and policy, while driving continuous improvement across HR systems, procedures and workforce practices.

About you You are a confident and credible HR leader with strong technical expertise and the ability to influence in complex and sensitive environments.

Demonstrated experience leading HR teams within large, regulated organisations — ideally within the public sector or healthcare.

Extensive knowledge of industrial relations, employment legislation, workplace health and safety, and Queensland Public Sector frameworks.

Proven capability managing complex investigations, performance matters and injury management cases with sound judgement and discretion.

What We Can Offer You

We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid‑back lifestyle.

We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.

We want to empower you to build a long‑term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role

You’ll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world‑class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital‑based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We Are Metro South Health We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state‑wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.

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