Senior People & Culture Business Partner

Senior People & Culture Business Partner
Government organisation | Inner suburbs of Melbourne | Full-time | Ongoing | Hybrid working | 3 days in the office, 2 days from home

• Senior P&C role with a broad community-focused portfolio
• Hybrid working: 3 days in office, 2 days working from home
• Ongoing opportunity with a salary of $108,000 – $121,000 + super

About the organisation
We are partnering with a government organisation based in Melbourne’s inner suburbs to recruit an experienced Senior People & Culture Business Partner.

This is an opportunity to join a purpose-driven organisation that plays an important role in supporting its local community and delivering a broad range of community, infrastructure and environmental services.
You’ll join a collaborative People & Culture team and work closely with senior leaders, managers and employees across the organisation, providing trusted HR advice and partnering on a range of people initiatives.

About the role
Reporting to the People & Culture Business Partnering Lead, you will provide senior-level HR expertise across the employee lifecycle, with a strong focus on employee relations, industrial relations, performance management, policy and strategic HR partnering.

The key portfolios of interest for this role are Family, Youth & Children Services and Libraries, Arts & Events, so experience supporting these types of community-focused environments will be highly regarded.

Key responsibilities

• Provide trusted, high-level HR advice and guidance to leaders across the organisation
• Manage and advise on complex employee and industrial relations matters
• Provide advice on performance management, misconduct, disciplinary matters and investigations
• Interpret and apply Enterprise Agreements, legislation, policies and employment conditions
• Partner with managers to resolve employee relations matters and workplace issues
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, managers, employees and union representatives
• Develop and review HR policies, procedures and contemporary people practices
• Lead and contribute to organisation-wide HR projects and initiatives
• Prepare and analyse workforce reporting and provide insights to support workforce planning
• Coach and empower leaders to effectively manage people matters
• Support organisational change and continuous improvement initiatives

About you:

• Extensive experience in a generalist HR Business Partnering role
• Strong ER/IR experience, ideally within a unionised environment
• Demonstrated experience managing complex performance, conduct, grievance and investigation matters
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation, Enterprise Agreements and HR policies
• Experience developing and implementing HR policies, procedures and programs
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Strong communication, coaching, facilitation and influencing skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability
• Tertiary qualifications in HR or a related discipline
• Experience within Government, Local Government, community services, health, children services or another complex organisation will be highly regarded

Why apply?

• Full-time, ongoing opportunity
• Hybrid working model, 3 days in the office and 2 days from home
• Join a purpose-driven Government organisation supporting the local community
• Broad and interesting stakeholder portfolio
• Opportunity to work across both strategic and operational P&C matters
• Central location, close to public transport

If you’re an experienced P&C Business Partner looking for a role where you can make a genuine impact across a diverse and community-focused organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

If interested please apply with a copy of your CV.

We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and those from culturally diverse backgrounds.