Senior HR Business Partner
- Partner with senior leaders to shape and deliver people and workforce strategies.
- Provide evidence-based advice on workforce sustainability and organisational design.
- Act as a trusted advisor on complex people matters and drive workforce planning.
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Location: Salary: $135,000 - $150,000 + super Job Type: Permanent Discipline: Human Resources
Reference: 1677201 Posted: 1 day ago
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People & Culture Business Partner
- Leading Sydney University
- Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 from home)
- $135,000 - $150,000 + 17% super
About the role
Partner with senior leaders across a large Sydney university to shape how its people and workforce strategies come to life. You'll be a trusted advisor on workforce sustainability, organisational capability, change and culture, in an environment where governance and reputation matter.
What you'll do
- Partner with senior leaders to shape and deliver portfolio-level people and workforce strategies aligned to the university's strategic plan and values
- Give evidence-based advice on workforce sustainability, capability, organisational design, leadership, culture and change
- Act as a trusted sounding board on complex, sensitive and high-risk people matters, balancing strategic intent, governance and reputation
- Advise and coach leaders through restructures, operating model redesign and workforce transformation
- Drive portfolio-level workforce planning and shaping, including organisational design, talent management and capability development
- Use workforce data, covering performance, engagement and pipeline, to advise leaders on talent and succession needs, and provide the frameworks and tools to support them
- Ensure advice and decisions align with university policy, enterprise agreements, legislation and governance frameworks, identifying and escalating people-related risks as needed
- Represent People & Capability in senior forums, projects and governance activities
What you'll bring
- Senior-level experience as an HR Business Partner in a complex environment with many stakeholders, with generalist HR experience across ER/IR, workforce planning and organisational design
- A track record of advising and influencing executive and senior leaders on people, talent, workforce and organisational strategy
- Experience leading large-scale change, transformation or organisational design initiatives from planning through to delivery
- Sound knowledge of employment legislation, enterprise agreements, governance and risk management
- Strong communication and coaching skills, with the presence to influence at a senior level
- Excellent judgement and discretion, and the ability to stay effective amid ambiguity and competing priorities
- Experience managing the end-to-end talent cycle, from attraction and development through to succession and performance
- A relevant degree in HR, business or a related field is preferable
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