Swinburne University of Technology Hiring for People & Culture Business Partner Job at Melbourne Full Time

This is an exciting opportunity for a true generalist in human resources to join our team of People & Culture (P&C) Business Partners responsible for providing operational and strategic advice to senior and executive leaders of the University. The role contributes to business strategies, planning and delivery by recommending and implementing initiatives that will optimise workforce performance and culture.

The incumbent will provide advice and solutions across all areas of People & Culture, including employee and industrial relations, performance optimisation, talent acquisition and management, learning and development, organisational change design and effectiveness. They will do this by drawing on their own extensive experience and the expertise from other People & Culture teams and Centres of Excellence.

About You
To be suitable for this role you will need:

• Extensive experience in a similar P&C/HR Business Partnering role and a strong understanding of contemporary HR practices.
• Experience supporting senior leaders and executives and developing and implementing P&C plans and practices at a business unit level.
• Experience working in a unionised and complex
• Sound knowledge of employment legislation and experience in interpreting Awards, Enterprise Agreements, policies, and procedures.
• Experience in successful dispute resolution, performance management, grievance handling and mediation.
• Strong organisational change management experience, including organisational design, change planning, implementation, and communications.
• Experience delivering learning and development materials and presentations and the ability to facilitate workshops.
• A desire to drive change, initiate process and operational improvements and remove barriers to enhance the employee experience

For more information about the Key Responsibilities and Key Selection Criteria, please see the Position Description.

Qualifications
Degree or Postgraduate qualification in Human Resources or a related field such as Business.

About Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne Horizon 2025 draws upon our understanding of future challenges. With this new strategic plan, we choose to build Swinburne as the prototype of a new and different university – one that is truly of Technology, of Innovation and of Entrepreneurship, and proud of it. We are committed to a differentiated university proposition in education and research, so that:

• Every Swinburne learner gets a work experience
• Every Swinburne graduate gets a job
• Every Swinburne partner gets a tech solution
• Swinburne is the prototype of global best practice

The achievement of our 2025 moon shots depends on our capacity to work collectively, always, as One Swinburne.

To Apply
Please submit your CV and cover letter addressing your suitability for this position.

To review the Position Description and to apply, please scroll down to the bottom of the page. Please note, if you are viewing this advert from an external site please click ‘apply’ where you will be redirected to Swinburne’s Jobs Site to access the Position Description.

For more information regarding the position, please contact Eve at [email protected]

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children Check.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Swinburne Talent Acquisition Team on [email protected].

Applications Close: Sunday November 6th, 11 PM

Swinburne offers flexible working options, leave and parenting/carer policies to support work life balance.

Equity and Diversity
Swinburne is a large and culturally diverse organisation and we are proud of our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. For further information on all our initiatives visit our Equity & Diversity website.

We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates. If you have specific accessibility or support requirements please contact [email protected]

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

For any support please contact our Aboriginal Employment Coordinator at [email protected] or for more information on our Indigenous strategies please follow the link to our RAP Reconciliation Action Plan

We are a 202 2 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

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