Senior HR Business Partner   Melbourne CBD & South East Suburbs | Full-time, Permanent | VPS7 Equivalent
Public Sector | Immediate Start Available

I’m recruiting for a Senior HR Business Partner to join a respected public sector organisation, working across their Melbourne CBD head office and operational sites in the South East suburbs.
This is a permanent role where you’ll act as a strategic partner to a client group that includes members of the Executive Leadership Team. You’ll play a key role in:

• Partnering to improve organisational effectiveness and fostering a culture of performance and accountability across a complete function or directorate, with potential reach across the full organisation
• Providing timely, specialist, strategic HR advice to enable early identification and resolution of complex and systemic people issues
• Delivering consultancy advice to develop and execute contemporary, integrated strategies and initiatives
• Designing commercially focused HR solutions that build management capability and support each client group’s unique needs, as well as broader People & Culture objectives

• Undergraduate degree in Business Administration, HR or a related field (postgraduate qualification in HR highly regarded)
• Proven experience in a senior HR generalist role within a complex, dynamic, blue-collar industrial environment
• Experience working with unions and employee representatives (no requirement to represent in the Fair Work Commission)
• Strong case management skills for complex employee relations matters and grievances, with the ability to negotiate satisfactory outcomes
• Proven facilitation skills in coaching and influencing senior leaders and leadership teams with competing priorities
• Ability to drive improved business performance through strategic and integrated HR solutions
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills
• Strong knowledge of HR policies, employment legislation, and industrial instruments