HR Business Partner

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

Our client is looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to support leaders across a large, complex organisation within the utilities sector. This role will partner closely with the business across strategic and operational HR initiatives, with a strong focus on employee relations, industrial relations, and EBA interpretation and support.

Working within a collaborative People & Culture team, you will play a key role in supporting leadership capability, workforce planning, performance management, and organisational change initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with leaders to provide strategic and operational HR support
  • Manage employee and industrial relations matters, including investigations and dispute resolution
  • Support performance management, remuneration, workforce planning, and talent initiatives
  • Provide advice on enterprise agreements, policies, procedures, and Fair Work legislation
  • Support leadership capability uplift through coaching and guidance
  • Contribute to organisational design, succession planning, and retention strategies
  • Analyse HR metrics and workforce data to identify trends and risks
  • Support broader HR projects, change initiatives, and continuous improvement activities

Key Requirements

  • Proven experience in a senior HR Business Partner or HR advisory role within a large, complex organisation
  • Strong employee and industrial relations experience, including workplace investigations
  • Solid understanding of Fair Work legislation, enterprise agreements, and HR best practice
  • Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing decision-making
  • Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and problem-solving capability
  • Ability to operate in fast-paced environments with competing priorities
  • Experience with SAP and/or SuccessFactors highly regarded
  • Utilities, infrastructure, industrial, or operational industry experience highly regarded

Benefits

  • Broad, end-to-end HR partnering role with strong stakeholder exposure
  • Collaborative and supportive People & Culture team
  • Flexible working environment within a critical infrastructure organisation

If you would like to know more, please contact Milly Kerei-Keepa at milly.kerei-keepa@talentinternational.com or hit Apply Now

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