Remuneration & Benefits Lead

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

We are seeking an experienced Remuneration & Benefits Lead to take ownership of the end-to-end reward function within a large, complex organisation.

This is a hands-on leadership position responsible for designing and managing remuneration frameworks, leading annual review cycles, and providing strategic advice to senior stakeholders. You will play a key role in ensuring remuneration practices are competitive, compliant, and aligned to business objectives.

The position offers a high level of autonomy, working closely with leadership while taking ownership of critical processes and outcomes.
It also supports a key annual remuneration cycle aligned to the calendar year, requiring full availability between October and February, which is the peak delivery period.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and management of remuneration frameworks, salary structures, and incentive programs
  • Deliver the annual remuneration review cycle, including Board and executive reporting
  • Conduct salary benchmarking, market analysis, and pay equity reviews
  • Provide expert advice to senior stakeholders on remuneration strategy and decisions
  • Manage and optimise employee benefits programs and external provider relationships
  • Support enterprise agreement and industrial relations activities through data and insights
  • Oversee systems and reporting across SAP / SuccessFactors
  • Ensure compliance with legislation, governance, and reporting requirements

Key Requirements

  • Extensive experience in remuneration and benefits, ideally in a complex or unionised environment
  • Strong experience managing end-to-end remuneration review cycles
  • Advanced analytical capability with strong Excel and data interpretation skills
  • Experience working with HRIS systems (SAP / SuccessFactors preferred)
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including experience working with executive leadership
  • Experience with job evaluation methodologies (e.g. Korn Ferry Hay)
  • Strong understanding of governance, compliance, and remuneration frameworks

Benefits

  • High-impact role within a critical infrastructure organisation
  • Strong autonomy and ownership across the reward function
  • Opportunity to influence strategic remuneration decisions at a senior level
  • Supportive and collaborative team environment

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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HR Generalist

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable
  • Work for a leading multinational enterprise information technology company.
  • Located in the CBD, 2 minutes from public transport.
  • 6 month engagement

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced HR Generalist to provide comprehensive HR support across multiple businesses, functions, and regions. In this role, you will deliver globally designed HR programs adapted to local and regional requirements while ensuring compliance with country-specific laws and alignment with business priorities. You will act as a trusted consultant to leaders on organisational design, transformation, change management, talent management, total rewards, workforce planning, and employee relations.

The role requires close collaboration across the HR organisation to deliver an integrated, high-quality employee experience, applying global HR policies while tailoring solutions to unique business needs and market conditions. You will support talent acquisition efforts, including staffing, recruiting, and the integration of employees through mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and outsourcing (MADO)and provide guidance to managers and stakeholders on employee relations matters. Additionally, you will interact with employees, leaders, government agencies, and external partners as needed to support effective consultation and negotiations.

Responsibilities:

  • Provides intermediate level of customer support to employees and managers for complex Contact HR cases; escalates as necessary.
  • Develops program delivery and presentation materials to support program delivery and implementation.
  • Analyses employee data to provide research for human resources programs and reports findings to support HR program development and delivery.
  • Develops a broad understanding human resources programs and a working knowledge of the business.
  • Identifies implementation obstacles within businesses.
  • Represents HR to internal stakeholders.
  • Ensure compliance with our Enterprise Agreement.
  • Provide support on WGEA reporting.
  • Onsite support for internal events.
  • Regular internal review on policies and procedures.

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Strong understanding of Australian and New Zealand employment and payroll law.
  • Demonstrated experience in Enterprise Agreement interpretation and negotiations.
  • Experience with Workday, desirable.
  • Exposure to WGEA reporting and interpreting results.
  • Developed knowledge of human resources.
  • Developing business acumen.
  • Strong communications skills.
  • Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
  • Ability to respond independently to moderately complex inquiries.

Education and Experience Required:

  • University degree or equivalent experience.
  • Typically 2-4 years related experience in human resources functional area or HR Generalist role.
  • Exposure to Australian and New Zealand payroll, highly regarded.

Apply today and Bini James will reach out to disclose further information.

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Master Planner/Scheduler

  • Australia
  • Brisbane
  • Contract
  • Negotiable
  • 8 Month Contract
  • $1115 Per Day
  • Brisbane Based

About the Role

As the Master Scheduler, you will provide expert planning and scheduling services to ensure effective resource management, dependency tracking, and program delivery. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across the program to maintain accurate schedules, identify risks, and ensure timelines are met.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, and continuously improve program schedules and planning standards
  • Provide expert advice on scheduling to support complex program delivery
  • Facilitate planning workshops to identify timelines, dependencies, and risks
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure accurate and aligned scheduling across all workstreams
  • Monitor schedule performance and proactively identify risks, issues, and corrective actions
  • Manage interdependencies across multiple concurrent implementations
  • Provide reporting on progress, resource demand, and schedule impacts
  • Drive continuous improvement in planning and scheduling practices
  • Mentor and support team members in scheduling best practices

About You

You are a highly experienced scheduler with a strong background in large-scale transformation programs. You bring both technical expertise and strong stakeholder engagement skills.

You will demonstrate:

  • Extensive experience using scheduling tools (ideally MS Project / Project Online)
  • Proven ability to manage complex schedules across multiple workstreams
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to present insights on progress, risks, and issues
  • Experience facilitating planning workshops and aligning cross-functional teams
  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability
  • High attention to detail and ability to identify gaps in scheduling design
  • Experience in government or large enterprise transformation programs (highly regarded)

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HR Project Officer

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Contract
  • Negotiable

We are seeking a highly organised and proactive HR Project Officer to provide strategic and administrative support within a dynamic People & Capability environment. It is a 3 months contract role.

About the Role

In this role, you will provide high-level support across a range of HR functions, ensuring the smooth coordination of executive, operational and project activities. You will work closely with senior leadership, contributing to the preparation of key documentation and supporting the delivery of HR policies and projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide high-level administrative and executive support, including briefing and correspondence coordination
  • Prepare and quality assure documents, including Cabinet and parliamentary materials
  • Support the development, coordination and implementation of HR policies and projects
  • Liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely and high-quality advice is delivered
  • Support records management and maintain SharePoint and document systems

About You

  • Experience providing HR support
  • Experience developing HR policies
  • Strong administrative and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
  • Experience supporting senior executives and coordinating complex documentation
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Anita Fonseka at anita.fonseka@talentinternational.com

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Senior Manager Workplace Behaviour and Conduct

  • Australia
  • Sydney
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

Senior Manager, Workplace Behaviour & Conduct

Permanent | Higher Education

Our client, a leading university, is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Workplace Behaviour & Conduct to lead a specialist complaints function within their Workplace Relations and Compliance team.

This role combines operational leadership with strategic oversight, focusing on managing complex staff-related complaints while driving proactive initiatives to strengthen workplace culture, compliance, and risk management.

Key responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end management of staff-related complaints including bullying, harassment, misconduct, and behavioural concerns
  • Provide expert advice to senior stakeholders on complex and sensitive matters, including legal and reputational risk
  • Oversee investigations, ensuring fairness, consistency, and adherence to policy and legislative requirements
  • Identify trends and systemic issues through data analysis, driving continuous improvement and prevention strategies
  • Develop and enhance frameworks, policies, and processes related to workplace conduct and complaints management
  • Lead and mentor a small team, ensuring high performance and professional development
  • Partner with internal and external stakeholders, including HR, legal, and external investigators
  • Contribute to strategic initiatives, including sector-wide programs such as gender-based violence compliance and prevention
  • Support the development of reporting and insights, including the use of tools such as Power BI to inform decision-making

About you

  • Extensive experience managing workplace investigations and complex complaints within a regulated environment
  • Strong understanding of employment legislation, compliance, and risk management frameworks
  • Experience operating at a senior level, providing advice to executive stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to lead teams and manage sensitive, high-risk matters with sound judgement
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends and drive improvements
  • Background in higher education, government, or similarly complex environments is highly regarded
  • Experience with data, reporting, or insights tools such as Power BI is advantageous

What’s on offer

  • Permanent leadership role within a respected higher education institution
  • Opportunity to shape strategy and influence organisational culture
  • Hybrid working environment, typically 1-2 days on campus

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