HR Business Partner

  • Australia
  • Brisbane
  • Permanent
  • AU$90 - AU$95 per hour + + super

About the client

Our client is a Queensland Government department delivering integrated criminal, civil and community justice services. The organisation is committed to creating a fair, safe and inclusive society and focuses on protecting vulnerable people and driving positive community outcomes.

About the role

Working as part of a collaborative HR Business Partnering team, you will provide high-quality human resource and industrial relations advice across a broad range of workforce matters. You will partner closely with leaders and stakeholders across the department to support people-related initiatives and organisational priorities.

Key responsibilities

  • Provide accurate and timely HR and employee relations advice, including case management in line with legislation and policies
  • Build strong stakeholder relationships and coach leaders in contemporary HR practices
  • Support delivery of HR projects focused on continuous improvement and capability uplift
  • Prepare and review briefings, correspondence, presentations and HR documentation
  • Contribute to team knowledge sharing, process documentation and case discussions
  • Collaborate across the People, Capability and Culture branch to deliver coordinated solutions
  • Utilise workforce data to provide insights and support decision-making
  • Assist with coordination of projects, working groups, meetings and documentation
  • Undertake additional HR activities as required

What’s in it for you?

  • Opportunity to work within a large Queensland Government department
  • Exposure to diverse and complex HR casework and stakeholder environments
  • Collaborative and supportive team culture
  • Competitive salary with superannuation and leave loading
  • Flexible full-time working arrangements

What you’ll need to succeed

  • Demonstrated experience providing HR and employee relations advice in a complex environment
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Ability to analyse workforce issues and provide practical solutions
  • Experience supporting HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Knowledge of HR legislation, frameworks and best practice
  • Ability to build relationships across a diverse stakeholder group
  • Experience within the public sector or large organisations 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

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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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HR Business Partner

  • Australia
  • Perth
  • Contract
  • Negotiable

About the Role

We’re seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join a dynamic and fast-paced organisation. This role offers the opportunity to work within a large, complex business environment, providing high-quality HR advisory to managers and employees.

This position is ideal for a confident HR professional who is confident in case management and thrives in a busy operational setting.

  • Located South of the River, close to public transportation.
  • An ongoing position in the team, engaged as an initial 6 month contract with potential to permanent.
  • Contract agency rate of $70ph-$75ph+super.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide timely, accurate HR advice across the full employee life-cycle.
  • Coach and support managers in the interpretation and application of policies, procedures, and enterprise agreements.
  • Manage low-level casework such as grievances, performance, and fitness-for-duty matters.
  • Contribute to change management initiatives and HR project work.
  • Support HR reporting, compliance, and continuous improvement activities.
  • Build positive working relationships across teams to ensure consistent and effective HR service delivery.

About You

You are a proactive, detail-oriented HR professional who can balance multiple priorities and build credibility quickly with stakeholders. You enjoy partnering with leaders to deliver practical HR solutions and thrive in a collaborative team environment.

To be successful, you will have:

  • 5+ years’ experience as a Senior HR Advisor or HR Business Partner within a large, complex organisation.
  • Strong case management experience essential.
  • Demonstrated experience in coaching managers and providing HR policy interpretation.
  • Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to manage ambiguity and maintain professionalism under pressure.

What’s on Offer

  • Immediate start scoping for a contract to permanent employment scenario
  • Exposure to a complex and rewarding operational environment.
  • Opportunity to develop your HR career in a respected national organisation.

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P&C Administrator

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Contract
  • Negotiable

This is a short-term opportunity to step into a busy People & Capability function to provide hands-on operational support during a high-activity period.

You will play a key role in progressing priority initiatives by bringing strong organisation, attention to detail, and follow-through. Working closely with the P&C team, you will help drive the rollout of a capability framework, improve document and records management, and support day-to-day coordination to keep operations running smoothly.

It is a 3 months contract role.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist with updating and aligning position descriptions to a new capability framework
  • Provide administrative support across rollout activities (documentation, formatting, tracking)
  • Support the clean-up and reorganisation of SharePoint and document libraries
  • Organise and maintain the P&C inbox, including archiving and tracking
  • Assist with coordination, documentation, and reporting

Key Skills & Experience

  • Experience in a P&C administrative, coordination, or operational support role
  • Strong attention to detail and experience managing records, trackers, or documentation
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and SharePoint
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
  • Exposure to role evaluation frameworks

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Talent Development Manager

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable
  • Initial 12 Month Fix-Term Contract
  • Clayton Location | Hybrid Working Arrangements
  • L&D | LMS | Training Management

The Role: The Talent Development Manager plays a key role in enabling the growth of internal staff globally. The role leads the delivery of enterprise‑wide programs that build capability and strengthen a culture of growth.

The Responsibilities:

  • Delivering of enterprise development programs across leadership, management, compliance and core capabilities.
  • Designing and advising on practical, blended and digital learning solutions that lift performance.
  • Leading day‑to‑day program operation management, including planning, scheduling, facilitator coordination, logistics and reporting of enterprise programs.
  • Overseeing and continuously improving the staff LMS and digital learning tools to improve the staff learning experience.
  • Leading the delivery of mandatory compliance and eLearning programs across all campuses.

Skills & Experience Required:

  • A minimum of 7 years as a Training Development Manager with hands‑on experience delivering contemporary L&D in large, complex organisations.
  • Ability to turn capability needs into practical, scalable learning solutions.
  • Confident people leader with experience developing high‑performing teams.
  • Skilled in managing vendors, budgets and multiple concurrent projects.
  • Experience improving LMS and digital learning platforms.

What’s in it for you:

  • Initial 12 Month Fix-Term Contract
  • Clayton Location | Hybrid Working Arrangements
  • L&D | LMS | Training Management

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APS6 Organisational Design Officer

  • Australia
  • Brisbane
  • Permanent
  • Up to AU$60.26 per hour
  • Labour hire contract until 31/12/2026
  • Contract extension options available
  • Brisbane CBD OR Robina location

About the client:

Our client is an independent statutory agency that is responsible for implementing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This role will see you join an organisation that values a positive contemporary attitude to disability and is dedicated to supporting a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians living with disability and their families / carers.

About the role:

  • Managing the development and maintenance of core role statements within the framework of job families, ensuring alignment with organisational standards and requirements.
  • Analysing current and future workforce needs and recommending appropriate organisational structures.
  • Contributing to specialist advice and support on a range of Organisational Design functions.
  • Conducting organisational assessments to identify areas for improvement and recommend structural changes.
  • Completing role evaluation assessments for APS roles.
  • Managing and delivering identified Organisational Design projects.

What’s in it for you?:

  • Competitive hourly rate, aligned with the APS6 banding.
  • Contractor benefits through Talent, join the family today!
  • Tailored support throughout the whole process and beyond by your experienced Recruitment Partner.
  • Utilise your expertise to secure long term employment with a Federal Government Agency.

What you’ll need to succeed?:

  • Qualification in Human Resource, Business Administration, Organisational Development, or related.
  • Certifications in project management or change management, highly regarded.
  • Demonstrated success in organisational design or development and / or workforce planning.
  • Ability to assess organisational structures, identify areas for improvement, and recommend effective solutions.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and management skills.
  • Expertise in developing and implementing strategies to support organisational change and ensure smooth transitions.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to effectively convey information, present findings, and engage with stakeholders.
  • Successful candidates will be required to undergo a pre-employment National Criminal History Check, Worker Screening Check and / or Working with Children Check (where required) along with proof of Australian Citizenship.

How to Apply:

If you would like more information about this job, or wish to have a confidential discussion about your job search, please contact Steph Smithers today (07) 3031 4500 or steph.smithers@talentinternational.com OR Emma Hansen today (07) 3031 4517 or emma.hansen@talentinternational.com

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Organisational Development Consultant

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Contract
  • 17% Super

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior Organisational Development (OD) Consultant to join their People & Culture team. This role will play a key part in delivering organisation-wide OD initiatives, supporting cultural transformation, leadership development, and capability uplift across a large and complex environment. This is an initial 6-month fixed-term contract playing a key role in the delivery of ongoing strategic projects.

This is an opportunity to contribute to strategic programs that enhance employee engagement, performance, and organisational effectiveness .

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and deliver organisational development programs and initiatives aligned to strategic priorities
  • Design and facilitate leadership, learning and development programs across the organisation
  • Partner with stakeholders to identify capability gaps and organisational needs
  • Support delivery of initiatives including talent management, performance frameworks, and cultural change programs
  • Manage OD projects end-to-end, including planning, timelines, budgets, and stakeholder engagement
  • Evaluate and continuously improve programs to ensure effectiveness and ROI
  • Manage relationships with internal and external program providers
  • Contribute to broader People & Culture initiatives and projects

Key Requirements

  • Proven experience in organisational development, HR, or people & culture roles within large, complex organisations
  • Demonstrated experience delivering leadership development, learning programs, or cultural change initiatives
  • Strong project management capability, with ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement skills with ability to influence at a senior level
  • Strong communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to think strategically while delivering practical, outcomes-focused solutions

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Employee Relations Specialist

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Contract
  • ASAP start | CBD/WFH hybrid

This global consulting organisation is seeking Employee Relations & Policy professionals to play a critical role in shaping employee relations strategy, leading complex matters, and strengthening policy frameworks across the region.

This is a high-impact role where you will act as the trusted ER authority across Australia and New Zealand. You’ll partner closely with HR leaders, executives, and global teams to navigate complex employee matters, lead investigations, and drive policy excellence.

You’ll also have the opportunity to lead strategic ER initiatives, uplift capability across the business, and contribute to continuous improvement in how we support our people.

Key activities

  • Act as the ER authority across Australia & New Zealand
  • Lead complex, high-risk employee relations matters
  • Oversee workplace investigations end-to-end
  • Drive policy governance, updates, and compliance
  • Deliver insights, strategy, and capability uplift across HR

Skills and experience

  • Strong background in Employee Relations
  • Deep knowledge of Australian & New Zealand employment law
  • Proven track record managing high-risk, complex ER matters
  • Strong experience in investigations, policy development, and governance
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders and executives
  • Experience leading change and transformation initiatives

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Work Health & Safety Partner

  • Australia
  • Greater Geelong
  • Contract
  • Geelong/WFH hybrid | ASAP start

This leading government body is seeking an experienced and proactive Health, Safety & Wellbeing Partner to help shape a safe, healthy and high-performing workplace.

In this role, you’ll work closely with leaders and teams to manage risk, support injury management and deliver initiatives that strengthen the organisation’s safety and wellbeing culture.

If you enjoy partnering with stakeholders, solving problems and driving continuous improvement in health and safety, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Key activities

  • Partner with leaders to identify, assess and manage workplace safety risks
  • Support the delivery and continuous improvement of the TAC Health, Safety & Wellbeing Management System
  • Lead or support incident investigations, risk assessments and hazard management
  • Provide guidance on injury management, return-to-work processes and workers compensation
  • Contribute to health and wellbeing initiatives that support physical and psychological safety
  • Conduct internal assurance audits and compliance activities
  • Drive improvements to incident management and safety processes
  • Help embed a strong, proactive safety culture across the organisation

Skills and experience

  • Solid understanding of OHS legislation, codes of practice and risk management
  • Experience managing workplace hazards, incidents and injury cases
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence and collaborate
  • Experience supporting HSW policy implementation, investigations and safety initiatives
  • Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety or equivalent experience

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