People Partner

**The opportunity
Bupa is looking for an experienced People Partner to join on a permanent full time basis, based in Melbourne with flexible hybrid / work from home options, with some occasional local travel required, supporting Bupa Villages and Aged Care (BVAC). We are one of Australia's leading residential Aged Care providers with more than 50 care homes, supporting over 5000 residents, and you will be part of an amazing HR team that provides HR guidance and support to our Aged Care managers and employees. There is a real opportunity for you to make an impact and difference in our people’s lives and contribute to the ongoing success of our Aged Care HR team.

As a People Partner, your main focus is to enable business leaders to effectively manage and support their people. To succeed in this role, you need significant business partnering experience with excellent stakeholders management, the ability to look at all people-related matters from a holistic point of view, coach and enable leaders to be successful people leaders and have an empathetic approach to HR.

**How will I help?**

Key accountabilities include:

- Truly business partner with our stakeholders to provide guidance and advice to managers as well as coach our people leaders to become proficient in managing people processes including, but not limited to organisational effectiveness, effective rostering, managing attendance, performance discussions, Enterprise Agreement, driving engagement etc
- Work closely with the People Advisors and Bupa’s COEs to manage IR/ER cases
- Actively support the implementation and roll out of new and cyclical initiatives such as the performance management system, annual review process, engagement surveys and new processes and policies.
- Support the Head of People to deliver organisational re-design, deliver people plans which address the strategic and operational business needs and aligned to the overall people strategy

**What’s in it for me?**

As well as a competitive salary, a range of Bupa benefits and flexible working/ work from home arrangements, you’ll be challenged and encouraged to innovate. You will partner with colleagues who are dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences.

Perk highlights:

- Discount on our health insurance, travel, car, home, contents and pet insurance products
- A dedicated internal wellbeing team provides you with a range of services, such as a global resilience program, regular training opportunities on a range of wellbeing topics and access to a variety of wellbeing discounts.
- An additional wellbeing day to treat yourself

**What do I need?**
- Extensive HR business partnering experience partnering with senior stakeholders in a large, complex organisation
- Demonstrated experience in managing high volume and complex end to end ER cases
- Strong operational experience with a hands on approach to HR but also the ability to think strategically and be proactive in providing tailored solutions to your client groups
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with a customer-focused mindset and the ability to connect with people to understand their issues and problem solve accordingly
- Experience in generalist HR including but not limited to leadership capability, operational HR delivery, employee retention, talent management etc.
- Degree in HR, Psychology or Management

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**About Bupa Asia Pacific
Bupa is an international healthcare group which has been committed to a purpose of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world for more than 70 years.

Since 2002, we have reinvested approximately $6 billion in the region, with the Bupa Foundation investing more than $34 million to support 130+ health and care projects.

Our people reflect the diversity of our community. At Bupa, your wellbeing, identity and own story is respected and valued.