People & Culture Business Partner

**People & Culture Business Partner**

**About Us**

Here at the Y we believe in the power of inspired young people which means providing opportunities for children and young people to grow in body, mind and spirit. If you align yourself to our values and want to make a real difference within the community, we would love to hear from you.

The Y WA is a not-for-profit community based organisation, operating across Western Australia. We deliver recreation, early childhood education and care, and youth services to thousands of Australians every day. We are a team of passionate, skilled, and dedicated individuals with a desire to enrich the Western Australian community.

**The Role**

The Y WA’s People Strategy aims to create a workplace that sets us apart from our competitors, delivers our strategic imperatives and enables our people to flourish. We believe that when our people flourish, they are better equipped to deliver flourishing outcomes to our children and young people enabling them to grow in body, mind and spirit.

The People & Culture Business Partner role is pivotal to the implementation of a range of strategic and operational initiatives that support the Y’s People Strategy including developing a people centred employee experience, a conscious approach to leadership and becoming a learning organisation.

The People & Culture Business Partner will support the organisation in all aspects of strategic and operational HR by providing effective technical advice in all areas of HR Management.

The People & Culture Business Partner will maintain a portfolio of work across a range of business units, using their deep understanding of organisational priorities, including business units’ financial position, risks, strategic plans, people demographics, and culture and develop people solutions which deliver business objectives and achieve flourishing outcomes for our people.

Together the People and Culture team is committed to delivering outcomes that allow all our people to flourish - and enabling them to have a positive impact on children and young people in our community.

We are seeking a **permanent full time** position and **12 month full time parental leave cover**.

**What you’ll need to be successful**
- Relevant business partnering experience with demonstrated capability to interact with employees at all levels and comfortable with working strategically and operationally to support the development of the business strategy and implementation.
- Experience in employee relations and complex case management, including disciplinary processes, investigations and grievance resolution
- Experience across a broad generalist HR remit, focusing on business change, leadership development, and employee engagement
- A trusted partner with influential skills and a track record of delivering excellent results
- Demonstrates leadership that inspires and motivates people across the function to perform to their best
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resource Management or similar and/or equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education and training.
- National Police clearance, Working with Children Check and current WA C class Driver’s Licence

**To Apply**:
The Y, including Boards of Directors, is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in accordance with our Safeguarding Children and Young People framework. The Y requires that all applicants undergo satisfactory screening prior to commencement, including but not limited to:

- National criminal history check;
- International criminal history check where applicants have worked overseas;
- Holding or obtaining a Working with Children Clearance/ equivalent in accordance with state/ territory laws;
- Two reference checks.
- Diana screen

Any successfully appointed applicant will be required to adhere to the Safeguarding Children and Young People framework, which includes a thorough safeguarding children and young people induction and committing to upholding the safety and wellbeing of children and young people throughout their engagement with The Y. We reserve the right to commence the recruitment process prior to the nominated closing date. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. Visit our website for further information.