Human Resources Business Partner

**About the role**:
An opportunity for one (1) x Human Resources Business Partner to be part of our Business Partnering and Workplace Relations Division working alongside the newly created Health and Wellbeing Hub for the Western Region Hub located in Geelong.
The HR Business Partner is a newly created role within the Business Partnering and Workplace Relations Division that provides support and high-level advice to assigned client portfolios on a broad range of generalist human resources functions.
Reporting to the Senior HR Business Partner, you will work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide coaching, assistance, and practical support to people leaders. The role has a HR generalist focus, providing support across the employee life cycle, with a focus on early identification of workplace trends, and increasing capability, engagement and productivity particularly around performance management and workplace conflict. This newly created position offers an exciting opportunity to support Victoria Police employees.
The role will work closely with the newly formed Health and Wellbeing Hub which is the single most significant investment in the health, safety and wellbeing of Victoria Police employees to prevent and respond to work related injuries. Six multi-disciplinary teams, based in hubs across the state are being established, enhancing employee's mental health, injury prevention, early intervention, and recovery support. This newly created position offers an exciting opportunity to support Victoria Police employees.
This position is co-located between Western Region Headquarters in Geelong and the Victoria Police Centre, 311 Spencer St Melbourne. Your time will predominately be spent at Geelong but with a requirement for regular attendance at the Victoria Police Centre for engagement with the broader HR Business Partner team. Please note you may, at times be required to travel to other metropolitan and regional locations across Western Region to support clients.

**About the business unit**:
The Business Partnering and Workplace Relations Division comprises of HR Business Partners and Workplace Relations specialists who provide end-to-end advice and support on all employee and industrial relations matters. The Division is primarily focused on assisting Victoria Police in managing the workforce, in line with certified industrial agreements and employment legislation.
Victoria Police is a contemporary and agile workplace and supports flexible working arrangements.

**Your duties will include**:

- Building a reputation as a trusted advisor, demonstrating HR delivery skills, with strong levels of knowledge and competence in human resource management related matters, including an ability to develop innovative solutions to complex people management challenges.
- Providing coaching, advice, and assistance to people leaders across a broad range of HR functions. Including performance management, workplace conflict, bullying, workplace flexibility and workplace behaviours, this may include delivering established training packages.
- Working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide high level HR partnering services with allocated regions, commands, and departments. Working collaboratively with the Senior HR Business Partner to assist in the development and implementation of solutions to workplace issues that are aligned to organisational strategies/objectives and local business plans.
- Working closely with management and employees to improve workplace relationships, build morale and increase capability, engagement, and productivity.
- Proactively identify workplace trends, issues, and opportunities.
- Overnight travel may be required for this role.

**As the successful applicant, you will have**:

- A demonstrated ability to partner with people leaders to uplift management capability in the areas of performance management, workplace conflict and workplace behaviours.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, including the ability to produce a range of reports, correspondence and recommendations which are evidence based and provide a sound basis for decision making.
- Ability to plan and deliver work and projects aligned to business objectives and to anticipate and address barriers to achievement.
- Demonstrated self-motivation and the ability to work independently and problem solve. The ability to work autonomously with support, either remotely or in person from your manager.
- Experience in case managing a range of human resource issues, with knowledge of employee relations and of contemporary developments in human resource management.
- Proven ability to monitor client and stakeholder satisfaction, and constructively manage stakeholder issues to ensure positive outcomes.
- A tertiary level degree in HR (or equivalent qualification) is highly desirable.

**What we can offer you**:
As an employee of Victoria Police, you will have access to a ra