Head of People Experience

QinetiQ employs more than 6000 people in 51 locations around the world, offering our customers premier expertise in advice, services and creative technology-based products.

QinetiQ Australia, part of the global QinetiQ group, provides technological and scientific expertise to help customers protect and advance their vital interests. As an innovative science and technology company, we help solve some of our customers' most challenging problems. Our determination to deliver and improve today and anticipate and shape tomorrow, makes QinetiQ a very exciting, rewarding and respected place to work and learn.

A (working) life less ordinary. As a member of our dynamic People & Capability team, that’s yours for the taking

As a result of internal promotion and business growth, the door is now open for talented human resources professionals to join our team.

We enjoy a supportive and inclusive culture, flexibility, trust and generous benefits. We embrace hybrid and remote working. We have fun. We deliver too - interesting projects and exceptional service to our internal customers. For a (working) life less ordinary, read on

Your opportunity

Reporting to the General Manager People & Capability, you’ll be responsible for enabling strategic growth through the creation of a meaningful employee experiences which drive inclusion, engagement and retention and delivers high performance. You’ll focus on optimising and creating efficiency in our systems and processes to enable our people to deliver their best work whilst managing risk and ensuring legal and regulatory compliance across the People and Capability function.

This position is generalist in nature and will enable strategic evolution of our People and Capability Operations aligned with our next phase of growth.

This role may be based in Adelaide, Melbourne or Sydney/Greater Sydney.

The specifics

**You will lead a small, specialist team and**:
Provide strategic and operational guidance, ensuring best in class human resources practices as designed and deployed

Develop and deliver people strategies that enhance our employee experience including: employee engagement, wellbeing, diversity & inclusion, career development and leadership development

**Deliver strategic initiatives that focus on**: retaining key talent, delivering high performance and building organisational capability

Deliver key change management programs and activities

Plan for and execute mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence, integration plans and significant change management activities

Oversee employee and industrial relations, ensuring legislative compliance, ensuring the provision of sound industrial relations advice to management and appropriate relationships with unions and employee representatives.

Be accountable for WorkCover compliance and effective injury management

**As our ideal applicant, you’ll present with**:
Substantial generalist human resources experience gained in medium/large national organisations encompassing employee experience, culture, change management, human resources business partnering, learning, industrial relations and compliance

Experience working in blue and white collared environments and providing generalist human resources support across multi-disciplinary workforces

Proven experience building an organisational values based culture and brand that fosters high performance, inclusiveness, collaboration, trust and engagement

Significant experience undertaking substantial change management activities including mergers and acquisitions

Highly developed interpersonal skills and consultative leadership style

A highly developed understanding of risk management, regulatory compliance, industrial and employment relations, and workers compensation, experience managing this across national operations

A tertiary qualification in human resources or a relevant discipline will be well regarded as will additional experience and/or qualifications in communications, change management or project management.

Due to the nature of our work, you'll need to be an Australian citizen and eligible for Australian Defence security clearance.

Life at QinetiQ

At QinetiQ, our competitive remuneration and benefits package supports your evolving needs throughout your career. You’ll share in the company’s success, and be rewarded for your own. We’ll invest in your professional development and provide an inclusive environment for you to succeed. Some of our benefits include:
Individual annual professional development allowance

Flexible work (including hybrid and remote working)

Leave purchase program

Loyalty leave program

Individual performance bonuses

Complimentary salary continuance insurance

Annual volunteering leave with Operation Give Back

Generous parental leave policy

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