People & Culture Business Partner

About Avant
Avant is Australia’s leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 125 years.
Avant now represents 80,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs. Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers.
As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do. As well as providing products and services to our member, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities.
We have an opportunity to join our People and Culture team for a 24 month fixed term contract.
This role will see you be a true partner to the Executive and Senior Leadership teams of our business, driving success through our people across all aspects of the employee experience. If you like to be involved as a key part of the business leadership team, where you really do have a seat at the table, we want to hear from you.
Reporting to the Head of People and Culture Business Partners, this opportunity will see you:

- Be the trusted advisor and partner to the leaders of our organisation, providing expert advice across all aspects of the employee lifecycle
- Be the lead in strategic people planning relating to your business units including engaging and retaining our people and improving employee experience in our new normal
- Provide advice for employee relations matters
- Support our leaders in embedding our values, performance and rewards program
- Partner with our People & Culture colleagues to deliver on a range of initiatives including DEI, policy writing, WHS, HRIS implementation and workforce planning.

**To be successful in this role you will have**:

- 5+ years understanding of human resources in a business partner role, preferably in a professional services environment;
- Commercially orientated with a strategic mindset, high emotional intelligence and a bias to delivering outcomes for your clients
- Strong communication and relationship building skills, with an ability to challenge and influence across all levels;
- High level of proficiency in both written and oral communication;
- A passion for people and driving initiatives that make a difference;
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in human resources or equivalent.

If you are passionate about people and looking for a role that will see you make a significant impact on an organisation, this role may be perfect for you
Why work at Avant?
At Avant, our people are the centre of everything we do for our members. We offer a range of benefits and opportunities to enable you to make a difference, learn, and grow in your career.
We value our people by offering an inclusive workplace with a diverse range of benefits, flexible working options, career development, and internal mobility opportunities. Our flexible working arrangements are designed to enable genuine work-life balance.
Your development is our priority and we have a variety of learning and development programs that will support you in your career.
We offer support to our people via Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health and Wellbeing programs, Tertiary Education Sponsorship and Support.
We have a diverse and connected work environment where your contribution and ideas will be valued and respected and make a real difference to the lives of others.
**Please note**: Avant Mutual is a vaccinated employer. Prior to the commencement of your employment by Avant, you are required to be fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus or have a medical certificate stating that you cannot receive a Covid-19 vaccination for valid medical reasons.