People Experience Partner

**Job no**: 496087
**Work type**: Temporary Full-time
**Location**: Knox Civic Centre
**Categories**: HR, OHS, L&D

**About the role**

Do you enjoy building trusted relationships and helping leaders navigate people matters with confidence?
Are you looking for a role where you can make a real impact every day through practical, people-focused HR support?

We have an exciting opportunity for a **People Experience (PX) Partner** to join our People, Culture and Development (PCD) team.

As our new PX Partner, you’ll make a difference daily by delivering timely, customer-focused advice and support across the full employee lifecycle. Your key focus will be on building strong, trusted partnerships with leaders to ensure great outcomes for employees, teams and the broader organisation. With the support of the Senior People Experience Partner, you’ll be the first point of contact for day-to-day people matters — from end to end recruitment support and onboarding, data and insights, policy advice, process improvement, offboarding, and performance and development advice.

You’ll thrive in this role if you enjoy variety, problem-solving and working collaboratively. You’ll also play a key role in improving processes and practices that create a more consistent and positive experience for our people.

This is a full-time temporary position based at the Knox Civic Centre in Wantirna South, available for 18 months until March 2027. We support flexible working arrangements while ensuring operational needs of the role are met.

This is a Band 6 classified role. Remuneration will be $98,353 to $107,416 (depending on experience) plus superannuation in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee.

**What you will bring to this role**

The key selection criteria for this role are:

- Proven ability to partner effectively and build trusted relationships with leaders and employees across a diverse organisation.
- A proactive, professional and customer-focused approach with strong influencing and interpersonal skills.
- Sound planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to take a coaching approach to support and build leader capability in people management.
- Experience handling sensitive people matters with empathy, confidentiality and discretion.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- A resilient, flexible mindset — comfortable working through complexity and change.
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

**How to apply**

A link to the can be found in the job listing on our Knox City Council Jobs and Careers page.

**Why work at Knox**

Discover your future at Knox City Council, where you will deliver meaningful impact, find great opportunities and work with committed people to shape our community. As an employee of Knox, you can enjoy:

- Accrued or rostered days off available for full-time roles, depending on operational requirements
- Broad range of leave options including up to 16 weeks primary and up to 4 weeks secondary parental leave
- Salary sacrifice option for Council-owned childcare fees
- Opportunities to take on temporary roles or work in different teams to build skills and support career growth
- Support towards further study
- 50% off Knox Leisureworks memberships
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for support in managing personal and work-related challenges.

**To find out more about the benefits of working at Knox City Council, visit**knox.vic.gov.au/why-work-knox**

**Inherent requirements**

**Our commitments**
- Knox City Council has zero tolerance for child abuse and all forms of harm to children. All children and young people who access our services, programs, events and facilities have the right to feel safe and be safe. This includes spaces owned or managed by Council. We take the wellbeing and safety of children and young people in our care seriously. We maintain a child safe organisation by embedding the protection of children into everyday thinking and practice. All Knox City Council employees, contractors and volunteers are responsible for ensuring children and young people are valued, heard and protected from abuse._
- Knox City Council acknowledges our offices are located on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation._

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**Advertised**: 08 Jul 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 21 Jul 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time