People & Culture Business Partner

Salary:
- Salary $120,000 circa- Location:
- Dandenong- Employment Type:
- FP - Full-Time Permanent- Department:
- HR SHARED SERVICES***

**The Opportunity**

At Ventura Bus Lines, we believe in providing the best possible service for our customers and a diverse and productive work environment for our employees. We are a close-knit and dedicated team that share common goals and take pride in representing Ventura. Our customers, and our people, are at the heart of everything we do

Ventura is going through a period of exciting transformation, steady growth and healthy change To support our journey, the P&C team is expanding and can’t wait to welcome a P&C Business Partner with just the right experience and personality to compliment our team

**The Role**

Based at our Dandenong Head Office, this role is loaded with opportunity and variety, and will involve all facets of HR, ER and IR. This is a critical role in supporting the P&C Manager to take the P&C function to the next level and ensuring we align to the changing and evolving needs of the business.

This role is operational in nature and will get you out and about within the business building relationships, providing expert HR advice and supporting our workforce - perfect for P&C Business Partners who like to roll up their operational sleeves and immerse themselves in challenge and change

The possible tasks of this role are wide and varied. To give you taste, specific duties may include:

- Partnering with the business to provide expert advice to managers and employees on HR, EBA, award and HR policy matters and issues affecting the business
- HR reporting and analysis for internal and external government stakeholders
- Management of grievances and complaints including conducting workplace investigations
- Management of leave without pay and employee absences
- Support the HR function to ensure diversity & inclusion framework is established, maintained and updated
- Management of strategy, projects and programmes aimed to ensure we meet our diversity targets and provide a safe and inclusive workplace.
- Coordination of performance review process
- Liaise with employees and managers to provide advice on remuneration and benefit issues in particular when preparing employment agreements
- Support the business with employee engagement initiatives
- Assist in the development, implementation and ongoing management of end to end HR processes
- Maintenance and updating of HR policies and process framework
- Coordination of projects and initiatives designed to meet the strategic and operational requirements of the function and business as a whole
- Management of diversity and inclusion framework, policies, operational delivery & initiatives and reporting

**What you will need**

Technical requirements of this role include:

- A tertiary qualification in Human Resources or business related discipline
- Experience in a business role in a HR or People & Culture environment
- A sound background of generalist HR & ER and related tasks in a faced paced and diverse workplace
- Up to date knowledge of HR compliance, and legislation
- Ability to write compliant and sound HR policy and processes
- Sound background of HR & ER in a faced past workplace
- Strong MS Excel skills including data manipulation, vlookups and formatting
- Sound experience using MS Word & Powerpoint

HR technical abilities aside we value you who you are The right person to compliment our team will be:

- Motivated and engaged by challenges, by achieving results and desired outcomes
- Interactive and personable with the ability to partner with managers at various levels and a workforce of diverse employees
- Fun and friendly whilst maintaining a professional image and representing the P&C function in a positive way
- A standard setter in workplace integrity, honesty, respect and transparency
- Respectful of the highly confidential nature of the P&C function
- Appreciative and driven by a team culture, looking out for your team and working toward common goals.

**What Ventura Can Offer You**:

- Amazing opportunity to experience a wide range of HR, ER and IR functions;
- A role that will evolve and develop with you
- On the job mentoring by senior experts in their field.
- A diverse and inclusive workplace and a friendly and a welcoming team.
- Excellent facilities, onsite parking, social club membership and employee events.

At Ventura, we want our people to love coming to work, drive innovative ideas and strive to achieve. When customers step onto our buses, they know they’re in safe hands. Behind the scenes, our head office employees are the best at what they do