Head of People and Culture

**Department of Treasury and Finance**
**Job reference**: 620547
**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Long Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**About the opportunity**:
We are looking for an experienced leader to help drive organisational success and join our journey to becoming a world-class Treasury and Finance. The Head of People and Culture will play a fundamental role in providing strategic and operational advice and leading the People and Culture business unit comprising Human Resources (HR), Industrial Relations (IR), Organisational Development (OD) and Safety and Wellbeing.

Key responsibilities of the role are:

- Providing strategic direction and leadership of the team and ensuring delivery of key functions and services in business partnering, IR, workforce reporting and compliance, job design and talent acquisition, recruitment and onboarding, OD and WHS, tailored to meeting business outcomes.
- Ensuring that best practice is adopted and delivered across DTF’s varied workforce capabilities to position DTF as an employer of choice and cultivate and support a high performing workforce.
- Delivering high level strategic and operational advice and support on a range of complex workforce matters, working closely with the Director, Organisational Performance, senior departmental executives and other key stakeholders.
- Ensuring agency-wide workforce policies, procedures and processes are legally and industrially compliant and support the current and future business needs of DTF.
- Overseeing the case management and performance management process for DTF and maintaining professional standards at the highest level.

**About you**

To be successful you will have:

- Tertiary qualifications in human resource management or a similar discipline.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in leading contemporary workforce capabilities in a multidisciplinary environment to deliver business outcomes and identify improvement opportunities.
- Demonstrated experience in providing strategic and operational advice to executives on workforce issues, with an ability to collaborate, negotiate and problem solve.
- Proven experience in effectively leading, managing, motivating and supporting a team of HR, OD, IR, WHS and workforce system professionals to deliver outcomes in a demanding environment with competing priorities.

**About us**
- At the Department of Treasury and Finance we work together to ensure South Australia is a thriving, prosperous state now and into the future.
- We are the lead agency for economic, digital and financial policy outcomes. We play a vital role in providing financial services to the community and economic and fiscal policy advice to the Government of South Australia.
- Our culture is one that welcomes all and we embrace flexibility and embrace diversity. We believe people are our most valuable asset, so we work to support the skills, knowledge and capability of our staff.

**What we offer**
- Attractive remuneration package, including salary packaging options
- Discounted gym membership
- Supportive career development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
- Be Well Program

**For a confidential discussion about the role please contact**:
Kayla Paradiso

Human Resources Business Partner

(08) 8249 3987

**Application Instructions**:
Applicants are required to submit a Curriculum Vitae and covering letter (no more than two pages) addressing the key selection criteria and demonstrating suitability for the role. You are also required to provide details of 2 referees and complete a pre-employment declaration.

**Applications close**: 22/09/2024 6:00 PM