HR Advisor

Division: Corporate Services- Location: Cessnock, NSW, AU, 2325- Req ID: 50740**HR Advisor - Business Partnering (Corrective Services)**
- Ongoing Full-Time
- Location: Cessnock with hybrid and flexible work arrangements available
- Clerk Grade 7/8, Salary ($99,431 - $110,064 pa), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

**Your role**

Forming part of a small, supportive HR team servicing Corrective Services in the Northern Region of NSW, you will partner with the business (which encompasses Custodial Corrections, Industries as well as Services and Programs) and other areas within Human Resources to deliver best practice services and advice in the relevant area within HR or a range of areas, such as recruitment, legislation, change management, job design, learning and development, WH&S, workforce planning, establishment management, performance, employee relations, industrial relations and talent management to support the business in achieving their objectives and deliver on major reform and strategic priorities.

As a HR Advisor - Business Partnering, your role is to partner with managers at all levels to deliver best practice HR advice and consultancy services to support our People Branch achieve its objectives.

**What you’ll do**

Responsibilities of this role include:

- Provide timely and accurate advice and services across the people and culture remit to ensure productive workforce solutions.
- Undertake research and analysis workforce trends and make recommendations to inform people and culture service delivery.
- Coach and advise stakeholders on a range of HR solutions to support business strategies, plans and priorities.
- Identify opportunities for improvement in HR service delivery, including assessing and updating HR methods, procedures and processes, to deliver consistent quality outcomes that reflect innovative and appropriate HR service standards.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to provide to support business outcomes and facilitate a positive work environment.

You’ll work as part of a dedicated team of HR Professionals, based predominately at the Cessnock Correctional Centre, with some travel expected to other facilities from time to time. DCJ supports a flexible, hybrid working environment for our team, and we’re open to discussing an arrangement that works for both of us

**What we’re looking for**

In addition to meeting the essential requirements, we’re looking for someone who will proudly represent our organisation in an honest, ethical and professional way. You’ll demonstrate strong capability in developing effective business partner relationships at all levels, to understand and measure what’s important to customers and to inform policies, procedures, systems and services.

You’ll have strong communication skills and be able to confidently present on a range of HR topics to promote and support best practice human resources and strategies. In addition to this you’ll model collaborative ways of working and sharing information with the team, broader HR partners and managers and identify opportunities to leverage strength of others to solve workplace issues.

You’re a critical thinker, able to research, analyse, identify, and develop evidence-based ideas and solutions to maximise outcomes.

You’ll bring a positive, proactive, and flexible approach to solving problems and creating goals amidst changing priorities.

You’ll use your knowledge of workforce management systems and data analysis to support evidence-based decision making.

**Essential requirements of the role**:

- Qualifications or experience relevant to the area in which the role operates
- Strong commitment to ongoing professional development
- Valid Driver’s Licence and travel may be required

It is an essential requirement of the role that successful applicants are fully vaccinated and able to provide acceptable proof of vaccination status.

Download the role description.

**We do work that really matters**

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

**Are you ready to join us?**

Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role as well as providing answers to the 2 pre-screening questions below:

- Please provide an example of a time when you have collaborated with managers and/or key stakeholders to achieve the best outcome for a business and its client group.
- Provide an example of a workplace issue you had managed. What steps and factors did you take into account in identifying and addressing the issue.

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