People and Culture Services Manager

People and Culture Services Manager Business Operations Permanent, Ongoing position.
About VMIA
Victorian Managed Insurance Authority (VMIA) is the Victorian Government's insurer and risk adviser, covering the people and projects that help Victorians thrive. We're an agency in the Department of Treasury and Finance portfolio established under the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority Act, and report to the Assistant Treasurer.
We provide insurance and risk advice to government departments and agencies, with more than 4,600 clients ranging from small community service organisations to public hospitals, schools, and core service providers. We also provide domestic building insurance to builders, giving Victorian homeowners peace of mind for building projects valued over $16,000.
We help our clients prepare for, prevent, or reduce the impact of harm. When things don't go to plan, we help clients restore services and recover quickly.
Our unique perspective across Victorian Government clients provides an opportunity for learning and development across the risk and insurance industry as well as the broader public sector, creating deeper connections with our clients, and a shared understanding of best practice in our fields of expertise.
People are at the heart of everything we do. At VMIA, you'll be encouraged to achieve your career goals in a progressive and flexible workplace that, most importantly lets you be yourself.
Your role
It's an exciting time for VMIA, we're implementing our 5-year strategy, and our people play a key role in achieving our objectives.
During this period of growth, we have a fantastic opportunity for a seasoned People and Culture leader to join our People and Culture Team.
This role presents an exciting opportunity to spear head the implementation and project management of a new HCM system to ensure efficiencies, optimise productivity and enhance end to end employee lifecycle experience. This will be a focus in the first 6-12 months of the role.
You will be part of the P&C leadership team and manage a highly experienced and dynamic team of 3 P&C professional within our people services stream. We are looking for someone who is a team player and changer maker - it's at the heart of our culture
You bring insights and best practice recommendations to the table ensuring that we are well placed as a preferred employer. In exchange, we will offer competitive rewards, hybrid working arrangements, generous benefits and an opportunity to grow and develop your career within the public sector.
This role reports to the Head of People & Culture.
How you'll make an impact
- You deliver seamless employee lifecycle processes and improve frameworks to deliver an effective customer service lifecycle activities. These include onboarding, performance and learning, talent, succession, remuneration, and transition.
- You manage our workplace relations obligations and ensure compliance with all policies and procedures.
- Manage remuneration frameworks ensuring good governance and capability uplift across the organisation.
- Manage our health, safety, and wellbeing obligations ensuring a strong health and safety system is in place to drive improvement in our safety culture.
- Ensure workers compensation and return to work obligations are met and drive positive outcomes for injured workers.
- You prepare people metrics, insights, and reports to management and the Board and its committees.
- You anticipate and provide advice on people/workforce management developments, options, and opportunities to support organisational success and minimise risks.
- Manage people and culture risk registers and undertake risk assessments as required.

Who you work with
- You work collaboratively within the team to a program of work and drive continual enhancements across the function
- You provide strategic and operational leadership across the business to resolve complex matters and to provide people and culture expertise and input to various projects and committees.

About you
- You are a seasoned people and culture leader with demonstrated hands-on experience in managing and delivering people-based services, processes and systems within a similar complex operating environment.
- You have strong project management and collaboration skills with previous experience in implementing and delivery of P&C system/s to enhance efficiencies.
- Sound knowledge of workplace relations and occupational health and safety legislation and obligations including injury management and workers compensation.
- You have in depth knowledge and working experience with remuneration frameworks.
- You possess strong leadership skills with previous experience managing and developing P&C team/s.
- Ability to influence, challenge and collaborate with senior managers and diverse employees, ability to engage at all levels and build trusted relationships - a true business partner.
- Previous background in a fast-paced transactional processing environment, provi