Assistant Director, Parks People Partners

EL 1 - $120,290 - $129,379 per annum plus superannuation
- People Division
- Canberra, ACT,Darwin, NT
- Provide strategic and operational HR advice, with a strong focus on building manager capability, and supporting workforce planning and strategic recruitment planning.
- Coach and guide managers on workforce and people issues (including support for issues requiring local management action), and where appropriate triage complex people issues to broader People Division teams.

**Identified position**

This position is an ‘Identified’ position which signifies that the role has a strong involvement in issues relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The successful applicant must have an understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and an ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People.

**Who we are**

Parks Australia has a geographically dispersed workforce with diverse skills, and distinct local challenges and opportunities. Our national parks range from Christmas Island and Pulu Keeling. far out in the Indian Ocean, to Norfolk Island in the Pacific. Three of our national parks are jointly managed with Traditional Owners - Booderee on the NSW south coast and World Heritage-listed Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Parks in the Northern Territory. We also manage a network of 60 Marine Parks and the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra. Further information about the division we partner with, Parks Australia, can be found here.

People Division, led by the Chief People Officer (CPO), provides human resources (HR) functions for the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (the department) with a clear focus on the department’s most valued asset: its staff. Alongside contemporary HR functions, projects and strategies People Division is also responsible for:

- enhancing the department’s focus on safety,
- security,
- cultural and change management, and
- the department’s response to Australian Public Service (APS) reforms.

People Branch is responsible for the department’s strategic and operational HR advice, strategies and support services, with a focus on enabling business areas to meet their workforce needs. We believe that an inclusive and diverse workplace is pivotal to making our department the best possible place to work. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone has a sense of belonging and feels safe to be their whole selves at to work.

The Parks People Partners team collaborates closely with our colleagues in People Division to offer strategic HR support and deliver various people projects to ensure that Parks Australia maintains the necessary workforce and fosters a culture conducive to achieving its strategic goals. We also provide on-site HR support at our remote parks, where there is a strong emphasis on enhancing manager capabilities and connecting individuals with the central HR operations.

**The Job**
- provide strategic and operational HR advice, relative to your HR experience, to the Parks leadership team, with a strong focus on building manager capability, and supporting workforce planning and strategic recruitment planning,
- in conjunction with the relevant People Division teams, coach and guide managers on workforce and people issues (including support for issues requiring local management action), and where appropriate triage complex people issues to broader People Division teams, such as People Support or Professional and Ethical Standards or Workplace Relations,
- contribute to the implementation of the Parks Workforce and Culture Action Plan,
- identify workforce trends and issues through observation on park and analysis of workforce and census data, and feed insights into broader strategy/initiative development,
- provide on-park support to the park/s to meet with managers and staff and facilitate workshops on various HR topics,
- promote the services of other People Division functions and contribute to building relationships between Parks and the broader Enabling Services Group,
- refine and improve the delivery of HR services and support on park (including contributing to broader HR policies and frameworks and sharing insights/building knowledge of Park’s unique challenges with People Division colleagues).

**What we are looking for**
**Knowledge and experience**
- Highly developed cultural competency (or ability to quickly learn) and a demonstrated capacity to work with and communicate sensitively with First Nations peoples.
- Relevant HR qualifications and experience is highly desirable.

**Skills and capabilities**

We are looking for highly capable, motivated and experienced HR professionals who are comfortable working in a dynamic, cross cultural and fast paced environment. You will be resilient and be effective at working autonomously and as part of a broader team. We are looking for:

- exceptional