People and Culture Business Partner

Job Type: Full-time

Location: St Kilda

Job Category: Human Resouces

• 9 Month Fixed-Term Contract role covering Parental Leave starting in January 2026.
• Generous salary packaging to increase your take-home pay.
• Wonderful opportunity to influence & shape culture & drive value-based behaviours and capability across an amazing Not for Profit.
• Flexible working arrangements with offices based at St Kilda & Bentleigh with some travel required across other sites in Victoria.

Windana provides connected services for more people in need.
We provide services across Victoria for adults and young people experiencing alcohol and other drug harms, family violence, mental health challenges and social disadvantage.

Our Model of Care puts clients at the centre of what we do to create positive change in people's lives. We work with families, communities and other organisations to deliver trauma informed, equitable, culturally safe and integrated services based on evidence and practice wisdom.

By intervening early and creating purposeful partnerships, we help clients achieve improved outcomes while reducing demand on acute services. And we are influencing policy, practice and research to help shape better systems for clients. Together, we influence the broader system for a more positive and connected future.

Is this your next career opportunity?
Reporting directly into the Chief People Officer, you will act as a trusted advisor across Windana, providing responsive and strategic HR support. This is a generalist role for someone who thrives in environments where they can have a positive impact on strengthening and building People Leader capabilities.

You will partner with Senior Leaders on the full employee lifecycle with a strong focus on coaching managers, managing change processes, driving engagement initiatives and employee relations.

This role is ideal for an experienced HR generalist who enjoys variety, autonomy, and making a difference in the Not-for-Profit sector working with an amazing and close-knit P&C team.

The P&C Business Partner is responsible for the following areas:

• Partner with People Leaders to build capable, engaged, and high-performing teams through expert HR advice on organisational design, workforce planning, performance, and succession.
• Provide tailored coaching and strategic advice to leaders to enhance team dynamics, engagement, and retention.
• Use workforce insights and HR analytics to inform decisions, identify risks, and evaluate the impact of people initiatives.
• Build trusted, collaborative relationships across all levels of the organisation and with external partners to drive people-focused outcomes.
• Act as a trusted internal consultant on complex HR and ER/IR matters, ensuring compliance with legislation, industrial instruments, and organisational policy.
• Lead or support workplace investigations, grievance management and mediations. Provide authoritative advice on Awards, enterprise agreements, and Fair Work legislation.
• Contribute to the management of workforce risk through proactive identification of people-related challenges and opportunities.
• Lead and support people-centred change initiatives Partner with the Organisation Development and Learning Manager to strengthen leadership capability and embed a continuous improvement mindset.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 3 years HR generalist or Business Partnering role.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Human Resources Management.
• Demonstrated success actively engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• A conceptual thinker with the ability to develop fit for purpose initiatives that deliver strategic objectives.
• Success in resolving employee relations issues in line with legislative requirements and procedural fairness.
• Demonstrated success coaching, mediation and performance management
• A well-seasoned communicator and able to present in appropriate style for all audiences.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining relationships across the organisation.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook; and familiarity with HR systems (ELMO, Culture Amp).
• Experience working in community service sector would be an advantage.

Join our team to contribute to our life-changing work.
Contribute To Our Meaningful Work And Values-based Culture Through

Our people are integral to the work we do, and we pride ourselves on providing our team opportunities to contribute, grow and thrive:

• our Strategic Plan ,
• our quality accreditation ,
• Reconciliation Action Plan , and
• our progress towards Rainbow Tick accreditation .

Grow With Professional And Personal Development, Including

• 40 hours of study leave each year
• Support for qualifications, external training and up to $200 towards professional registrations
• Career pathways through secondments and our Leadership Network
• Regular supervision, goal-setting, and individual development plans

Thrive
with benefits that support your wellbeing and work-life balance, including:

• 12 weeks paid parental leave from day one
• 15 days personal leave, compassionate, and gender affirmation leave
• 10 days cultural leave for First Nations employees (including 2 paid days)
• Flexible working arrangements tailored to you
• Generous salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
• Retail perks and fitness discounts
• Access to our wellbeing program, including discounted osteopathy treatments.
• WWCC costs covered
• Public holiday swap

Ready to join us?
Be quick Applications will be reviewed as soon as they land on our desks so apply today if you're interested.

Windana is committed to child safety and a valid Working with Children Check and Police Check are required for this position.
Windana values and celebrates diversity and inclusion and is an equal employment opportunity employer. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds and life experience to
apply. Our aim is to build a team that closely reflects the diversity of the people and communities we work with.