Human Resources Business Partner

• Purpose led bank & 2024 Employer of Choice Finalist
• Innovative Work-Life-Fit program with excellent perks
• WFH up to 3 days per week + a fantastic CBD location (hybrid role)

About us.

A unique life requires a unique bank.

Defence Bank is a member-owned bank that has been proudly serving the Defence Community for 50 years. With 26 branches across Australia and our award-winning app, Defence Bank is where our members need us – anywhere, anytime.

The bank provides financial products and services to the Australian Defence Force and its unique community, reinvesting profits for the benefit of our members. We are a leader in our sector and our people led, technology enabled environment, celebrates the individual talents, personalities, interests and needs of our people.

Winner of the
Best Reward & Recognition program 2024
and a finalist for
Employer of Choice 2024
, it is not only our employees who think our bank is truly one of the best places to work.

The opportunity.

Reporting to the Head of People, we are searching for an experienced People Partner to join our award-winning People team. With flexible hybrid working and a modern and stylish Support Office in the heart of Melbourne's CBD, this is a fantastic hands-on partnering role during an exciting period of growth and transformation.

This is a fast-paced, meaningful opportunity for a capable generalist to add real value by partnering with leadership teams to provide strategic and operational guidance while remaining hands-on in day-to-day HR delivery. Partnering with several Executive Leaders and their teams, you will play an integral role in supporting the proactive management of workforce requirements, embedding culture initiatives, and supporting compliance with HR policies and employment legislation.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with the Head of People to deliver people projects and initiatives within the Bank's strategic plan.
• Partnering with leaders regarding people matters to support people engagement, including employee relations, workforce planning, performance management, and recruitment.
• Supporting the business and People team to deliver strategic and operational change initiatives that align to the business priorities and needs.
• Build trusted relationships with business unit partners so that people programs and activities are respected, add value and drive business outcomes.
• Play a lead role in overseeing and optimising our people service delivery including our offering, processes, systems and capabilities to enhance the people experience, including being an escalation point for the team.
• Championing the People team within the business by leading and role modelling behaviours and outcomes, as well as coaching & mentoring team members, colleagues, and peers.
• Mitigating risk by developing strategies to address people issues and managing complex cases through to resolution where needed

About you.

Known for your broad knowledge of the employee lifecycle and customer first mindset, you have a knack for understanding and leveraging people data and insights to deliver initiatives and support operational efficiency. You're comfortable working across all aspects of the employee lifecycle and enjoy alternating between managing and doing. More importantly you're also a natural coach and team player who works collaboratively with others, you see the big picture while understanding how the parts fit together. Enthusiastic about change, you roll up your sleeves to do what's needed while continuing to champion our ways of working.

You have:

• At least 5 years' experience in Human Resources/People and Culture ideally within a medium-sized customer-focused corporate environment.
• Tertiary qualifications in human resources.
• Intermediate/advanced knowledge of contemporary human resource practices and legislation relevant to running an Australian bank.
• Prior Human Resources/People and Culture experience within banking and/or financial services would be advantageous, but not essential.

We count on you. And you can count on us.

We have a great range of employee benefits including:

• Savings and discounts across our range of products and services.
• Innovative Work-Life fit program
• A generous annual corporate wardrobe allowance.
• Access to our internal "reward and recognition" platform - vouchers, discounts, e-cards and much more

Interested? We'd like to hear from you. Click to apply.

Defence Bank is committed to providing equal opportunities for employment and seek to have a team that reflects our diverse community. We encourage anyone interested in our role and a career at Defence Bank to apply.

All successful candidates will be required to complete employment checks prior to an offer of employment.

Whilst we value and appreciate the time and effort you made to apply for this position, only short-listed applicants with Australian Working Rights will be contacted to discuss their application.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the position may close at any time once a suitable candidate is identified. We encourage interested applicants to submit their applications promptly.