People and Culture Business Partner

Position Details

• Fixed Term until November 2026 | Full-Time
• Higher Education Officer Level 7 | $100,233 - $110,954 p.a.
• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
• View Position Description

About the Role

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced People and Culture Business Partner to join our team.

In this role, you will provide strategic and operational People and Culture (P&C) support to senior leaders, managers, and staff across an assigned College and/or Portfolio. Working in close partnership with the Senior P&C Business Partner, and the P&C Advisor, you will deliver expert advice and practical solutions across a broad range of P&C functions including employee relations, performance management, workforce planning, recruitment, and change management.

You will also contribute to policy development, staff training, and the implementation of P&C initiatives. Collaboration across the broader P&C team is essential to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• The provision of a business partner service on all aspects of P&C and Employee Relations matters including the interpretation and provision of advice on organisational-wide policies and procedures and Enterprise Agreement.
• The effective contribution to the development, review and maintenance of policy, procedures, training programs and organisational processes to guide the application of P&C policy and relevant administrative systems.
• Represent the P&C Division on relevant projects as required and to promote and communicate P&C policies, processes and to proactively drive business improvements in P&C service delivery and initiatives.

For a more detailed list of Key Position Responsibilities, please see the Position Description.

About You

As the successful candidate, you bring a relevant tertiary qualification and/or demonstrated experience in P&C advisory or business partnering roles. You are an effective communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills, able to build productive, trusting, and collaborative relationships with senior leaders, colleagues, and stakeholders across the University. You have a strong ability to identify needs and priorities, exercise sound judgment, solve problems, and use initiative to achieve results, with a people first approach.

You are highly organised, able to manage competing priorities, and skilled at prioritising tasks in a busy work environment. You will provide clear, practical guidance on a range P&C matters, achieving positive outcomes that meet the needs of stakeholders and the wider University.

People and Culture

People and Culture (P&C) provide strategic leadership and operational advice to the University, focusing on building a positive work environment that reflects our values. Through the delivery of high-quality human resource policies, procedures, and systems, we provide advice and support to staff and managers on pay, leave, benefits, professional development, equity, diversity, recruitment and health and safety.

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gymand childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A current Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will be required by Flinders University before the successful applicant can commence in this position. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.

How to Apply and Information

• To apply online, please visit the website via the job portal: JR People and Culture Business Partner
• You are required to submit your CV and a Suitability Statement as a separate document, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
• For more information regarding this position, or a confidential chat, we strongly encourage you to contact Kelly Walewicz.

Applications to be submitted before 10:00pm (ACST) 24 September 2025.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.