HR Business Partner

About us  

The Industry School, formerly the AITC,  is unlike any other senior school. We're for young people who seek a deliberately different educational experience. An industry-driven one. For those who want to learn in the classroom, within workplaces, and on the job. We're for those young people who seek to start building real-world strengths and skills now, not only in the future.

We provide a unique two-to-three-year program for young people in Years 10 to 12 designed to progressively develop employability skills and achieve individualized learning goals while meeting the requirements of the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) and the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).

Our aim is to seamlessly blend senior education and vocational training to engage young people in purposeful learning experiences that are relevant to the real world of industry.

About the role

The key new HR Business Partner role provides strategic and operational support across schools and head office functions to enable a compliant, high-performance, values-aligned culture. Guided by the Head of People, your role will be to provide a high-leverage centre of excellence — turning strategy into usable playbooks, supporting People Leaders to act with clarity, and providing crisp reporting for smarter decisions.

This role will see you standardising, enabling, and safeguarding, escalating complex issues for executive direction to keep outcomes compliant, consistent, and quick. Leadership and management own the execution of the people strategy, and your support will ensure its effective delivery.

Hybrid Brisbane Head Office based role supporting the organisation as it expands nationally.

Key outcomes include:

• People Strategy Enablement & Leader Support
• Employee & Industrial Relations
• Recruitment & Onboarding — Standards & Oversight
• Performance, Capability & Development — Process Administration
• Policy, Compliance & Child-Safe Governance HR
• Data, Insights & Reporting
• Wellbeing, WHS & Return-to-Work Interfaces
• Culture, Engagement & Inclusion — Logistics & Follow-Up
• Governance & Stakeholder Cadence

Values and Benefits

Our values play a critical role in cultivating culture. They set standards for how we behave, interact with others, make decisions, and choose to act. They are:

• Demonstrate genuine care
• Think progressively
• Take courageous action
• Achieve inspiring outcomes
• Contribute authentically
• Succeed collectively

We value and recognise our people through a range of benefits including superannuation matching after a qualifying period, access to corporate rate health insurance, salary packaging, staff discounts, Employee Assistance Programs, Professional Development, and the opportunity to participate in community-based activities in Australia and Cambodia to name a few.

About You

To be successful in this role you will bring the following skills and experience:

Essential

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations, Business, or related discipline.
• 3-5 years' experience in human resources advisory or generalist area.
• Strong working knowledge of employment law, award interpretation, and HR best practices.
• Demonstrated experience managing recruitment, performance, ER/IR issues, and HR policy development.
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven ability to manage sensitive matters with discretion, professionalism, and empathy.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proficiency in HR systems, Microsoft Office Suite, and data reporting.
• Ability to demonstrate The Industry School values.
• Working with Children Check (Blue Card).
• Valid driver licence.
• Right to work in Australia.

Desirable

• Experience in liaising and working with Unions, Workcover & the Fair Work Commission to deliver positive business and employee outcomes.
• Experience with EBA negotiation.
• Skill and experience in administering HR strategies in complex and diverse organisations.
• Experience working in a school or educational settings.
• Familiarity with child protection and staff compliance requirements in schools.
• Exposure to enterprise bargaining and workforce planning in a unionised environment.

To Apply

If this role has sparked your interest, please Apply Now.

Applications close 12pm Wednesday 19 November

Please note: Interviewing may commence prior to the closing date on receipt of application. Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply as soon as practicable.

For a copy of the Position Description or further information, please contact Jess Van Rooyen, Talent Partner

The Industry School is committed to safe and supportive work practices. Candidates will be subject to relevant checks such as teacher registration check, Blue Card, referee checks, identification verification, and the requirement to disclose any information relevant to your eligibility to engage in activities including children.