HR Business Partner

Ready to use your HR expertise to fuel a powerful social mission?

Location: Heidelberg West

WISE Employment is a successful not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing quality employment, training, occupational rehabilitation, and allied health services to people with disability and less advantaged members of the community. Our impact extends through our two thriving Social Enterprises across Victoria, NSW, and Tasmania, which provide real, open-labour-market employment for people with disabilities.

We are seeking a Human Resources Partner with a national focus to join us and strategically enhance our employee experience, ensuring our people are equipped to deliver on our mission.

The Opportunity: HR Strategy & Impact within our Social Enterprises

You will be responsible for creating, developing, and embedding people-related strategies across your client groups within our Social Enterprises across NSW, VIC and TAS. This is a critical role that directly influences our culture and operational success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic People Initiatives: Design, develop, and implement strategic initiatives across the full HR spectrum, including organisational change/design, digital transformations, employee value propositions, talent development, and cultural adding.
• Industrial Relations & Risk Management: Manage complex Employee and Industrial Relations (ER/IR) issues, providing sound advice on restructures, redundancies, and ensuring compliance to minimise risk, with a strong knowledge of Modern Industry Awards.
• Strategic Partnership: Partner with Senior Leaders and Executives to provide contemporary, proactive HR advice and guidance on talent acquisition, performance management, and employee experience.
• Performance & Development: Manage and support performance improvement plans (PIP), development plans (PDPs), appraisals, and pay reviews.
• Coaching & Training: Provide expert training and coaching to managers on best-practice people management, and create relevant development courses for all employees.
• WHS Collaboration: Work closely with the Work, Health and Safety Manager to proactively ensure the physical and psychological health of employees and maintain a safe working environment.

What You'll Need to Bring

You're a proactive, results-oriented HR leader with a genuine passion for people and a commitment to ensuring a strong employee experience.

Essential Criteria:

• 5+ years in HR Generalist Management roles.
• Degree qualified in HR or equivalent.
• Sound, hands-on experience managing complex Employee and Industrial relations.
• Strong business acumen and high emotional intelligence to partner and guide all employees.
• Confidence to engage, lead, and coach on courageous conversations.
• Knowledge of Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) practices and compliance.

The WISE Mindset:

We are looking for someone who demonstrates our core values, including:

• Customer Centricity: Delivering a high-quality service with empathy and compassion.
• Creativity & Curiosity: Thinking outside the box to solve complex problems and continually evolve our systems and procedures.
• Adaptability & Resilience: Comfortable managing change and embracing a Growth Mindset in a dynamic NFP environment.

What We Offer You

• Competitive Salary with added Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits (tax savings) + Super + More
• Fantastic reward and recognition initiatives and ongoing learning and development
• 4 wellness-days per year (additional leave), the ability to purchase additional annual leave and various healthy lifestyle initiatives
• Learning and Development Programs
• Company Laptop & iPhone
• Exclusive benefits and discounts from leading retailers through Flare
• We are recognised as an "Inclusive Employer 2024/2025" by the DCA
• Join an organisation where your professional expertise directly translates into tangible social good.
• The ability to work flexibly where possible, leveraging the best tools to connect anywhere, any time.
• A role with national scope, requiring occasional and necessary travel across locations (VIC, NSW, TAS).
• A chance to be at the forefront of Organisational Design and Change Management (desirable experience).

If you are ready to strategically lead the people agenda for an organisation making a real difference in the community, we want to hear from you

Apply Now by submitting your resume and a cover letter outlining your passion and relevant experience.

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We are Inclusive

WISE is recognised by the Diversity Council Australia as an "Inclusive Employer 2024/2025". We actively encourage and welcome candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, candidates with a disability, members of the LGBTIQA+ community and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates.