About the Opportunity

HOBAN Recruitment is partnering with a leading public education and training provider to recruit an experienced HR Business Partner for a full-time fixed-term opportunity through to 17 December 2026.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys working closely with leaders, providing practical people advice, and delivering quality HR solutions across the employee lifecycle.
Working as part of a collaborative People, Culture & Safety team, you will play a key role in supporting business areas across workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, employee relations and general HR advisory matters.

About the Role

Reporting to the Senior HR Business Partner, you will build strong relationships with stakeholders and provide practical, customer-focused HR advice and support.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Partnering with leaders on workforce planning and identifying workforce challenges and solutions.
- Managing and supporting recruitment, selection, talent acquisition and onboarding processes.
- Providing advice to leaders across HR policies, procedures, employment conditions and employee lifecycle matters.
- Supporting flexible working arrangements and providing guidance to employees and managers.
- Supporting probation management and performance-related processes.
- Coaching and influencing leaders to build their people management capability.
- Supporting employee relations matters and escalating complex issues to relevant specialist teams.
- Preparing employment documentation, contracts and HR correspondence.
- Using HR data, reporting and insights to support informed business decisions.
- Identifying opportunities to improve HR processes, systems and ways of working.
- Working collaboratively with the broader People, Culture & Safety team to deliver a high-quality service.

About You





We are looking for an experienced HR professional who is confident working with a broad range of stakeholders and can quickly establish credibility within a complex organisation.

You will ideally bring:

- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Human Resources or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience within a People & Culture / HR environment.
- Strong HR advisory and business partnering experience across the employee lifecycle.
- Experience supporting recruitment, onboarding, performance and employee relations processes.
- Robust stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- The confidence to provide practical advice, coach leaders and influence outcomes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Experience using HRIS and Microsoft Office systems, with the ability to use data to inform decision-making.

Experience within education, government, healthcare or another complex environment will be highly regarded. Experience with CHRIS21 and recruitment/onboarding systems will also be advantageous.

Why Join?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative and values-driven People & Culture team within a leading education and training organisation.

You will have the opportunity to make a genuine impact by partnering with leaders, supporting workforce initiatives and contributing to positive employee experiences across the organisation.

At HOBAN we encourage applications from people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people of all genders, LGBTI people, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

We provide reasonable adjustments; including alternate formats to the recruitment process for individuals with disability. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please email our Adjustments Coordinator at ***********@hoban.com.au or visit www.hoban.com.au/adjustments for additional contact details.

📌 HR Business Partner (Dandenong)
🏢 HOBAN Recruitment
📍 Dandenong