A genuine HR Business Partner role with flexibility and variety.
$145,600 inc. super
12 month FTC
Melbourne
Hybrid – typically 1 day per week in the office
What's the brief?
This is an HR Business Partner role built around relationships, influence and commercial judgement.
You'll partner with senior leaders across a portfolio of six businesses, each with its own culture, history and level of HR maturity.
Some already see HR as a trusted partner, while others are more accustomed to operating independently.
Your role is to understand the business, build credibility and provide practical advice that works.
You'll know when to coach, when to challenge and when to take a pragmatic approach.
You'll inherit strong stakeholder relationships that have taken time to build, so maintaining that trust and continuing to strengthen the credibility of HR will be important from day one.
There's also plenty happening beyond the day-to-day.
With several acquisitions potentially on the horizon, you'll work closely with senior People leadership across due diligence, workforce planning, integration and onboarding newly acquired businesses.
It's broad, commercially focused HR partnering without the high-volume ER case load that can dominate other HRBP portfolios.
Is This Your Perfect Match?
You're someone who builds strong relationships and knows how to adapt your approach to different stakeholders.
You can partner with established senior leaders, challenge thinking when needed and provide practical advice without making things more complicated than they need to be.
You're commercially minded, pragmatic and comfortable working across businesses that don't all operate in exactly the same way.




Perhaps you're an experienced HRBP looking for greater flexibility, or you're a high-performing Senior HR Advisor ready to step up.
Either way, it's your judgement, stakeholder capability and maturity that will matter more than the number of years you've held a particular title.
You'll enjoy variety, appreciate autonomy and understand that great business partnering is about building trust and influencing the decisions that matter.
Your Role in Action
Partner with senior leaders across a diverse portfolio of six businesses
Build on established stakeholder relationships and continue strengthening HR's credibility across the group
Coach and influence leaders across people, performance and organisational matters
Provide pragmatic, commercially balanced HR advice across the employee lifecycle
Navigate businesses with varying levels of organisational and HR maturity
Support organisational change and broader people initiatives
Work closely with senior People leadership on upcoming acquisitions and integrations
Contribute to acquisition due diligence, workforce planning and people-related risk assessment
Support the onboarding and integration of newly acquired businesses
Review employment arrangements, benefits and people practices as part of integration activity
Balance corporate People frameworks with the practical needs of individual businesses




Support employee relations matters where required, escalating more complex issues appropriately
Build relationships across a broad and geographically dispersed senior stakeholder group
What You Bring
HR Business Partner, Senior HR Advisor or strong senior generalist experience
Exceptional stakeholder management and relationship-building capability
The confidence and maturity to influence established senior leaders
A commercial and pragmatic approach to HR decision-making
Robust coaching skills and the ability to challenge constructively
Sound generalist HR and employee relations capabilityThe judgement to adapt your approach across different stakeholders and business environments
Comfort working with ambiguity and managing multiple priorities autonomously
Experience supporting organisational change or complex business environments
Acquisition, M&A;, due diligence or business integration experience will be highly regarded but isn't essential
Experience within healthcare, professional services or a house-of-brands environment would be advantageous
Why This Role?
Genuine flexibility with typically only one office day per week
Work directly with experienced senior People leadership
Gain meaningful exposure to acquisitions, due diligence and business integration
Partner with senior stakeholders across six distinct businesses
Enjoy a broad HRBP remit without an overwhelmingly high-volume ER portfolio
Join a large and diverse organisation with exposure to multiple businesses and broader career possibilities
If you're available immediately or within the next couple of weeks, even better.
They're ready to move quickly.
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📌 Human Resources Business Partner (Melbourne)
🏢 SAMUELS DONEGAN
📍 Melbourne