Job Description

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- National Role – Leading the Business Partnering Team
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- Drive consistency across all cyclical people processes
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- Influential Role supporting the Head of People & Culture
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Lead a modern, evolving Business Partnering team in a national firm undergoing significant transformation, with scope to influence governance, consistency and operational uplift.

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A newly created senior People & Culture role offering operational leadership across a national P&C; function. Working closely with the Head of People & Culture, you will act as a trusted 2IC in a role that drives consistency in HR advice and cyclical activity.

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The firm operates a modern, corporate‐style structure with a CEO, COO and executive leadership model, creating a more balanced and commercially grounded decision‐making environment than traditional partner‐led firms. The P&C; function is also undergoing a significant uplift in sophistication, giving this role a genuine chance to shape improved processes, governance and ways of working.

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You will lead and coach a small team, oversee first‐line advisory work nationally, and manage a modest personal client portfolio to stay connected to the rhythm of the business. The role has a strong operational focus, ensuring high‐quality advice, disciplined governance and alignment across all offices.

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Key Responsibilities

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- Lead and develop a small team of Advisors and a Business Partner
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- Oversee first‐line advisory work nationally, ensuring consistent and high‐quality advice




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- Coordinate and govern key people cycles including graduate onboarding, planning sessions, promotions and remuneration processes
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- Drive national consistency across five offices, working closely with the Employee Relations and Policy teams
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- Contribute to HRIS implementation, change management and reporting improvements
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- Support strategic and transformation initiatives, including future business acquisitions
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- Maintain a modest personal client portfolio to stay connected to day‐to‐day operational needs
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Success in this role requires:

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- Strong legal‐sector experience and understanding of CPD, the Legal Services Award and the nuances of legal practice
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- Proven people leadership, ideally managing Advisors and Business Partners
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- Confidence with complex ER matters and first‐line advisory oversight
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- Experience operating nationally across multiple offices
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- Ability to drive consistency, coach a dispersed team and operate at pace
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- Comfort working in a function still on a maturity journey
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It is a prerequisite that candidates have prior experience working within a Professional Services environment, although this does not necessarily need to be their current setting.

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Candidates currently operating at a Senior HR Business Partner / Lead HR Business Partner level, or HR Managers from smaller Professional Services firms with the capability to scale, are encouraged to apply.

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📌 Senior HRBP (New South Wales)
🏢 Capability Hr
📍 New South Wales