About This Role

- Help leaders solve complex people issues and build stronger teams.
- Use your HR expertise to improve how people are supported at work.
- Travel to Beechworth Correctional Centre every four weeks and stay for two to three nights.
- Build your career while helping improve public services.
- Ongoing, full-time role earning $116,413 - $140,849 per year, plus super.

About Us People, Safety, Culture and Communications core functions span the breadth of workplace cultural, and people matters, including human resources policy and strategy; organisational culture and change; recruitment, redeployment, and retention; performance and development; pay, benefits and workforce reporting; occupational health and safety management; and employment regulations. Employee and Workplace Relations are responsible for management of the Justice portfolio's industrial relations program, the management of departmental employee relations issues including employee conduct, the department's Human Resource Business Partnerships and also administers the internal review of actions process

What You Will Do

As human resources (HR) business partner, you will advise leaders on complex people matters. You will help managers build strong teams and improve workplace culture.

You Will

- manage complex people matters, including performance, conduct, wellbeing and workplace conflict
- advise senior leaders on strategic people issues and coach managers through difficult matters
- build strong people management skills across your client group and support better workplace outcomes
- improve HR policies and processes while supporting change across the department
- lead important HR projects and help teams meet their legal and workplace duties.

About You You should have a qualification in human resources, organisational development, business or another relevant field.

Your experience should include HR work in a large and complex organisation.



You Should Also Have

- strong experience managing complex people matters, with specialist employee and workplace relations knowledge
- proven experience giving senior leaders clear advice and support on complex HR issues
- practical experience building people management skills and improving workplace culture
- clear thinking, solid communication skills and the ability to manage difficult conversations.

To learn even more about this role, please read the position description.

If you have any further questions, feel free to email Skye Buckle at [email protected]. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) people are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about our Aboriginal workforce strategy at justice.vic.gov.au.

How To Apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

Important Information

Child safety statement of commitment The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon.

We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

📌 HR Business Partner (Melbourne)
🏢 Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria
📍 Melbourne