People & Culture Business Partner

- Leading Sydney University
- Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 from home)
- $135,000 - $150,000 + 17% super

About the role

Partner with senior leaders across a large Sydney university to shape how its people and workforce strategies come to life. You'll be a trusted advisor on workforce sustainability, organisational capability, change and culture, in an workplace where governance and reputation matter.

What you'll do

- Partner with senior leaders to shape and deliver portfolio-level people and workforce strategies aligned to the university's strategic plan and values
- Give evidence-based advice on workforce sustainability, capability, organisational design, leadership, culture and change
- Act as a trusted sounding board on complex, sensitive and high-risk people matters, balancing strategic intent, governance and reputation
- Advise and coach leaders through restructures, operating model redesign and workforce transformation
- Drive portfolio-level workforce planning and shaping, including organisational design, talent management and capability development
- Use workforce data, covering performance, engagement and pipeline, to advise leaders on talent and succession needs, and provide the frameworks and tools to support them




- Ensure advice and decisions align with university policy, enterprise agreements, legislation and governance frameworks, identifying and escalating people-related risks as needed
- Represent People & Capability in senior forums, projects and governance activities

What you'll bring

- Senior-level experience as an HR Business Partner in a complex environment with many stakeholders, with generalist HR experience across ER/IR, workforce planning and organisational design
- A track record of advising and influencing executive and senior leaders on people, talent, workforce and organisational strategy
- Experience leading large-scale change, transformation or organisational design initiatives from planning through to delivery
- Sound knowledge of employment legislation, enterprise agreements, governance and risk management
- Strong communication and coaching skills, with the presence to influence at a senior level
- Excellent judgement and discretion, and the ability to stay effective amid ambiguity and competing priorities
- Experience managing the end-to-end talent cycle, from attraction and development through to succession and performance
- A relevant degree in HR, business or a related field is preferable

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📌 Senior HR Business Partner (Sydney)
🏢 Charterhouse
📍 Sydney