Are you an experienced HR leader who thrives on partnering with senior leaders to solve complex workforce challenges and drive meaningful organisational outcomes?
Austin Health is seeking a talented and strategic Senior HR Business Partner to join our People & Culture team. This is an exciting opportunity to shape workforce strategy, influence organisational performance and help build a workforce that is capable, adaptable and ready for the future of healthcare.
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health qualified education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the People & Culture Department
The role sits the HR Business Partnering function within the People & Culture team and acts as a trusted partner to stakeholders and organisational leadership teams. People & Culture is one of eight departments reporting to the Chief Executive Officer.
About the role
As a trusted advisor to senior leaders, you will play a critical role in translating organisational priorities into practical, high-impact people solutions. You will partner across diverse clinical and corporate portfolios to strengthen leadership capability, drive organisational change, improve workforce outcomes and enhance the employee experience.
Working closely with leaders and colleagues across People & Culture, you will:
Partner with senior leaders to deliver strategic workforce and people initiatives.




Develop workforce plans that strengthen capability, succession and talent pipelines.
Coach and influence leaders to build high-performing and engaged teams.
Deliver projects that improve workforce experience, engagement and retention.
Navigate complex workforce matters while ensuring compliance with employment legislation and organisational policies.
Contribute to a collaborative, integrated and customer-focused People & Culture function.
About you
You are a highly credible HR professional with experience operating in complex organisations and influencing senior stakeholders. You bring strong commercial and strategic thinking, exceptional relationship-building skills and the ability to translate workforce insights into practical workforce solutions.
To be successful in this role you'll bring with you
Experience in senior HR partnering or leadership roles.
Demonstrated success working with executive and senior leaders.
Strong organisational development, change management and workforce planning capability.
Expertise in employment legislation, HR best practice and complex workforce matters.
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose,



engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
Mentoring and career development opportunities.
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards.If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager:
Siobhan Vivian, Director HR Partnering and Workforce Development on ******.
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📌 Senior Hr Business Partner (Melbourne)
🏢 Austin Health
📍 Melbourne