- Part time, 3 days (flexible) · $105,000 to $120,000 pro rata plus super

If you got into HR to change how teams feel, connect and perform, and you're tired of being the policy police, read on.

We don't do HR by template. We do it fast (HR fires wait for no one), creatively (no cut and paste here), in the spirit of excellence and growth (always learning and improving). One week you're rethinking how a 20-person business handles performance.

The next you're in a boardroom helping a not-for-profit board work through a tricky CEO matter. Then you're running a leadership session for a team that’s never had one. And yes, you’ll still read the award clauses twice, because getting the detail right is what earns you the room to do the interesting work.

We want someone agile: someone who moves at pace, thinks sideways when the textbook answer won’t fit, and wants more from HR than compliance. If you need a manual and a manager, this isn’t it. If you’ve been waiting for HR work that uses everything you’ve got, we might need to get a coffee.

About happy humans

We’re a thriving HR advisory, leadership and recruitment consultancy based on the Sunshine Coast. We work with SMEs, not-for-profits, government and corporate clients, from 12-person hospitality businesses, to real estate agencies, to medical practices, to boards and executive teams of councils. Bonnie (Managing Director) and Emil (General Manager) lead the business together, and we’re growing.

Why clients choose us, and stay

Plenty of consultancies can tell a client what the Fair Work Act says. Our clients come to us, and stay with us, for something different:

We give a straight answer.

Our clients get our advice in plain English,



and the reasoning and risk behind it, not a list of options and a disclaimer.

We work inside real business constraints.

Cash flow, a stretched manager, a board that meets once a month. The right answer is the one the business can actually commit to and deliver.

Detail is non-negotiable.

The classification, the clause, the date on the letter. Small errors in HR become expensive problems, so we measure twice before we cut.

People come first, on both sides.

The employee being performance managed is a person too. We protect the business and treat people with dignity, and we don’t think those two things compete.

We think past the template.

When the standard approach won’t fit, we find one that will, and we can explain why it’s sound.

We’re in it for the long haul.

We build authentic partnerships, not one-off jobs. We want to be the first call to drive proactive HR, not the last resort when it’s already on fire.

We bring energy.

HR is often called in when things are hard. We turn up with warmth, pace and a bit of fun, and clients feel the happy humans difference.

That’s the standard you’d be holding, from day one.

The role

You’ll own a portfolio of client accounts and be their first call for everything people related. Most of the time you’ll work remotely. About one day a week we’ll work together in person,



so you need to be based in Brisbane or on the Sunshine Coast and happy to travel to client sites across South East Queensland when required.

We’re thinking three days a week. For the right person, we’ll talk about how those days fall and whether a little more or less suits.

What you’ll be doing

- Running client accounts end to end, working directly with owners, leaders, CEOs, executive teams and boards
- Advising on award coverage and classifications across a wide range of up-to-date awards, plus contracts, policies and compliance
- Guiding clients through performance management, misconduct, terminations and restructures, including redundancy consultation, with procedural fairness and humanity always prioritised
- Handling employee and industrial relations matters: grievances, complaints, conflict and early dispute resolution
- Helping clients understand and manage psychosocial hazards and build wellbeing into how they work and lead
- Coaching managers and leaders through hard conversations and better leadership habits
- Designing and delivering workshops, webinars and leadership sessions
- Using psychometric tools such as DISC, OPQ and LSI where accredited
- Helping shape how happy humans works as we grow: content, tools and better ways of serving our clients

What you’ll need

- At least five years in generalist HR, with real time spent advising small and medium businesses, whether in-house, in a consultancy, or both
- Confidence across a wide range of modern awards. You can find the clause, read it properly and apply it without phoning a friend
- Hands‑on experience running performance management, terminations and r

📌 Senior HR Advisor (Sunshine Coast Regional)
🏢 Happy Humans Consulting
📍 Sunshine Coast Regional