ACON is Australia’s largest health promotion organisation specialising in community health, inclusion, and HIV responses for people of diverse sexualities and genders. Established in 1985, ACON works to create opportunities for people in our communities to live their healthiest lives.

We are grounded in the belief that diversity is our strength, our differentiator, and at the core of who we are and what we do. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we encourage applications from people living with HIV, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and LGBTQ people from culturally, linguistically and ethnically diverse, migrant and refugee backgrounds, and LGBTQ people of colour.

Job Description

Our People and Culture Partner plays a pivotal role in shaping the employee experience across ACON. Working closely with leaders and teams, you will help create an inclusive, engaged and supportive workplace.

What’s The People & Culture Team you say?

The People & Culture (P&C;) team partners with ACON’s leaders and employees to help foster a connected, cooperative and engaged workplace. The team delivers effective people and culture guidance to the organisation including recruitment services, onboarding, performance development, learning, development and capability, payroll and remuneration. In addition to core services, People & Culture works on wider workplace engagement, wellbeing and culture initiatives.

Ok, so what’s the role?

The People and Culture Partner is a trusted partner to leaders and teams across ACON, providing specialist People & Culture advice and supporting the delivery of initiatives that strengthen workforce capability, organisational culture and the employee experience.



Some of the responsibilities and projects you will be across include:

- Building strong partnerships with leaders and teams across allocated divisions, maintaining a visible and trusted People and Culture presence to support workforce initiatives, strengthen employee engagement, wellbeing and organisational effectiveness.
- Contributingto the development of organisation-wide learning and capability, identifying current and future capability requirements and partnering with leaders to build capability in people leadership, performance management, employee relations and organisational culture.
- Partnering with people managers and employees across a range of People and Culture processes, including performance development, recruitment advice, psychosocial risk and hazard management, workplace behaviour and culture initiatives.
- Draft, review and maintain People and Culture policies, procedures and practices, ensuring ongoing legislative compliance and alignment with leading and contemporary people and culture practice.
- Leading workforce metrics projects and the optimisation and embedding of HRIS workflows, identifying trends and developing insights to inform strategic decision making.
- Championing diversity and inclusion, work health and safety, and a collaborative and productive team culture across ACON.

Who are we looking for?





- A relevant tertiary degree in Human Resources or a related discipline, with at least five years’ subsequent practitioner experience in a comparable role.
- Strong people partnering experience, with the ability to build trusted partnerships with leaders and teams across an organisation.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex employee relations matters, including performance management, grievances, workplace investigations, dispute resolution and formal processes.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in employee and industrial relations, including strong knowledge and experience interpreting and applying Enterprise Agreements and Modern Awards – SCHADS Award experience would be beneficial.
- Ability to coach and support managers through employee relations matters and build capability in people leadership, performance management and organisational culture.
- Ability to proactively identify People & Culture issues, challenges, trends and workforce needs, providing practical advice and exercising sound professional judgement.
- Experience across contemporary People & Culture practices, including policies, processes, systems, learning and development and workforce capability.
- Strong communication, engagement, collaboration, influence and negotiation skills, with the ability to confidently manage sensitive and complex employee relations matters.
- A commitment to employee engagement, wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, and role modelling ACON’s organisational values in everyday practice.

What else can we tell you?

- Salary: Starting from$110,219.62 (Gross Annual Salary PLUS Superannuation and Leave Loading).
- Location: ACON’s Gadigal (Surry Hills), with flexible workin

📌 People and Culture Partner (Sydney)
🏢 ACON
📍 Sydney