HR Business Partner - Melbourne OR Perth location

Dynamic, remote-first HR Business Partner role delivering generalist advisory, compliance, and key systems implementations across a growing APAC portfolio.

- Full Time: Permanent, Full-time (January 2027 Start)
- Location: Melbourne or Perth (Primarily Remote / Hybrid)
- Salary: $100k - $120k Superannuation

About the Organisation

Our client, working exclusively with proteqt Talent Solutions, is a rapidly growing global group specialising in testing, inspection, certification, and compliance. Partnering with high-performing, market-leading businesses across diverse technical and operational industries, they deliver exceptional compliance and technical services.

With a strong focus on empowering independent operations within a collaborative framework, they are committed to fostering positive workplace cultures, maintaining operational excellence, and driving effective HR standards across all regional businesses.

About the Role

This newly created position has been established to provide practical generalist HR support across diverse businesses in the APAC region while driving key strategic initiatives, including HRIS and payroll system implementations. Please note: This role is scheduled for a January 2027 commencement.

Working directly with business leaders, local teams, and reporting directly to the HR Manager, APAC, you will balance advisory work with hands-on delivery to maintain employment compliance, strengthen employee lifecycle processes, and manage integration activities.

Your key responsibilities include

- Generalist HR & Employee Relations: Advise managers across the full employee lifecycle, managing Award interpretation, ER casework documentation, and core recruitment administration.
- Acquisition Integration & Compliance: Support post-acquisition transitions by auditing HR records, aligning policies and contracts, and embedding Group standards across newly acquired entities.
- Workers’ Compensation & Health and Safety:



Guide business units through workers’ compensation claims and return-to-work plans while managing the accuracy of incident reporting systems.
- HR Systems & Special Projects: Assist with system implementations and employee data migrations, partnering with Finance on payroll reconciliations and delivering user training materials.
- Continuous Improvement & Governance: Partner with the Head of HR to streamline operational HR processes, maintain compliance with Group policies, and deliver ad-hoc regional support.

About You

You are an adaptable, self-motivated, and values-driven HR professional with 5 years of generalist HR experience supporting multi-site or geographically dispersed businesses, looking to step into a newly created role starting in January 2027. You bring a solid working knowledge of Australian employment legislation and Modern Awards, combined with a practical, solutions-focused approach to problem-solving. Comfortable working independently from a home or hybrid office environment, you excel at managing multiple priorities and balancing high-level advice with practical administration.

You are an effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills, high attention to detail, and a collaborative approach to building trusted stakeholder relationships.

Experience with HRIS/payroll system implementations (particularly PeopleHR), acquisition integrations, or exposure to technical, industrial, or operational environments will be highly regarded.

Next steps

If you are a People & Culture qualified available for a January 2027 start who is excited to take on a newly created role within a dynamic, expanding organisation, please make an application by clicking the 'Apply' tab below to submit your resume in Word format.

To confidentially discuss this role further, please feel free to call Michelle Mortimer from proteqt Talent Solutions on 0493 444 290.

proteqt Talent Solutions are delighted to be managing this retained assignment in partnership with our client. proteqt Talent Solutions actively embraces diversity in the workforce through inclusive representation of gender, culture, thought, and flexible work arrangements.

📌 Human Resources Business Partner (Melbourne)
🏢 proteqt
📍 Melbourne