This respected Australian university is a nationally recognised education and research institution with seven campuses across Australia.
Combining national scale with a strong sense of purpose, the university delivers education, research and community initiatives that contribute to a fairer, more ethical and sustainable future.
The Chance
As the Senior People & Capability Business Partner, you'll act as a trusted advisor to executive and senior leaders, translating organisational priorities into effective workforce, capability and culture outcomes.
You'll provide strategic advice across workforce planning, organisational design, transformation, talent management, leadership capability and complex people matters, using workforce insights to identify emerging needs and shape proactive solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Partner with executive and senior leaders to deliver strategic people and workforce solutions.
Lead workforce planning, organisational design, transformation, talent and capability initiatives.
Act as a trusted advisor on complex, sensitive and high-risk people matters.
Use workforce insights and data to identify emerging trends, risks and talent needs, ensuring solutions align with legislation, enterprise agreements and governance frameworks.
Coach and mentor P&C; team members, strengthening capability and consistency across the function.
About You
You'll be an accomplished senior HR/P&C; professional with the credibility and commercial judgement to operate as a strategic partner to executive and senior leadership within a complex organisation.
You'll bring:
Relevant HR qualification with extensive generalist experience across ER/IR, workforce planning,



organisational design and complex people matters.
Proven experience partnering with executive and senior leaders on strategic people, workforce and organisational matters.
Demonstrated experience leading large-scale change, transformation and organisational design initiatives.
Strong knowledge of employment legislation, enterprise agreements and governance, with experience across talent, succession and workforce capability planning.
Why Join?
This is a newly created senior position offering genuine scope to influence how People & Capability partners with leaders across a complex national university.
17% superannuation + annual leave loading
HEW 9 level
Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
Salary packaging opportunities
Generous leave provisions
Fitzroy, Melbourne or North Sydney location
Exposure to executive and senior leadership
Opportunity to influence workforce strategy, organisational design and transformation at a national level
Ready to make an impact?
Bring your strategic HR expertise, commercial judgement and partnering capability to a role where you can help shape the workforce, capability and culture of a major national university.
At HOBAN we encourage applications from people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people of all genders, LGBTI people, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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📌 Senior P&C Business Partner (New South Wales)
🏢 HOBAN Recruitment
📍 New South Wales