Sista ansökningsdag 2026-12-07 Plats: AUS - Melbourne

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About The Job The Human Resources Manager serves as the site HR leader and trusted partner to the Melbourne leadership team. This role provides hands-on leadership across the full employee lifecycle, including workforce planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, employee and industrial relations, payroll and benefits, performance and talent management, learning and development, employee engagement, return-to-work coordination, employment law, and HR compliance.

The HR Manager balances strategic partnership with practical day-to-day delivery, helping leaders build capability, strengthen culture, manage risk, and achieve business priorities in a safe, inclusive, and high-performing workplace.

About The Ideal Candidate

Leadership and workforce planning

- Partner with the local leadership team on workforce planning, organisational effectiveness, capability, culture, and business priorities.
- Lead HR projects, process improvements, organisational change, and relationships with external HR, legal, union, training, and government partners.

Talent and employee lifecycle
- Lead recruitment, labour-hire coordination, onboarding, internal mobility, succession, retention, offboarding, and employment separations.
- Support performance, talent, learning, apprenticeship, engagement, inclusion, recognition, and leadership development initiatives.

Employee and industrial relations
- Advise leaders and employees on workplace concerns, investigations, conflict resolution, performance, disciplinary matters, and respectful workplace issues.
- Lead industrial relations activities, including employee consultation, enterprise agreement interpretation and negotiations, and Fair Work Commission applications and supporting documentation, as required.

Compliance, payroll and reporting
- Ensure HR practices and documentation comply with the Fair Work Act 2009, National Employment Standards,



contemporary awards or enterprise agreements, privacy requirements, and company policies.
- Oversee weekly and monthly payroll, remuneration and benefits administration, payroll controls, audits, and end-of- financial-year activities.
- Maintain accurate HR systems, personnel records, job descriptions, people metrics, and statutory reporting, including headcount, long service leave, WGEA reporting, and sustainability data.

Health, safety and return to work
- Coordinate workers’ compensation and return-to-work activities with employees, leaders, insurers, medical providers, WorkSafe Victoria, and HSEQ partners.

- Perform other related duties as assigned.

Education And Experience

- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Employment Relations, Business, Psychology, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
- 5+ years of progressive generalist HR experience, ideally as an HR Business Partner or HR Manager.
- Experience in manufacturing, medical device, industrial, or another regulated operational environment is strongly preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of Australian employment and industrial relations requirements, including the Fair Work Act 2009, National Employment Standards, modern awards, and/or enterprise agreements.
- Experience managing complex employee relations, investigations, performance matters, organisational change, and employment separations.
- Hands-on payroll and workers' compensation/return-to-work experience; Wage Easy or comparable payroll system experience is advantageous.
- Experience supporting leaders in a multinational or matrixed organisation and leading HR projects or process improvements.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365, HR and payroll systems, people analytics, and reporting, professional memberships or certifications are advantageous.

Application Process Applications will be taken until December 7th. Candidates whose experience most closely matches the description above will be contacted with next steps.

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📌 Human Resources Manager (Melbourne)
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