About the opportunity

Our client, a well established retail business, is seeking a People & Culture Business Partner to support its retail portfolio. Reporting to the Head of People & Culture, you will partner with the GM Retail and State Managers to turn business strategy into people priorities.

This role goes beyond transactional HR. You will use people data to make decisions, spot risks early, and deliver initiatives that build leadership capability, improve workforce effectiveness and drive commercial, customer and operational results.

Key responsibilities

- Act as a trusted advisor to senior retail leaders on organisational design, workforce planning and leadership capability
- Identify and prioritise high impact people initiatives, turning them into clear plans with measurable outcomes and business ownership
- Embed people priorities and cyclical events across the retail network, including performance, talent reviews, succession planning and remuneration cycles
- Analyse engagement, turnover, absenteeism, performance and safety data to shape priorities and measure impact
- Coach leaders and facilitate forums and workshops that lift capability in performance, engagement and accountability
- Provide expert guidance on complex ER/IR matters, investigations and conduct issues, enabling leaders to act early and consistently




- Lead engagement action planning and cultural initiatives that strengthen the employee experience
- Act as P&C; lead on restructures and transformation projects, including consultation and communication plans that meet legislative requirements

About you

- 5+ years’ experience in a senior HR or People & Culture Business Partnering role in a complex, fast paced setting
- Proven experience influencing senior leaders and driving organisational performance
- Strong capability in organisational design, workforce planning and end-to-end change management
- Solid experience managing complex ER/IR matters and mitigating risk
- Confident interpreting people analytics and translating insights into commercially sound recommendations
- Credible, commercial and comfortable challenging constructively, with strong relationships across store support and distribution teams
- Retail or multi site experience highly regarded

Why apply

This is a chance to shape how a retail business leads, plans and develops its people, with genuine influence at senior level and the backing of a supportive P&C; team.

Additional information

- Strategic P&C; partner to the GM Retail and State leaders
- Provide guidance on ER matters in the retail pace
- 6 month FTC in SE Suburbs

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📌 HR Business Partner (Melbourne)
🏢 Jivaro
📍 Melbourne