People Partner
About UNSW:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter.
About the People & Culture Business Partnering (P&C BP) Team:
Delivering both operational and strategic human resources services, the P&C BP Team manage people matters with confidence, care, and consistency. Partnering with their people leaders to achieve their people strategy and further meaningful work we do at UNSW as a leader in teaching and research.
Why Your Role Matters:
As a People Partner, you will be a trusted advisor to leaders, driving strategic people initiatives and enhancing the employee experience across your designated client group. Partnering with stakeholders, your role strengthens leadership capabilities, supports organisational change, and embeds contemporary people practices that enable high performance and engagement.
With a strong background in HR business partnering, you will build trusted relationships with stakeholders and deliver informed, solutions‑focused guidance across workplace and employee relations. Through your ability to influence, coach and build strong relationships, you will navigate complex workforce challenges and deliver meaningful people outcomes across our diverse workforce, passionate about the work they do here at UNSW.
In this people‑centred role, embedded within your faculty, you'll build localised knowledge to expertly advise on complex people issues, supporting organisational initiatives, and enable an engaged workplace culture.
Your day-to-day includes:
- Proactively partnering with clients to provide effective P&C solutions, no two days are the same.
- Leveraging your expertise across the full employee lifecycle to provide proactive, high-quality advice on a broad range of people matters, ensuring fair, consistent and effective outcomes
- Managing employee relation matters conduct concerns, performance, redundancies, medical incapacity and grievances.
- Implementing P&C policies and procedures and improvements as an expert in your field.
- Overseeing workforce planning including recruitment, internal mobility and managing workplace change.
- Providing effective P&C workforce reporting and analysis to support informed decision making by leaders.
- Supporting and mentoring our Advisors and Officers for a collaborative P&C team.
Reporting into the Senior People Partner for your Faculty/Division, this role is supported by a dedicated People Advisor as well Officers in the People Experience Team. You'll be joining a close-knit team, furthering your career in a supportive environment which focuses on learning, progression and excellence.
Who You Are:
We're looking for a senior HR professional with experience across a similar role in a complex and client-centred environment; a strategically minded Consultant looking for their next partnering role, holding the following skills and experience:
- Proven-track record in a Partnering role, independently managing a diverse client group, including senior leaders.
- Strong working knowledge of HR policies, procedures, and enterprise agreements, with demonstrated experience in applying these autonomously to resolve complex people matters.
- Proven ability to manage employee relations and casework with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgement.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Demonstrated capability to deliver timely, practical HR advice in a dynamic and complex environment.
- Experience supporting junior P&C staff, contributing to a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
- Ability to interpret and apply people data and insights to inform decision-making and continuous improvement.
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and contexts.
Benefits and Culture:
At UNSW, the work you do has a ripple effect far beyond your immediate role. Here, you can put your skills to the service of something bigger, something meaningful. We offer:
- Flexible hours and the opportunity to work from home regularly.
- Discounts & entitlements including on UNSW courses.
- Flexible 17% Superannuation and Leave Loading
- Additional 3 days leave over the December break.
- Wellbeing programs and initiatives, such as recharge week and health checks.
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