• Make an impact supporting and working closely with business leaders across Austin Health.
• Full time, 6 month fixed term opportunity
• Flexible hybrid working, with our office located at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the HR Business Partnering department

The HR Business Partnering function sits within the People and Culture Directorate, and acts as a trusted partner to stakeholders and organisational leadership teams. The team works across Austin Health to provide strategic and operational HR advice, coaching and subject matter expertise on a range of HR matters.

About the role

Reporting to the Manager, HR Business Partners, you will work closely with business leaders in a portfolio that includes primarily clinical areas of Austin Health.

A regular day will see you:

• Working with an allocated portfolio of managers to build capability and enable the implementation of HR processes.
• Providing guidance and subject matter expertise to deliver end-to-end operational HR solutions to identified issues.
• Working closely with aligned Senior HR Business Partners to support portfolios and address identified people issues.
• Working closely with other P&C Departments to deliver a comprehensive and seamless service into the business.
• Acting as a central People and Culture point of contact for HR issues, and as a conduit for People and Culture initiatives into the business.
• Attending and actively contributing to meetings and other activities with the team, colleagues and stakeholders.

About you

You will be an experienced HR practitioner, who has excellent communication skills and a willingness to actively participate in issues resolution and problem solving. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work, and operate with a high degree of autonomy and proactiveness in your work.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• Previous experience in a Business Partnering or similar HR role.
• Relationship management expertise, including the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders within P&C and portfolio areas.
• Critical thinking, analytical and problem solving skills in order to scope and understand problems and issues, and identify and implement resolution pathways.
• A commitment to team work and contributing to initiatives, projects and team activities.
• An engaged and proactive approach to the work.

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.

Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.
• Onsite childcare, easy access to multiple public transport options and car parking.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Annette Molloy (Manager, HR Business Partners) on 0434 843 941.

Please note, we will not be accepting applications from recruitment agencies for this role at this time. Thank you for your understanding.