• Permanent Full Time (1 FTE)
• Good Shepherd Head Office, La Trobe Street, Melbourne
• SCHADS Level 7, $113,131 (plus super and salary packaging)

Role Purpose

Imagine coming to work every day knowing that your ideas are valued, your growth is encouraged, and your impact is felt across the entire organisation. At the Good Shepherd, we're committed to creating an environment where you can unleash your potential, drive meaningful change, and have a ton of fun along the way.

As our Human Resource Business Partner, you’ll be pivotal to connecting our HR strategy with our business goals. You’ll work hand-In-hand with our client portfolios to craft and implement initiatives that keep our employees engaged, our culture vibrant, and our operations running smoothly.

• Strategic Partner: Collaborate with senior leaders to develop and execute HR strategies that align with our business objectives.
• Talent Magnet: Lead recruitment efforts, from crafting job descriptions to onboarding new team members, ensuring we attract and retain top talent in conjunction with recruitment.
• Culture Champion: Drive employee engagement and inclusion initiatives that foster a positive, inclusive, and dynamic workplace.
• Problem Solver: Address employee relations issues with sensitivity and fairness, always striving for win-win solutions.
• Performance mentor: Oversee performance management processes, helping employees set goals in conjunction with managers, receive feedback, and grow their careers.
• Data-Driven: Analyse HR metrics to provide insights and recommendations that drive informed decisions and improvements.
• Compliance Expert: Ensure our HR practices are in line with labor laws and regulations, maintaining a safe and respectful workplace.
• Project Leader: Spearhead HR projects like diversity and inclusion programs, training and development initiatives, and succession planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leaders to provide expert advice on workforce planning, employee lifecycle, employee relations, performance management, remuneration, conflict resolution, and emerging HR areas.
• Provide advice, coaching, feedback, and support to leaders, ensuring effective management of team performance and development needs.
• Contribute to and develop/review HR strategies, policies, and procedures, aligning them with organisational objectives.
• Support the resolution of conflicts between employees or between employees and manager/s to ensure resolutions that align with organisational values.
• Ensure the quality, compliance and proper storage of HR documentation and maintain version control.

About you

• Relevant tertiary qualifications (Bachelor’s degree) in a human resources management related discipline, including, behavioural psychology, business, social science or organisation development
• Experience in a not for profit or human services sector Is desirable
• Track record of contributing to the development and review of HR strategies, policies, and procedures, ensuring they align with organisational objectives and industry best practices
• Strong capability in providing advice, coaching, feedback, and support to leaders, resulting in effective team performance and development aligned with organisational values.
• Experience resolving complex and diverse employee relations matters.

About Us

At the Good Shepherd, we don't just believe in the power of people – we live it. As a trailblazer in providing services and support In the areas of family and domestic violence, we're passionate about fostering a culture where innovation, collaboration, and diversity thrive. Now, we're on the lookout for a dynamic Human Resource Business Partner (HRBP) to join our team and help us elevate our people strategy to new heights.

Our 2023-2027 strategy outlines the world we want to see and our role in advancing it. We aspire for all women, girls, and families to be safe, well, strong, and connected. We strive for equity, dignity and social justice for women, girls and families by collaborating globally and acting locally, supporting our communities in Australia and New Zealand to thrive. 

We want women, girls and families to live full and dignified lives, have dignified income and enjoy financial wellbeing.  We aim to provide place-based, people-centred, holistic services while working at the system level to achieve bold and audacious reform. We currently offer microfinance programs and products, financial counselling and coaching, family and domestic violence support services, family and youth programs, playgroups, education programs and community houses. These services are complemented by research and strong advocacy to address the underlying structural causes of injustice, exclusion, and inequality.  

Good Shepherd employees are committed to inclusive practice that responds to the specific needs, context, and circumstances of service participants. We embrace the diversity and intersectionality of individuals and recognise a person’s right to a unique identity comprising culture, language, ability, community, gender, sex, sexual orientation and lived experience.

Benefits

• Salary packaging (which can add up to $15,900 in tax-free pay per year)
• Paid study leave
• Paid parental leave
• Gifted leave at Christmas and Easter
• Flexible work hours/working from home where possible
• Employee Assistance Program, a free and confidential counselling service
• & more

How to apply

To apply please submit a short covering letter outlining your relevant skills and experience along with your CV.  Please apply as soon as possible, applications are considered as they are received.

To request a copy of the position description, please email [email protected], using the subject line: HR Business Partner enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Personal data held by Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with our Privacy Statement, which is available on our website.

We recognise the rich diversity of people across Australia. We are committed to ensuring that our team is reflective of the diverse community we serve and to supporting a culture of equity, inclusion and diversity.

Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand is a Child Safe employer. Employment is subject to satisfactory referee checks, a current employment working with Children Check, National Criminal History check and proof of the right to work in Australia.