Country People Lead | Australia

Blue Light Card; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Annual leave and time off

Birthday Leave

Moments that Matter Leave

Volunteer Leave

Fertility Treatment Leave

Paid parental leave

Private health insurance contribution

Personal growth fund

Casual dress code

Blue Light Card for staff

Job summary

Blue Light Card is seeking a sole in-market People leader to own the full people function in Australia. Based in Sydney with three days in the office, you will tailor global frameworks to the Australian context, shaping decisions, culture, and compliance as the business scales.

Reporting to the UK Chief People Officer and locally to the General Manager Australia, you’ll partner with leadership to drive growth, engagement, and a high-performance culture while guiding HR across ER, talent, and

Qualifications

• Senior HR business partner with senior-level partnership experience.
• Experience scaling or high-growth businesses.
• Broad HR remit incl. ER, talent, performance, reward, engagement and organisational design.
• Strong knowledge of Australian employment law (Fair Work Act, Modern Awards).
• Analytical with data-driven decision making.
• Experience with UK-headquartered or globally distributed organisations is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Own the Australian people plan aligned to growth objectives.
• Drive performance culture with goal setting and development conversations.
• Lead employee relations end-to-end in line with Australian law.
• Plan and sequence hiring with Talent Acquisition and oversee onboarding in Australia.
• Adapt global people frameworks to local legislative needs.
• Lead engagement activity using data to surface trends.
• Play central role in transition to AI-enabled organisation.
• Represent the Australian business within the People team and inform group decisions.

Skills

Senior HRBP

Scaling experience

Employee relations

Talent management

Performance management

Reward

Employee engagement

Organisational design

Job description

Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable

The Role and the Team

As the sole in-market people professional, you'll sit on the Australian leadership team and own the full people function for the business, connecting a growing local team to BLC's global organisation while building the practices and culture that will sustain that growth.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer in the UK, with a dotted line to the General Manager in Australia, you'll operate as a trusted partner, shaping decisions rather than responding to them. This is a role with genuine scope: you'll set the people agenda, adapt BLC's global frameworks for the Australian context, and ensure the business scales with the right talent, culture, and compliance in place.

Based in Sydney with three days per week in the office, you'll bring the realities of the Australian market into global thinking while being a visible, connected presence for colleagues on the ground.

What You'll Do

• Own the Australian people plan, partnering with the local leadership team to ensure it directly supports BLC Australia's growth objectives and operating context
• Drive performance culture across the Australian business, supporting consistent goal setting, feedback and development conversations
• Lead all employee relations matters end-to-end and in line with Australian employment law, including the Fair Work Act and relevant state obligations
• Partner with the leadership team and Talent Acquisition to plan and sequence hiring as the business scales, overseeing onboarding for all new hires in Australia
• Assess and adapt BLC's global people frameworks for Australian legislative and workforce requirements, identifying gaps and proposing solutions without waiting for direction
• Lead engagement activity in Australia, using data and people metrics to surface trends and inform the people planli>
• Play a central role in BLC Australia's transition to an AI-enabled organisation, partnering with leadership to build the mindset and behaviours needed as adoption grows
• Represent the Australian business within the wider People team, ensuring local priorities and context are factored into group-level decisions

What You'll Bring

• Significant experience as a senior HR business partner, partnering at a senior level
• A background in scaling or high-growth businesses, where people practices have needed to be built as well as maintained
• Breadth across the full HR generalist remit, including ER, talent, performance, reward, engagement and organisational design
• Deep working knowledge of Australian employment law, including the Fair Work Act, Modern Awards and relevant state-based obligations
• Strong analytical capability, with confidence using people data and metrics to shape decisions and demonstrate impact
• Experience working with a UK-headquartered or globally distributed organisation, adapting group-level frameworks for local markets, would be a bonus but is not essential

Our culture

At Blue Light Card, our members are at the heart of everything we do, and it’s our incredible team that makes it all possible. We’re all about creating a workplace where people genuinely love what they do, and where talented individuals are excited to join.

We’re a tight-knit team motivated by shared values and a collective mission to support the people who keep our communities safe. We work hard, support each other, and always make room for a bit of fun along the way! Our Sydney office is in the heart of the CBD (near Townhall), is where ideas flow, snacks are plentiful, and teamwork thrives.

In the UK, we’re the leading discounts marketplace for the blue light community, partnering with over 18,000 brands to deliver exclusive savings. We’ve brought that same game-changing offering to Australia, supporting health professionals, law enforcement, emergency services, and teachers. Together, we’re building something amazing for our everyday heroes.

What We Offer

• Hybrid working (3 office/2 home) and flexible hours
• 24 days of annual leave, Birthday Leave + Moments that Matter and Volunteer Leave
• Fertility Treatment Leave and Paid parental leave
• $1,000 contribution towards private health insurance
• Personal growth fund of $500 per year to invest in your development
• Casual dress code and modern office space + stocked kitchen
• Your very own Blue Light Card for the work you do supporting front line workers