HR Business Partner

UnitingCare Queensland; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Salary packaging benefits

Recognition and rewards platform

Job summary

BlueCare, part of UnitingCare Queensland, is seeking an HR Partner to work with leaders across services that support people and communities in Queensland. You will turn workforce priorities into practical action, delivering strategic and hands-on HR partnering.

This is a six-month fixed-term role with hybrid working by agreement. You will work with People & Culture to drive leadership capability, workforce planning and organisational change, using data to inform decisions.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in HR or relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience in a comparable HR partnering role with senior leaders.
• Experience implementing HR initiatives and supporting complex change.
• Strong business acumen and ability to navigate complex workforce issues.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Solid knowledge of end-to-end HR processes, employment legislation, policy and controls.
• Ability to obtain probity checks and Right to Work in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Partner with HR Business Partners and People & Culture to deliver organisational priorities and strategic workforce programs.
• Support leaders through transformational programs and change adoption.
• Use workforce data to provide insights, identify risks and inform decisions.
• Contribute to enterprise bargaining, organisational change and business-led projects.
• Provide practical, hands-on HR partnering across a broad range of people matters.
• Collaborate within a high-performing People & Culture team to strengthen capability and performance.

Skills

HR partnering

Change management

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Communication

Policy knowledge

Education

HR qualification or relevant field

Job description

Bring your HR partnering expertise to a business where the workforce impact is real and visible.

At BlueCare, you will work alongside leaders responsible for services that support people and communities across Queensland. Your advice will help build capable, engaged teams and turn workforce priorities into practical action.

Please note, this is a six-month fixed-term position.Flexibility is important to us, and we know it is to you too. This role supports hybrid working by agreement.

Your part in our UnitingCare team

• Partner with fellow HR Business Partners and People & Culture colleagues to deliver key organisational priorities, including leadership capability initiatives, workforce planning, organisational effectiveness and strategic workforce programs.

• Support leaders to embed the significant change delivered through transformational programs of work, most recently the United & Stronger in Our Homes transformation in our Residential Aged Care stream, helping teams adopt new ways of working and realise the intended benefits of change.

• Use workforce data and trends to provide insight, identify risk and support evidence-based decisions.

• Contribute to major workforce and industrial relations priorities, including Enterprise Agreement bargaining, organisational change initiatives and business-led projects across BlueCare.

• Roll up your sleeves and provide practical, hands‑on HR partnering support across a broad range of people matters, balancing strategic thinking with operational delivery.

• Work collaboratively as part of a high‑performing People & Culture team, responding to emerging business needs and helping deliver outcomes that strengthen capability, engagement and performance across BlueCare.

What makes a difference for us?

• A tertiary qualification in Human Resources or a relevant field or relevant experience.

• Significant experience in a comparable HR partnering role, providing strategic and tactical advice to senior leaders.

• Demonstrated experience implementing HR initiatives and programs and supporting complex change.

• Strong business acumen, critical thinking and the ability to work through complex workforce issues.

• Excellent stakeholder management, coaching, written and verbal communication skills.

• Sound knowledge of end‑to‑end HR processes, employment legislation, policy and internal controls.

• Confidence to satisfy relevant probity checks, including a Nationally Coordinated Police Check and evidence of Right to Work in Australia.

What makes a difference for you?

The opportunity to be part of the second‑largest Queensland employer, an organisation that has been leading by example for more than 100 years. Joining our team, you will be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. We are a proud not‑for‑profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work‑life balance.

• Access to salary packaging, including up to $15,900 per year tax free and up to $2,650 of pre‑tax income for meal and entertainment benefits.

• A recognition and rewards platform with discounts at hundreds of retailers, plus wellbeing and employee assistance programs.

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and two weeks paid partner leave after six months’ service, in addition to the government scheme.

• Diversity and inclusive leave, including paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options.

• Career development opportunities and a positive, inclusive team grounded in respect, shared standards and service to others.

Ready to use your HR expertise where purpose, scale and real‑world impact come together? Join BlueCare and help leaders create the conditions for their people to do their best work.

Child safe, child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation. We provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children, implement measures to prevent abuse and neglect, respond appropriately and immediately if concerns arise, and abide by the Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct Scheme.

Diversity & inclusion

Our approach is simple - everybody is welcome here. Diversity is central to who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to equal opportunities for all employees and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

Safe workplace and safeguarding

We work together to create services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in protecting children, young people, adults and older people from harm, and we speak up so their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our commitment to preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.