HR Business Partner

Tandem Partners; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tandem Partners is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner in Brisbane, Australia, to partner with senior leaders across a diverse workforce, delivering practical, commercially-focused HR advice and support. The role emphasises employee and industrial relations, investigations, and leadership coaching within a fast-paced environment.

You will contribute to talent management, succession planning and organisational change while building credible relationships across levels of the organisation

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex employee relations matters and workplace investigations end-to-end.
• Strong knowledge of employment law, enterprise agreements and IR frameworks.
• Experience in unionised or EA-covered environments.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and coach leaders.
• Commercial, pragmatic approach to HR challenges.
• Capability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to provide strategic and operational HR advice and support.
• Manage complex workplace investigations, grievances, misconduct matters and performance processes end-to-end.
• Provide advice on enterprise agreements, employment legislation, policies and IR instruments.
• Coach leaders through challenging employee relations matters to build capability.
• Support talent management, succession planning, remuneration and workforce planning.
• Contribute to organisational change, leadership development and broader HR initiatives.
• Build strong relationships across all levels and collaborate with HR teams to deliver outcomes.

Skills

Employee relations

Industrial relations

Leadership coaching

Stakeholder management

HR policy

Talent management

Organisational change

Job description

Full job description

Reporting to a senior People & Culture leader, you will partner with key stakeholders across a diverse workforce, providing practical and commercially focused HR advice and support. This is an opportunity to build long-term relationships with the business, strengthen leadership capability and contribute to sustainable people outcomes.

This is a broad HR Business Partner opportunity with a significant focus on employee and industrial relations. The role will involve managing complex ER/IR matters, including workplace investigations, grievances, performance management and leadership coaching.

You will also contribute to broader people initiatives, including talent management, succession planning, organisational change and workforce capability.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders and key stakeholders to provide strategic and operational HR advice and support.
• Manage complex workplace investigations, grievances, misconduct matters and performance management processes end-to-end.
• Provide advice on enterprise agreements, employment legislation, policies and industrial instruments.
• Coach and support leaders through challenging employee relations matters, building their confidence and capability.
• Support talent management, succession planning, remuneration, performance and workforce planning processes.
• Contribute to organisational change, leadership development and broader people initiatives.
• Build strong relationships across all levels of the organisation, providing practical and commercially focused solutions. Collaborate with specialist HR teams to deliver consistent and effective people outcomes.

About you

• Demonstrated experience managing complex employee relations matters and workplace investigations end-to-end.
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation, enterprise agreements and industrial relations frameworks.
• Experience supporting complex workforces, ideally within operational, unionised or EA-covered environments.
• The ability to build credibility and influence stakeholders at both senior leadership and frontline levels.
• Strong leadership coaching capability, particularly around performance, conduct and employee relations matters.
• Experience supporting broader HR initiatives, including talent, succession, remuneration and organisational change.
• A commercially minded, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach to navigating complex people challenges.
• Confidence working autonomously, managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

If you are confident that your experience reflects the above criteria. Should you have any questions please contact Georgina Norman at ********@tandempartners.com.au