HR Business Partner

Randstad Pty; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad HR Partners in Sydney CBD is seeking a commercially focused HR Business Partner to cover a 12-month parental leave contract. You will partner with a national portfolio to deliver strategic advisory, employee relations, talent programs and continuous improvement projects.

Reporting to senior HR leadership, you will balance strategic stakeholder management with hands-on delivery across designated business units, coaching leaders, driving remuneration reviews, talent mapping, promotions

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced professional services firm or corporate environment.
• Exceptional communication skills and employment relations expertise.
• Discretion and judgment to handle sensitive situations with confidence.

Responsibilities

• Leadership and culture coaching with partners and leaders to drive engagement and development.
• Provide expert advice on employee relations, performance, probations and terminations.
• Drive key annual people processes including remuneration reviews and talent mapping.
• Oversee day-to-day people operations and lifecycle management for designated units.
• Champion DEI, wellbeing, L&D and continuous improvement across the People team.

Skills

Stakeholder management

HR business partnering

Commercial acumen

Employee relations

Job description

A premier professional services firm in Sydney CBD is looking for a commercially focused HR Business Partner to step into a 12-month parental leave contract.

Partnering with a national portfolio, you will deliver a balance of strategic advisory, employee relations, talent programs, and continuous improvement projects. Working alongside key business leaders, you’ll drive high-impact HR solutions aligned with both day-to-day operations

The Role

Reporting to senior HR leadership, you will balance high-level stakeholder management with hands-on delivery across your designated business units. Your primary focus will include:

• Leadership & Culture Coaching: Partnering closely with Partners and business leaders to coach them on leadership effectiveness, engagement strategies, talent development, and embedding an inclusive, high-performing culture.
• Employee Relations & Compliance: Providing expert technical and commercial advice on a broad range of people matters, including employment rights and obligations, performance management, probations, and complex terminations.
• Annual People Processes: Driving key annual initiatives across the firm, including remuneration reviews, talent mapping, promotion cycles, and workforce planning.
• People Operations & Lifecycle Management: Overseeing day-to-day people operations for your business units, collaborating with HR Coordinators to ensure seamless and accurate employee lifecycle execution.
• Strategic Initiatives: Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), employee wellbeing programs, learning and development (L&D), and collaborative continuous improvement projects across the wider People team.

About You

You are a HR Business Partner who brings strong business partnering capability and a sophisticated approach to managing complex stakeholder environments. Experience within a fast-paced professional services firm or a corporate environment is highly regarded. You possess exceptional communication skills, sound employment relations expertise, sharp commercial judgment, and the absolute discretion required to handle sensitive situations with confidence.

At Randstad HR Partners, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

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