HR Manager

Seek.Com.Au; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13-month parental leave contract

Premium Melbourne CBD location

Job summary

seek.com.au is seeking an accomplished Human Resources Manager for a high-profile role within a leading Australian law firm. You will partner with senior leaders and partners, providing commercially focused HR advice across the employee lifecycle while driving firm-wide people initiatives.

This senior HR Manager role is based in Melbourne with a premium CBD location and a 13-month parental leave contract, offering substantial influence and autonomy within a collaborative HR team.

Qualifications

• Senior HR experience, ideally within a law firm or legal services environment.
• Strong HR business partnering and stakeholder management capability.
• Commercial acumen and sound knowledge of employment legislation.
• Confidence influencing and advising senior stakeholders.
• Exceptional judgement, discretion and communication skills.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach.
• Experience leading and developing team members.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior stakeholders across talent, workforce planning, performance, engagement and employee relations.
• Provide trusted advice on complex and sensitive people matters.
• Lead performance, career development, reward and recognition processes.
• Manage recruitment and support the successful onboarding of new employees.
• Drive HR initiatives, process improvements and people-related projects.
• Contribute to graduate and seasonal clerk recruitment programs.
• Coach and develop HR team members and collaborate across the broader HR function.

Skills

HR business partnering

Stakeholder management

Employment law knowledge

People leadership

Job description

This is an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished Human Resources Manager to step into a high-profile role within a leading Australian law firm.

Working closely with senior leaders and partners, you’ll operate as a trusted HR business partner, providing commercially focused advice across the employee lifecycle while contributing to broader people initiatives and firm-wide projects. You’ll join an experienced, collaborative HR team in an environment where judgement, initiative and exceptional stakeholder relationships are genuinely valued.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished Human Resources Manager to step into a high-profile role within a leading Australian law firm.

Working closely with senior leaders and partners, you’ll operate as a trusted HR business partner, providing commercially focused advice across the employee lifecycle while contributing to broader people initiatives and firm-wide projects. You’ll join an experienced, collaborative HR team in an environment where judgement, initiative and exceptional stakeholder relationships are genuinely valued.

Human Resources Manager

• Leading Law Firm
• 13-Month Contract
• Senior & Influential HR Role

Key responsibilities:

• Partner with senior stakeholders across talent, workforce planning, performance, engagement and employee relations.
• Provide trusted advice on complex and sensitive people matters.
• Lead performance, career development, reward and recognition processes.
• Manage recruitment and support the successful onboarding of new employees.
• Drive HR initiatives, process improvements and people-related projects.
• Contribute to graduate and seasonal clerk recruitment programs.
• Coach and develop HR team members and collaborate across the broader HR function.

What You’ll Bring:

• Senior HR experience, ideally within a law firm or legal services environment.
• Strong HR business partnering and stakeholder management capability.
• Commercial acumen and sound knowledge of employment legislation.
• Confidence influencing and advising senior stakeholders.
• Exceptional judgement, discretion and communication skills.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach.
• Experience leading and developing team members.

Why this opportunity?

• This is a high-profile HR role with genuine influence and autonomy.
• Partner directly with senior leaders and key decision-makers.
• Broad remit across business partnering, talent, performance and employee relations.
• Join a highly regarded law firm with an exceptional professional reputation.
• Work alongside an experienced, collaborative and high-performing HR team.
• Premium Melbourne CBD location.
• 13-month parental leave contract offering outstanding senior-level experience.

This is more than a traditional HR Manager role — it’s an opportunity to become a trusted adviser at the heart of the business and make a genuine impact from day one. This role could also suit a Senior HR Consultant who is looking for more regular work for the next 13 months.