Human Resources Business Partner

Carinity; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly RDO

Salary packaging for higher take-home

Job summary

Carinity is seeking an experienced Human Resources Business Partner who works closely with leaders to address real workforce challenges and build capable teams. This generalist role spans education, disability, community, youth and aged care across dispersed sites.

You will support the employee lifecycle, balance day-to-day advice with workforce planning, coaching, and organisational change while ensuring practical, fair outcomes.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in human resources, employment relations, business or related discipline.
• Generalist HR experience supporting operational leaders across multi-site or dispersed services.
• Sound knowledge of Australian employment legislation, modern awards, enterprise agreements.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders on workforce priorities and people challenges.
• Provide practical advice on performance, conduct, attendance and wellbeing.
• Coordinate employee relations case management and investigations.
• Coach leaders through difficult conversations and documentation.
• Interpret awards, agreements and employment policies.
• Use workforce data to identify risks and inform actions.
• Contribute to workforce planning and service improvement.
• Improve HR tools and self-service resources.

Skills

Employment relations knowledge

Coaching and influencing

Risk assessment

Organisational change

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft 365

HRIS

Job description

Make a practical differenceto leaders, employees and the communities Carinityserves.

• Monthly RDO supporting genuinework-life balance
• PBI not-for-profit salarypackaging that may increase your take-homepay

About theopportunityCarinity is seeking anexperienced Human Resources Business Partner who enjoys being closeto the business, working through real workforce challenges andhelping leaders build confident, capableteams.

This is a varied generalist rolesupporting leaders across Carinity’s diverse and geographicallydispersed services, including education, disability, community,youth and aged care. You will work across the employee lifecycle,balancing practical day-to-day advice and case management withworkforce planning, leader coaching, process improvement andorganisational change.

Rather than simply providing advice,you will work alongside leaders to understand the issue, assess therisks and develop practical, fair and sustainablesolutions.

What you willdo

• Partner with operational andsite-based leaders on workforce priorities, employee mattersand local people challenges.
• Provide practical advice onperformance, conduct, attendance, wellbeing and workplaceconcerns.
• Coordinate employee relationscase management, including investigations, performanceimprovement and disciplinaryprocesses.
• Coach leaders throughchallenging conversations, early intervention, documentationand defensible decision-making.
• Interpret modern awards,enterprise agreements, employment legislation andorganisational policies.
• Use workforce information suchas turnover, absenteeism, rostering patterns and capabilitygaps to identify risks and support practicalresponses.
• Contribute to workforceplanning, organisational change and service improvementinitiatives.
• Help improve HR tools, processesand self-service resources so leaders can manage routine peoplematters confidently.
• Work collaboratively with HRcolleagues, Payroll, Finance and Work Health and Safety tosupport consistent and reliable peoplepractices.
• VisitCarinity locations, including regional services, to providepractical on-site support whenrequired.

AboutyouYou are an experienced HRgeneralist who combines sound employment relations knowledge withpractical judgement and a genuine ability to build trustedrelationships.

You willbring:

• A tertiary qualification inhuman resources, employment relations, business or a relateddiscipline, or equivalent relevantexperience.
• Generalist HR experiencesupporting operational leaders, ideally across multi-site orgeographically dispersed services.
• Soundknowledge of Australian employment legislation, modernawards, enterprise agreements and contemporary employeerelations practice.
• Experience supporting workplaceinvestigations, performance management, disciplinary processesand other complex employee matters.
• Strongcoaching and influencing skills, with the ability toexplain complex issues clearly and build leadercapability.
• The judgement to assess risk,maintain confidentiality and escalat complex or sensitivematters appropriately.
• Strongwritten communication, case documentation andorganisational skills.
• Confidence using HR informationsystems, Microsoft 365 and digital self-servicetools.
• A currentAustralian driver licence and the capacity to travelbetween Carinity locations asrequired.

Experience in aged care, communityservices, disability, youth services, education or anotherregulated environment would be highly regarded, but is notessential.

WhyCarinity?At Carinity, we believe that truecare begins with seeing the person — not just their needs, buttheir story, their strengths, and their hopes. Every interaction isan opportunity to offer kindness, dignity, and respect that goesbeyond the moment.

Whether we’re providing aged care,walking alongside young people, supporting families, or offeringspiritual comfort, our care is deeply personal. We take the time tolisten, to understand and to respond — because meaningful careshould be based around your uniqueneeds.

And because we care personally, theimpact lasts. It’s felt in the confidence of a student findingtheir path, the peace of an older person feeling safe and valued,and the strength of a family supported through life’schallenges.

With our Christian faith at the heartof everything we do, Carinity is here to make a difference — oneperson, one moment, one lasting impact at atime.

Attachments:
- Carinity Corporate PD - HR Business Partner.docx