People & Culture Business Partner

The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Generous leave entitlements

Onsite parking

Staff health services

Professional development

Job summary

The Royal Melbourne Hospital in Parkville, VIC, is seeking a People & Culture Business Partner to partner with operational and divisional leaders, providing expert workforce solutions across complex employee and industrial relations, workforce strategy and organisational change.

You will build trusted relationships, guide managers through investigations, coach leaders, support workforce planning across multidisciplinary teams, and promote a safe, inclusive workplace aligned with RMH values and

Qualifications

• Experience as a People & Culture Business Partner or HR generalist in healthcare or large, unionised environments.
• Strengths in employee relations, grievance handling, and investigations.
• Proven ability to lead organisational change and manage complex cases.
• Excellent relationship building and ability to coach leaders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to provide practical workforce advice on culture, change and people management.
• Guide managers through complex employee and industrial relations matters, including investigations.
• Coach leaders to build capability and high-performing teams.
• Support workforce planning and talent pipelines across multidisciplinary teams.
• Promote a safe, inclusive workplace aligned with RMH values and risk management.

Skills

ER/IR

Grievance investigations

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

The Royal Melbourne Hospital – Parkville VIC

As a People & Culture Business Partner at the RMH, you'll partner with operational and divisional leaders to provide expert advice and practical workforce solutions across a broad range of people matters, including complex employee and industrial relations, workforce strategy and organisational change.

You'll build trusted relationships, support leaders to navigate workplace challenges and improve performance, and drive contemporary HR practices and initiatives that strengthen employee experience and support the RMH's values and strategic goals.

What you'll do

• Partner with leaders to provide best practise and commercial advice on workforce, culture, change and people management; and
• Guide managers through complex employee and industrial relations matters, including misconduct and performance, investigations and change management; and
• Coach leaders to build capability, resolve conflict and foster high-performing teams; and
• Support workforce planning, including building capability and talent pipelines and driving continuous improvement across our multidisciplinary teams; and
• Promote a safe, inclusive and psychologically safe workplace, supporting RMH values, wellbeing and effective risk management.

About You

You're a collaborative and solutions-focused HR professional who builds trusted relationships and enjoys helping leaders navigate people matters. You communicate with clarity and kindness, are comfortable managing complex employee issues and challenging conversations, and bring a practical approach to workforce challenges and organisational change.

What you'll bring

• Experience in a People & Culture Business Partner or generalist HR role, ideally in healthcare or a complex, large and unionised environment; and
• Candidates with strengths in ER/IR, grievance and investigation management and leading change, are highly desirable.
• Exceptional relationship building and influencing skills, with confidence coaching leaders and navigating sensitive issues; and
• Strong knowledge and confidence navigating employee and industrial relations matters, employment legislation and contemporary HR practices.

Benefits of Working at RMH

• Meaningful Work: Make a real difference in the lives of patients, families and our community.
• Career Growth: Access learning, development, and diverse career opportunities.
• World-Class Excellence: Work alongside leading healthcare professionals at one of Australia's premier public hospitals, within the Parkville Precinct—one of the world's leading biomedical and research precincts.
• Enjoy great employee benefits: Salary packaging of up to $12,000 tax free and generous leave entitlements, including additional annual leave and a monthly accrued day off
• Work in the Parkville Precinct: Work in the Parkville precinct with excellent public transport, onsite parking options and access to staff health services.
• Supportive Culture & Belonging: Join in a diverse and values led organisation built on kindness, collaboration and inclusion.
• Innovation: Help shape the future of healthcare through research, technology and new models of care.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.