People Partner

CEA Technologies; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 weeks annual leave

14% superannuation

Free car parking

Parental leave

Compassionate leave

Defence Reserve leave

Employee Assistance Program

Defence Health Insurance

Salary Packaging

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

CEA Technologies is Australia’s Commonwealth company delivering advanced radar systems and defence programs. The People Partner will provide HR generalist guidance to business units, ensuring policy alignment and compliance while partnering with People Leaders to drive performance and culture.

The role focuses on employee relations, performance management, onboarding and workforce planning across Defence programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years People Partnering experience in a similar role and stakeholder management responsibility.
• Demonstration of adaptability with the ability to identify risk and opportunities whilst exercising sound judgment.
• A high level of analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to influence and negotiate effective outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR generalist advice and support to designated business units.
• Guide performance management discussions with proper documentation and record keeping.
• Leverage knowledge of industrial legislation, awards, and policies to facilitate consultation and negotiation.
• Manage employee relations and dispute resolution pathways in collaboration with People Leaders.
• Conduct exit interviews and identify trends to align People policies with strategic objectives.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Employee relations

Performance management

Analytical skills

Communication

Negotiation

Education

HR qualification

Job description

CEA is an Australian Commonwealth company that designs, develops, manufactures and sustains advanced active phased array radar systems. The company’s design principles and commitment to investment in research and development ensures innovative thinking, technological skill, and quality fabrication. Our programs include the ANZAC and Hunter Class frigates and air defence applications for Army and Air Force, and Range applications. Through our longstanding and ongoing collaboration with Defence, CEA Technologies has undertaken research and development into all aspects of active electronically scanned array technologies. This has resulted in the creation of a highly modular and scalable product suite, which have become integral to a wide range of critical Defence capabilities.

The Position

The People Partner role is responsible for providing HR generalist advice and support to designated business units, ensuring compliance and alignment with organisational policies and objectives. This role partners closely with People Leaders and line managers to provide expert guidance and hands‑on assistance across the full spectrum of HR functions – including employee relations, performance management, strategic workforce planning and new employee onboarding. The People Partner role plays a key function in fostering a high performing, engaged and compliant workplace culture.

Key Responsibilities:

Stakeholder Engagement and Business Partnerships:

Build understanding of the business unit’s key drivers/issues.

Support the early resolution of employee relations matters and issues, escalating where appropriate, ensuring appropriate administration and record keeping as required by relevant legislation

Provide advice in relation to performance management discussions, ensuring appropriate administration and record keeping as required by relevant legislative frameworks

Manage a range of conflict resolution pathways in consultation with relevant People Leader and employee

Conduct employee exit interviews, identifying key trends of exit reasons to ensure People & Culture policies, procedures and initiatives are aligned with employee expectations and strategic objectives.

Leverage knowledge of industrial legislation, awards, and company policies to facilitate effective consultation and negotiation processes.

Organisational Culture

Identify, assess and encourage workplace values and behaviours to foster an engaged, inclusive and high performing workforce;

Advise managers on how to assess their workforce management practices and their team’s culture and level of engagement against workplace values.

Employee Services

Deliver customer focussed human resources services to optimise the employment life cycle experience at an individual and organisational level;

Respond in an appropriate and timely manner to employment queries and provide relevant information, explanation and advice to employees.

Comply with organisational procedure, policies and legislative/regulatory requirements.

Exercise a high level of discretion and confidentiality in relation to all HR activities.

Six weeks of paid annual leave per year

Generous superannuation of 14.0%

Free Car Parking

Paid Parental, Compassionate, Defence Reserve & Voluntary Emergency Services leave

Employee Assistance Programs

Defence Health Insurance

Salary Packaging

Opportunities for Professional Growth and Development

Our Ideal Candidate:

Minimum three years People Partnering experience in a similar role and stakeholder management responsibility

Demonstration of adaptability with the ability to identify risk and opportunities whilst exercising sound judgment.

A high level of analytical and problem solving skills.

Excellent communicator with the ability to influence and negotiate effective outcomes.

Focussed employee experience consultative approach, solutions driven, and collaborative.

High performing team member, effectively contributing to People Partner team and People & Culture Department goals and initiatives

Demonstrated Ethical Practice: understand and care.

HR Generalist Expertise with relevant tertiary qualifications in Human Resources or related field.

Ability to interpret and apply HR and industrial legislation.

Eligible to obtain and maintain an AGSVA clearance – Baseline

To find out more about our Citizenship and Nationality requirements, please visit www.cea.com.au

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at CEA

CEA is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to create a culture where all employees are respected and empowered to contribute positively to our organisation, regardless of their cultural background, age, gender identity, neurodiversity, disability, family and carer commitments, religion or sexuality. We welcome applications from veterans, those returning from a career break, people with disabilities and those who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.

For information on Equal Employment Opportunity & Privacy or Security & Citizenship requirements please visit www.cea.com.au/opportunities-at-cea

Should you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know. You can also email ***********@cea.com.au for a confidential discussion.

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