Senior HR Business Partner

Victorian Government; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Social Services Regulator (SSR) within the Victorian Government seeks a Senior HR Business Partner to provide authoritative, timely, and practical HR advice to managers and staff across the organisation. You will partner with leaders for workforce planning, recruitment, performance management, employee relations and wellbeing, and help develop People and Culture policies and services.

You will identify workforce risks and navigate complex issues, delivering HR projects and ensuring

Responsibilities

• Provide authoritative, high‑quality HR advice and support to managers and employees across the organisation.
• Partner with leaders to support workforce management, organisational performance and employee experience.
• Advise across workforce planning, recruitment, performance management, employee relations, and health, safety and wellbeing.
• Build people leader capability and contribute to People and Culture policies, processes and services.
• Identify emerging workforce issues and risks and help navigate complex people matters and organisational change.
• Develop and implement HR policies, processes and procedures based on legislation and best practices.
• Deliver HR projects to support workforce priorities and records management and pre-employment screening.
• Prepare written documents for executives, policies and correspondence and maintain records in line with requirements.

Job description

Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

Reference: VG/VG/1952572

The Social Services Regulator (SSR) is an independent statutory authority that exists to safeguard the rights of children and young people as well as people who use social services in Victoria.

The SSR regulates the Social Services Standards, the Child Safe Standards (for organisations without a sector specific co-regulator as well as the social services sector), and also administers the Worker and Carer Exclusion Scheme (WCES), Reportable Conduct Scheme (RCS) and Working with Children Clearance (WWC Clearance) scheme and NDIS Worker Screening Check.

The Social Services Regulator takes an integrated and intelligence driven approach to identifying, preventing and excluding unsafe people from working with children and young people, as well as ensuring organisations that work with children and young people keep children safe from abuse and harm by meeting the Child Safe Standards.

As a co-regulator of the Child Safe Standards, the Social Services Regulator works with other co-regulators of the Child Safe Standards including the Department of Health, Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA), Victorian Early Childhood Regulation Authority (VECRA), and Workforce Inspectorate Victoria to keep children safe from harm and abuse.

THE ROLE

Ongoing Full Time

The Senior HR Business Partner provides authoritative, high quality, timely and practical human resources advice and support to managers and employees across the organisation.

The role proactively partners with leaders and managers to support effective workforce management, organisational performance and employee experience, providing advice and support across the employee lifecycle, including workforce planning, recruitment, performance management, employee relations, and health, safety and wellbeing.

The role builds people leader capability, promotes consistent and contemporary people practices, and contributes to the development and continuous improvement of People and Culture policies, processes and services. The role also works proactively to identify emerging workforce issues and risks, and support managers to navigate complex people matters and organisational change.

ACCOUNTABILITIES INCLUDE

• Provide sound, timely advice and navigate complex workforce matters across the employee lifecycle, employment conditions, performance and workplace relations, ensuring compliance with the VPS Enterprise Agreement and VPS and SSR employment policies and procedures.
• Develop effective relationships with leaders and managers and understand operational and workforce priorities.
• Proactively coach and support people leaders to confidently fulfil their people management responsibilities and build high-performing and engaged teams.
• Work collaboratively and proactively across the People and Culture branch to contribute to a collaborative, integrated and customer-focused People and Culture function.
• Contribute to the development, implementation, and review of HR policies, processes and procedures based on relevant legislation and contemporary HR management practices
• Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, workforce practices, and the quality of service provided by People and Culture.
• Deliver a range of HR projects to support the SSR's workforce priorities and operational requirements, and contribute to other branch or divisional projects or initiatives as required.
• Prepare a range of written documents, including briefings for senior executives, policies and procedures, and correspondence.
• Keep accurate and complete records of your work activities in accordance with legislative requirements and record management, information security and privacy policies and requirements.

• Take reasonable care for your own health and safety and for that of others in the workplace by working in accordance with legislative requirements and the department's occupational health and safety (OHS) policies and procedures.

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.
Preferred candidates will be required to complete pre-employment screening, including a national police check and misconduct screening.

Applications close Wednesday 28 October 2026 at 11.59pm