Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Tandem Partners Pty Ltd.; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 207,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Parental leave contract

Job summary

Tandem Partners Pty Ltd. is partnering with senior and executive leaders on a nationally significant transformation program through a Senior HR Business Partner contract.

This 12-month parental leave assignment offers hybrid Sydney CBD working flexibility and exposure to a major enterprise transformation across governance, culture, and operating models.

Qualifications

• Experience as a senior HR Business Partner with senior executives and leadership teams.
• Strong organisational design and workforce planning capability.
• Proven success supporting senior and executive leaders within transformation and organisational change programs.
• Excellent employee relations judgement and broad HR generalist expertise.
• Ability to influence and build trusted partnerships across matrixed environments.
• Strong leadership coaching and capability development skills.
• Commercial judgement, resilience, professionalism and integrity.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications will be well regarded.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders on a large-scale enterprise transformation program.
• Support organisational design, workforce planning, talent and change management.
• Provide strategic and operational HR support to a diverse portfolio of approximately 400 employees.
• Collaborate with leaders to navigate organisational complexity and embedding change.

Skills

Senior HRBP experience

Organisational design

Workforce planning

Leadership coaching

Stakeholder management

Executive-level influencing

Problem-solving

Education

Tertiary qualifications

Job description

Partner with senior & executive leaders on a nationally significant transformation program in a high-impact Senior HR BP contract.

• Up to $230,000 inclusive of superannuation p.a.
• Sydney CBD location with hybrid working flexibility
• Strategic HR partnering role supporting major transformation programs

About the Organisation:

Our well-known, prestigious client is a highly regarded national organisation operating within a complex, regulated, and high-profile environment. With approximately 1,500 employees and a strong public purpose, the organisation has recently undergone significant transformation across governance, culture, leadership, and operating models. Following a major organisational review, the focus is now on embedding change, building leadership capability, strengthening organisational effectiveness, and supporting the next phase of transformation.

The organisation offers a collaborative, values-driven culture where integrity, accountability, sound judgement, and stakeholder partnership are highly valued. Employees are provided the opportunity to contribute to initiatives of genuine national significance while working in a sophisticated and intellectually stimulating environment.

About the Role:

This is an exceptional 12-month parental leave contract for an experienced Senior HR Business Partner seeking a highly visible and influential role.

Reporting to the Head of HR Business Partnering and leading 1 HR Advisor, you will support a diverse portfolio of approximately 400 employees across transformation, program management, technology, strategy, and change functions.

A key focus of the role will be partnering with leaders across a large-scale enterprise transformation program comprising approximately 200 employees operating within a complex matrix structure. As a trusted advisor, you will provide strategic and operational HR support across organisational design, workforce planning, talent, performance, employee relations, leadership effectiveness, culture, wellbeing, and change management.

You will work closely with senior executives and business leaders to navigate organisational complexity, support ongoing transformation initiatives, drive operating model effectiveness, and deliver practical people solutions that enable business outcomes. You will also play a key role in supporting workforce transition planning, capability development, and the successful embedding of organisational change.

This role requires a balance of strategic thinking and hands-on delivery, with the opportunity to influence organisational outcomes while remaining close to operational execution.

About You:

You are an experienced Senior HR Business Partner who thrives in complex and fast-moving, high-touch, high-impact change environments. You have a proven track record supporting senior leadership teams through large-scale transformation, organisational change, and business-critical initiatives.

You bring strong organisational design, workforce planning, leadership coaching, and stakeholder management capability, together with the confidence to influence and challenge constructively at executive level. You are equally comfortable providing strategic advice and rolling up your sleeves to deliver practical outcomes.

Your experience may have been gained within large corporate, infrastructure, technology, professional services, government, financial services, or other highly regulated environments where complexity, governance, and change have been constant themes.

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

• Experience as a senior HR Business Partner with senior executives and leadership teams.
• Great organisational change, organisational design and workforce planning capability.
• Demonstrated success supporting senior and executive leaders within high-impact transformation and organisational change programs.
• Excellent employee relations judgement and broad HR generalist expertise.
• Ability to influence and build credible, trusted partnerships with stakeholders across matrixed environments.
• Strong leadership coaching and capability development skills.
• Commercial judgement, resilience, professionalism, and integrity.
• A practical and hands-on approach to problem-solving and delivery.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications will be well regarded.

Additional Requirements/Benefits:

• 12-month parental leave contract with immediate commencement.
• Hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and flexibility to work from home.
• Opportunity to partner with senior leaders on a major enterprise transformation program.
• Exposure to complex organisational design, workforce planning, and change initiatives.
• Collaborative HR function supported by specialist Centres of Excellence and HR Operations teams.
• High-profile role with significant visibility and influence across the designated business units.
• Supportive and values-driven culture focused on learning, development, and employee wellbeing.

Why Apply?

Opportunities of this scale and visibility are rare within the HR market. This role offers the chance to contribute to a major transformation agenda while working alongside senior leaders within a respected and sophisticated, high-profile organisation. You will have the opportunity to make a genuine impact across culture, leadership, workforce capability, and organisational effectiveness while developing your experience within one of Australia's most complex operating environments.

Tandem Partners is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.