Senior People Advisor: Strategic HR & Workforce Planning

Mott MacDonald

City of Melbourne

Hybrid

AUD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Mott MacDonald in Melbourne seeks a Senior People Advisor to shape the employee experience, support leadership, and drive performance across Australian offices. You will advise on employee relations, remuneration, and compliance while partnering with People Functions to deliver a seamless employee journey.

You will lead onboarding, mobility, wellbeing, inclusion and workforce planning initiatives, using data to inform decisions and improve outcomes.

Qualifications

Extensive HR advisory experience in large organisations.
Strong stakeholder engagement with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
Strategic thinking and analytical capability using workforce data to drive improvements.
Proven ability to lead onboarding, mobility, wellbeing, inclusion, and workforce planning.

Responsibilities

Provide expert advice to leaders and managers on employee relations, performance, remuneration, and compliance matters.
Partner with People Functions (Talent Development, Talent Acquisition, Global Mobility) to deliver a seamless employee experience.
Manage initiatives that enhance onboarding, mobility, wellbeing, and inclusion across the employee lifecycle.
Support graduate recruitment, L&D delivery, and people manager development.
Analyse and contribute to unit trends and metrics for solutions and dashboard tracking of People KPIs.
Partner with the business for national workforce planning initiatives to align talent with future needs.
Monitor diversity program execution and outcomes to support continuous improvement.