Senior People & Culture Partner

Transport for NSW; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Hybrid working arrangements

Job summary

Transport for NSW is seeking a senior People & Culture leader to drive workforce strategy at scale, balancing strategic influence with hands-on delivery to build capability and readiness for large-scale infrastructure delivery. You’ll partner with Executive Directors, shape change programs, and lead workforce analytics to inform decisions.

The role focuses on advising at executive level, aligning multiple stakeholder groups, and ensuring governance across People & Culture across a major

Qualifications

• Senior practitioner with experience advising at executive or senior leadership levels.
• Deep capability across workforce planning, talent and succession, ER/IR, and organisational change.
• Ability to drive performance in a large, complex environment and influence strategic outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Executive Directors to translate divisional people strategy into workforce outcomes.
• Act as a strategic advisor on high-impact people, workforce and industrial matters with risk mitigations.
• Lead workforce planning, talent and succession activities to secure capability for now and the future.
• Shape organisational change and reform programs, guiding leaders through complexity while embedding new ways of working.
• Apply workforce analytics and data intelligence to inform strategic decision-making.
• Oversee complex case resolution with enterprise-level escalation when needed.
• Strengthen cohesion across People & Culture and collaborate with ER specialists and the broader team.

Skills

Executive leadership

People strategy

Workforce planning

ER/IR

Organisational change

Data analytics

Job description

You see the big picture, you’ve always worked on a grand scale, and now you’re ready to re-focus on grand impact.

You know that to make a meaningful contribution there needs to be connection and collaboration across the teams. Here’s your opportunity to help our people make a big impact.

In this role, you'll:

You’ll play a critical part in managing people strategy at scale, balancing strategic influence with hands‑on delivery to lift capability, mitigate risk, and build a workforce ready for the future.
You’ll work at the intersection of strategy, workforce, culture and change, guiding leaders through complex people challenges, embedding organisation‑wide initiatives, and ensuring that workforce decisions are data‑driven, future‑focused and aligned to enterprise priorities.

This is a Permanent position for a Senior practitioner who brings confidence, credibility and depth, not just in HR, but in how People Strategy drives performance in a fast paced division focused on delivering large scale infrastructure projects.

• Partner directly with Executive Directors to translate divisional people strategy into targeted workforce outcomes at branch level.
• Act as a strategic advisor on high‑impact people, workforce and industrial matters, bringing forward solutions and insights and risk mitigations.
• Lead workforce planning, talent and succession activities to secure capability for now and the future.
• Shape organisational change and reform programs, supporting leaders to navigate complexity, maintain trust, and embed new ways of working.
• Apply workforce analytics and data intelligence to influence strategic decision‑making and continuous improvement.
• Oversee complex case resolution, escalating only where issues require enterprise‑level intervention.
• Strengthen cohesion and consistency across People & Culture, partnering closely with ER specialists, the wider team and the Senior Manager People & Culture.

This is a Permanent TfNSW Grade 9 position.

Hybrid working arrangements are available however you must be able to adhere to our Workplace presence policy.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

About you

You’re a highly capable Senior People and Culture leader with significant experience advising and influencing at Executive or Senior leadership level. Your deep capability across workforce planning, talent, ER/IR, and organisational change within a large and complex environment will see you succeed in this role.

• Sound judgement and political acumen when navigating competing priorities, sensitive matters, or stakeholder tension.
• Confidence working with ambiguity, reform and high-risk people matters.
• A balance of strategic insight and practical delivery, able to coach, challenge and enable leaders.
• Strength in building trusted relationships and aligning multiple stakeholder groups to a common direction.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

Flexible work optionsmay be available. Learn more viaFlexible work options and policy

Aboriginal people and people living with disability are supported throughout the recruitment process and at work, and we encourage you to apply. Visit Supporting Aboriginal People or Supporting People with Disability for more information or speak to your talent team member to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us.