Senior People Partner — Strategic HR & Change (Hybrid)

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water; Parramatta; Hybrid; AUD 133,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is seeking Senior People Partners for multiple 12- to 24-month temporary vacancies in Parramatta. The roles involve strategic HR advice, workforce solutions, and complex case management, with a hybrid work arrangement supported.

You will partner with leaders to tackle workforce challenges, drive change, and connect people decisions with business priorities, using generalist or specialist HR expertise to deliver practical outcomes.

Qualifications

• High-level HR generalist knowledge and experience
• Experience delivering client-focused HR strategies and services
• Experience using HRMIS systems and processes

Responsibilities

• People partnering: build trusted relationships, provide clear advice and work through people and workforce matters with leaders.
• Change management: translate change into clear plans, meaningful consultation and practical implementation.
• Organisational design: shape structures that connect priorities with how teams work and deliver.
• Role evaluation and design: define responsibilities, develop role descriptions and support robust evaluation across the organisation.

Skills

People partnering

Change management

Organisational design

Role evaluation and design

Tools

HRMIS

Job description

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is seeking Senior People Partners for multiple 12- to 24-month temporary vacancies in Parramatta. The roles involve strategic HR advice, workforce solutions, and complex case management, with a hybrid work arrangement supported.

You will partner with leaders to tackle workforce challenges, drive change, and connect people decisions with business priorities, using generalist or specialist HR expertise to deliver practical outcomes.