Strategic HRBP for Australian Core Business Units

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

Job summary

Jobgether in Melbourne is seeking an HR Business Partner to act as a strategic advisor to leaders across Australia, translating people analytics into clear business outcomes in an evolving AI landscape.

The role focuses on talent strategy, workforce forecasting, change management, and ensuring HR services align with Fair Work standards while leveraging AI-enabled tools to build trusted relationships and reduce administrative work.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years in an HRBP or HR advisory role.
• Strong knowledge of the Fair Work Act 2009 and National Employment Standards.
• Ability to translate people analytics into practical talent strategies for senior leaders.
• Experience advising leaders across multiple business units.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled HR services and tools.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary people advisor to leaders across Australian business units, developing a working knowledge of each unit’s commercial priorities, operating pressures, and talent dynamics.
• Translate workforce data into practical talent strategies, presenting insights and recommendations to senior leaders.
• Participate in business planning by contributing workforce forecasts, capability gap assessments, and people risk inputs.
• Build credible, trusted relationships that position HR as a strategic enabler, not an administrative function.
• Draw on people analytics to identify attrition trends, skills gaps, engagement patterns, and capability risks specific to the Australian workforce.
• Present data-driven workforce narratives to leaders - moving beyond report-reading to genuine insight and recommended action.
• Maintain an up-to-date picture of workforce composition, pipeline strength, and talent risk across client groups.
• Support business units through the redesign of roles and teams as AI agents absorb transactional and analytical tasks - ensuring transitions are managed equitably and with appropriate communication.
• Act as the people-side partner for AI adoption initiatives, helping managers prepare their teams for changing work patterns and new human-AI boundaries.
• Build manager capability to self-serve through AI-powered HR tools, reducing unnecessary escalation while maintaining trust in the HR function.
• Support organisational design reviews and workforce restructures across Australia, ensuring changes are grounded in data and conducted in accordance with the Fair Work Act 2009 and relevant modern awards.
• Help leaders build team-level change capability - equipping managers to navigate transformation as a normal part of working, not just a discrete event.
• Monitor engagement and culture indicators, connecting signals from listening tools to proactive leader action before issues escalate to formal processes.
• Partner with leaders on succession planning for critical roles, with visibility across the Australian portfolio to identify internal mobility opportunities.
• Drive skills-based talent practices within client groups - shifting conversations from role-filling to capability deployment.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition on strategic hiring needs for capability gaps.
• Identify and support the development of high-potential employees, connecting them to growth opportunities within the broader organisation.
• Support business units in meeting obligations under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth) and the 2024 Code of Practice for Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work.
• Advise managers on creating psychologically safe team environments - particularly relevant in the context of AI-driven change and workforce uncertainty.
• Manage complex and sensitive employee matters with sound judgment, discretion, and compliance with the Fair Work Act 2009, National Employment Standards, and applicable modern awards.
• Provide practical guidance on performance management, misconduct, and grievance processes, ensuring consistency and procedural fairness.

Skills

Business acumen

Data fluency

AI literacy

Australian employment law

Influencing without authority

Change management

Job description

Jobgether in Melbourne is seeking an HR Business Partner to act as a strategic advisor to leaders across Australia, translating people analytics into clear business outcomes in an evolving AI landscape.

The role focuses on talent strategy, workforce forecasting, change management, and ensuring HR services align with Fair Work standards while leveraging AI-enabled tools to build trusted relationships and reduce administrative work.