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People & Culture Business Partner

Partner with leaders. Shape culture. Enable meaningful impact.                                                                                                                                       

Bring your strategic HR expertise and commercial insight to a role with purpose. As a People & Culture Business Partner, you'll partner with senior leaders to strengthen organisational capability, navigate change and create a workplace where people and teams can thrive.

Max term contract until October 2027.

The Position

As a trusted adviser across a diverse portfolio, you'll help leaders turn business priorities into practical people strategies. Your remit will span employee relations, workforce planning, organisational change, capability development and employee engagement.

You'll balance strategic partnering with hands-on advice, helping leaders make informed decisions while ensuring compliance with employment legislation and best-practice HR frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to translate business objectives into practical people strategies
• Provide expert advice on employee relations, performance management and workplace matters
• Lead and support organisational change, workforce planning and organisational design initiatives
• Drive initiatives that strengthen employee engagement and workplace culture
• Support talent development, succession planning and organisational capability
• Use people data and insights to inform decisions and identify opportunities for improvement
• Champion diversity, inclusion, health and wellbeing initiatives
• Lead HR projects that improve organisational effectiveness and support continuous improvement

About You

You're an experienced HR professional who builds trusted partnerships and confidently influences senior leaders. You combine strategic thinking with practical problem-solving, commercial insight and a collaborative approach.

You'll bring:

• Experience in a strategic HR Business Partner or senior HR generalist role
• Strong knowledge of Australian employment legislation and employee relations practices
• Experience partnering with leadership teams on organisational change and workforce planning
• Strong stakeholder management, coaching and influencing skills
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn insights into practical solutions
• A collaborative approach, commercial mindset and commitment to positive employee experiences
• A bachelor’s degree in human resources or a related business field

Put your people expertise to work in a purpose-driven organisation. You'll join a collaborative People & Culture team, contribute to strategic initiatives and help create an environment where employees can do their best work.

Working for World Vision means you are making the world better   

It’s not every day that a job comes along that lets you change the world. Working for World Vision means looking forward to turning up at work because you know you’re about to do something meaningful. It means working with 35,000 staff and 3.3 million supporters in 100 countries who will stop at nothing to help children live better lives. Join a team that is bold and courageous, and where job satisfaction goes beyond financial reward.   

The Selection Process  

For your information, the interviews will start immediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date. 

We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check.

We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support, and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families.  World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector. 

Who we are 

World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work.  For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us