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Senior People & Culture Business Partner

About Us

Visit Victoria is the state’s tourism and events company. We inspire people to visit Melbourne and Victoria through creative storytelling and enriching events. Our role is to drive visitation and expenditure through destination marketing and a strong pipeline of events to support the visitor economy. We aim to build Melbourne and Victoria into Australia’s number one tourism destination by delivering strong and sustainable growth across priority markets.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an experienced People & Culture Business Partner to join our team to provide generalist support and coaching to people leaders and employees across Visit Victoria. It’s a varied role that spans day to day support across the employee lifecycle, plus the opportunity to lead and participate in a range of projects and initiatives. You’ll be joining a small but passionate team where you will be able to contribute and make a difference!

Key Responsibilities: 

• Provide advice, generalist support and coaching to stakeholders, in all facets of the employee cycle from talent acquisition, employee relations, policy development, performance development planning, succession planning, change management, learning and development, workplace health and safety and interpretation of applicable industrial instruments and relevant employment legislation.

• Contribute and provide input into the People & Culture strategic initiatives and lead the implementation of several projects focussed on talent, culture, engagement, DE&I and wellbeing.

• Identify new opportunities where People and Culture can add value to the business to build capability in people management, workforce planning, diversity, culture, engagement, and WH&S.

• Contribute towards and deliver Learning and Development (L&D) initiatives and programs 

About You

To be successful in this role you will be an experienced HR generalist and trusted partner to the business on all people and culture matters and you will pride yourself on your ability to help drive the people and culture strategy and influence stakeholders. You will also be comfortable being operationally hands on, contributing to team and organisation wide initiatives, as well as taking the lead when needed.

Our ideal candidate will relate to the following: 

• Demonstrated experience and proven track record in a broad HR generalist role supporting senior leaders and their teams, with in depth knowledge across the employee lifecycle.

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of industrial instruments with the ability to interpret and advise on enterprise agreements and relevant employment legislation. Previous EA re-negotiation experience will be highly regarded.

•  A natural ability to build strong business partnerships/relationships with a wide variety of people across organisational levels and advise on a broad range of people topics

• High customer service focus with a proactive approach to problem-solving 

• High levels of energy, initiative, tenacity and drive, coupled with an ability to work both autonomously and work collaboratively as part of a small team

• Strong communication skills with well-developed writing content experience, as well as producing communication plans

• Demonstrated experience in project managing HR projects/programs

• Experience with setting up and managing an HRIS  and developing HR metrics and reporting

• Intermediate level with Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook programs

• A relevant tertiary degree within Business, HR or a related field of study (highly regarded)

What's in it for you? 

  • Every day we make a difference in the lives of Victorians, bringing the best sporting, cultural and entertainment events to Melbourne and Victoria
  • Gain experience working a group of passionate people leading a portfolio of exciting, dynamic major events and innovative destination marketing campaigns for Victoria
  • A great team environment filled with passionate people who love Victoria!
  • Access to ‘Ignite Days’ to explore Melbourne or regional Victoria to nurture your sense of adventure and ignite your imagination
  • Flexible working options 
  • Support Volunteering, with access to additional leave