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Head of People & Culture

  • 521229
  • Melbourne CBD, VIC, 3000
  • Leadership
  • Permanent Full Time
  • We value human interaction. Split between work-from-hom and a Uniting office
  • Lead a team of 30 HR professionals through 4 direct reports (Senior Managers)
  • Report to an Executive & be the P&C Partner for the Executive Leadership team
Your new role

In this newly created role as Head of P&C, you will lead the team to shape the future of Uniting's people by providing strategic, tactical, and transformative leadership to both Executive and P&C teams. Working in a large and complex organisation, you will use your advanced communication and relational leadership style to steer the full spectrum of P&C functions, ensuring seamless and impactful support throughout the entire employee lifecycle.

Your proactive approach to talent mangement and deliberate fosteroing of a culture of engagement and continuous development will ensure our P&C priorities directly enable organisationals goals. Your experience in leading data-driven decision making and leveraging analytics to enhance recruitment, retention, and employee satisfaction will ultimately support the Uniting teams to thrive.

We have recently embarked on a journey of implementing a full end-to-end HCM solution and need your expertise and leadership in this space to ensure successful implementation and optimisation.

To highlight a few elements you'll be responsible for:

  • Actively advising the Uniting Senior Management Group on people matters and directly contribute to the development of Uniting's strategic plan whil developing and maintaining the strategic P&C plan
  • Leading the continuous evolution and optimisation of the P&C service delivery model, including the readiness work as we move to implement a new HCM in the coming 18 months
  • Leading the provision of expert advice on employment and industrial relations matters
  • Actively leading the development of the P&C Division, enhancing both technical and relational skills development and strategically aligned improvement intiatives
About your team

Working as a Senior Leader within the largest support service function at Uniting, you will represent P&C on the People, Quality, and Strategy Leadership team and lead a team of 30 HR professionals through four (4) direct reports who form the P&C Leadership team. Each Senior Manager (direct report) is responsible for a particular P&C function including Business Partnering; Talent & People Services; Workforce Experience; and Workplace Relations. The P&C team are an engaged, values-aligned and supportive team team that work cross-functionally to collaborate and effectively partner with leaders and employees across the all Uniting programs delivered throughout metro and regional Victoria and Tasmania.

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn't easy, but it matters. Work with peopl who care as much as you do.

In addition to your salary, you can access the following:

  • $15,900 in salary packaging to reduce your fortnightly tax and increase your fortnightly take-home pay
  • Split your time between home and any Uniting office. We value human interaction and will like you to work from an office location a minimum 2 days / week
  • We recognise contributions with our annual recognition and shout-out programs
  • Our people are central - access leadership development
  • Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops
  • Opt in or out of public holidays, be respected for your unique background
Your skills and experience

Your extensive leaderhsip and generalist HRM experience provides you the capability to, and comfort in flexing between strategic thinking / planning and 'hands on' tactical delivery. Having worked in complex matrixed organisational structures, you have a curious mindset that see you navigate complexity and operate in ambiguity with ease.

You will also bring:

  • Relevant tertiary qualifications and or post grad with a HRM focus
  • Leadership experience in the implementation of a HCM solution
  • Demonstrated advanced communication and engagement skills, enabling you to drive positive change in complex organisations
  • Sound working IR / ER knowledge across multiple Modern Awards, employment legislation and industrial regulations
  • Demonstrated success in delivering HR projects
  • Strong budget management experience

View the position description here

How to apply

If this role sounds like a good fit for you, click APPLY. We'll review applications as they come in and may close the ad early.

For any questions, reach out to Amy Padgham, General Manager - People, Quality and Strategy on 03 9051 6893 for a chat.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range fo services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a child safe organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working wtih Children Check in your state prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and or participation in any service or undertaking.

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