Join Uniting's Corporate Support Services.

• A genuine partnering role where the work isn’t always easy, but it matters.
• Hybrid – work from our office in Melbourne CBD + work-from-home options.
• Reduce your tax and increase take-home pay with salary packaging benefits.

Your new role

Every day brings new challenges and opportunities – our P&C Business Partners thrive in this varied and fast-paced environment. They value the strong relationships they build with our people leaders, focusing on coaching, advising, and guiding them to enhance their leadership skills in workforce matters.

Leveraging your robust generalist HR skills, you will provide both strategic and operational support throughout the employee and volunteer lifecycle. You will be key in guiding and supporting change as the organisation launches new programs, divests existing ones, or adjusts operating models.

As a single point of contact for people leaders, you will assist with workforce planning initiatives, coach leaders on managing employee relations and complex workforce issues, and conduct investigations as needed. You will help leaders implement effective performance management practices, fostering high-performing, consumer-focused teams.

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn’t always easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you.

At Uniting, you can access the following:

• Up to $15,9000 salary packaging to reduce your fortnightly tax & increase take-home pay.
• Increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.
• Save on dining out and drinks with a meal entertainment benefit of $2,650 annually
• Receive a 10% discount on the childcare subsidy gap fee at Uniting Early Learning.
• Up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).
• Access training and development opportunities to help you grow.
• Opt in or out of public holidays and be respected for your unique background.

Your skills and experience

You are self-reliant, love a good problem to solve, and have a curious mindset that drives you to ask questions to gain deeper insights. You excel in an environment where you can leverage your comprehensive HR expertise, and you feel energised when you see the growth of your people leaders' capabilities through your coaching, guidance, and advice.

You’ll also bring with you:

• Substantial HR generalist experience supporting multi-site locations in all people-related activities across the employee lifecycle.
• Proven business partnering experience, stakeholder engagement skills, and capability-building experience, through coaching and facilitating.
• Experience in Award and EA interpretation and application and coaching Leaders in resolving a broad cross-section of people-related matters.
• Experience assisting in change initiatives, including divestments, bringing on new services, realignment, and restructuring to enhance organisational efficiency.
• Tertiary qualifications in human resources and/or industrial relations or equivalent industry experience

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How to apply

If this role is a good fit for you, click APPLY soon. We'll be reviewing applications as they come in and might close the ad early.

For any questions, contact Deborah Hamilton on 0479 198 854 during business hours 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 of 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 with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. Disclosure is optional, however, it can help us support you better. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a diverse background or LGBTIQA+. You will be given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can support you.