Hr Business Partner

Belonging & Inclusion

Chisholm is resolutely diverse. We celebrate our peoples unique contributions to achieving our ambition to transform lives through relevant and responsive high-quality education. Chisholm’s culture of Belonging & Inclusion strives to promote a self-regulating culture that enhances the experiences of our employee’s, students and communities. 

We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are committed to a fair and equitable merit-based recruitment process for all our candidates. If you have specific accessibility or support requirements please contact our People, Culture & Safety Team at ******@chisholm.edu.au  

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants

We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.  If you have specific support requirements please contact our People, Culture & Safety Team at ******@chisholm.edu.au

ABOUT THE ROLE

The role of the HR Business Partner is to provide excellent people management advice, support and customer service to key stakeholders.

With an emphasis on workforce planning, sourcing key talent, recruitment, selection and on-boarding, the role ensures key business areas are supported with information and advice to efficiently manage talent in order to deliver the business outcomes in line with the Chisholm’s strategy.

Underpinning the functional areas of focus, responsibility is also taken to understand and facilitate with the business, alignment and quality in the teaching profession aligned with quality) Standards for teachers in the Vocational training, higher education and secondary school sectors.  This includes meeting compliance requirements and ensuring integrity in the HR information system, supporting data led business decision making.

The HR Business Partner is required to ensure the Service Charter Standards are consistently met.

The incumbent is a key and active member of the Human Resource Operations team and the broader People Culture and Safety (PCS) team, providing expertise across the Business Partnering team, and Chisholm.

Key Accountabilities include:

• Leverage appropriate attraction and sourcing methodologies and networks to devise and enable program solutions to workforce challenges. Ensure effective project plans are established, and provide regular reporting, tracking and visibility of progress.
• Facilitate and support with effective workflow processes for recruitment and on boarding activities, driving great candidate and business experiences
• Understand and support the business and candidates with delivering against the professional evidence requirements for teachers.
• Develop and issue employment contracts.
• Provide HR support to Business Areas including advice and expertise on people policies & procedures, position approval, appointment & on-boarding of new staff, probation management, variations for existing staff, general employment conditions (including relevant enterprise agreement conditions), tier 1 performance management guidance and the teaching quality standards.
• Manage effective stakeholder relationships and engagements, build strong relationships with business areas to effectively advise and develop the capability of leaders through coaching.
• Identify and build programs or initiatives to deliver against key business gaps or opportunities. Ensure effective project plans are established, and provide regular reporting, tracking and visibility of progress.
• Effectively identify and escalate complex staffing matters, such as complaints, grievances, WorkCover and OHS matters to the relevant specialist areas; support in the case management of matters as required.
• Facilitate the effective integration of data into decision making, build and leverage people metrics, analysis and insights into conversations with key stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively and closely with all PCS team colleagues working to the PCS Service Charter standards in delivery of services.

ABOUT YOU

You will have the following qualifications, skills & experience:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Human Resources
• Substantive experience in the HR field
• Demonstrable current experience and capability in providing HR advice, support and services to varied clients in a complex environment.
• Strong customer focus and commitment to delivering outcomes in a timely way that meets business needs. 
• Understanding of contemporary and quality HR solutions and services across the employee life cycle such as recruitment, induction, performance management etc.
• High level written and verbal communication skills including proven ability to provide quality client service, deal with conflict situations and provide effective advice across Chisholm.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders in a Business Partner model.
• Proven skills in utilising MS Office applications, HR computing systems and using data to inform decision making.
• Strong written skills and the ability to formulate and reformulate key employment documents (or something similar)
• Capacity to effectively manage multiple priorities (or similar)

ABOUT US

At Chisholm, we transform lives through relevant and responsive quality education and training across Victoria, nationally and internationally, collaborating with our strategic partners.

We are a Victorian Government-owned technical and further education (TAFE) provider established under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006. The responsible Minister is the Hon. Gayle Tierney MP, Minister for Training and Skills and Minister for Higher Education.

In 2021, we employed more than 1700 people. We enrolled almost 38,500 students across our campus locations at Dandenong, Frankston, Berwick, Cranbourne, Mornington Peninsula and Bass Coast, and through Chisholm Online, workplace training and offshore delivery.

With a range of qualifications, including certificates, diplomas, degrees and postgraduate study, we deliver more than 300 courses designed to be accessible, flexible and relevant for students, employers, industry and our community.

As one of Victoria’s largest training organisations, we are committed to supporting and enhancing culturally diverse communities in Melbourne’s fast-growing south- east region through the provision of outstanding education and training programs and positive student and employer experience – now and into the future.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for this position close 9am Wednesday 6 March 2024.

Applications should include:

• a covering letter
• curriculum vitae
• contact details of three (3) referees

Appointment to this position is subject to satisfactory completion of Safety Screening requirements including but not limited to:

• valid Employee Working With Children Check
• National Police Check
• verification of unrestricted work rights in Australia, eg citizenship, passport or birth certificate
• certified copies of qualifications and transcripts

If you have any questions, please contact Sharon Junker, Head of People Services, *************@chisholm.edu.au

Chisholm Institute reserves the right to withdraw an advertised position at any stage.