Address Company Description
About Us
Minderoo Foundation is a modern philanthropic organisation. We take on tough, persistent issues with the potential to drive massive change. We incubate ideas and accelerate impact. We push the limits of what is believed possible.
Minderoo Foundation is independent, forward thinking and seeks effective, scalable solutions. We are proudly Australian, and one of Asia’s largest philanthropies.
People & Culture (P&C's) purpose is to enable, engage and develop our people to achieve long term impact through strategic initiatives, strong partnership, and efficient, effective compliant service delivery. This will be achieved across 6 key areas:
Minderoo P&C
Capability, Culture & Inclusion
Talent Acquisition
Health & Safety
Employee Relations & People Systems
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Job Description
About the Opportunity
We are currently seeking a P&C Business Partner to join the P&C team on a 2-year fixed term contract.
Reporting to the Director of P&C. The successful candidate will be entrusted with providing top-tier strategic Business Partnering services to employees and managers on people-related matters, including conflict resolution, performance issues, investigations, disciplinary actions as well as safety and wellbeing matters. Including, but not limited to:
Coaching, upskill and partner with Executives and Senior Management to build and implement human resources solutions in line with the company strategy.
Utilise data and analytics to drive decision-making and measure the effectiveness of HR programs and initiatives. Identify trends and areas for improvement, and make recommendations to optimise people-related processes.
Primary contact for team members across agreed Minderoo Foundation areas for first line P&C Business Partner needs across the employee lifecycle.
Closely collaborate with the P&C Centres of Excellence to deliver comprehensive human capital support and advice.
Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and execute long-term people strategies that support Minderoo’s goals and objectives.
Applying critical thinking to develop practical and impactful initiatives that improve accountability and organisational efficiency, and contribute to a positive employee experience.
Analyse, identify and anticipate opportunities and trends across all key HR metrics, and partner with people leaders to create and deliver actions and initiatives resulting in measurable improvements.
Contributing to the ongoing evolution and maturity of the P&C function.
Qualifications
About You
To be successful you will have a people centred and collaborative working style, and skilled in influencing and negotiating up to Executive leadership level:
Extensive HR Business Partnering experience with senior leadership teams, ideally within a matrix structure.
Demonstrated experience in providing expert advice and guidance on a range of HR issues, and the ability to work in a complex, ambiguous and changing environment.
Extensive experience across awards, policies, and practices.
Excellent interpersonal skills to negotiate, influence, and communicate with key stakeholders.
Demonstrable ability to work at both strategic and operational levels to provide commercially focused HR advice.
Strong knowledge of HR best practices, employment laws, and regulations.
Passionate about driving organisational success through people strategies.
Strategic thinker with strong planning, change management and project leadership abilities.
International experience, ideally US, UK, and Europe, would be highly regarded.
Additional Information
Next Steps
Please attach your resume and a cover letter explaining why you’re interested in this opportunity.
Applications close: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Please note we reserve the right to close applications early should a suitable candidate be identified.
Minderoo Foundation uses a hybrid work model. Minderoo Foundation embraces Equal Opportunity and promotes diversity. We actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, and those with Disability to apply.
