People Specialist - Projects

Role: HR Consultant – grow your Project and BP Skills

Location: Sydney Alexandria (Hybrid working) at least one day per week in the office

Employment Type: Full time, permanent employment

With 15,000 Goodstart team members across 661 centres nurturing 63,600 children, we’re Australia's largest provider of early learning and care. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families. From our centre teams to our support teams, we work together to make a real difference for children in those crucial early years.

Goodstart are currently seeking a HR Consultant (internal title is People Specialist Projects) to work with our National People and Culture team on initiatives and projects to support our people plan. In addition, you will work with our Senior Business Partnering team to develop your business partnering skills with the intention of owning a client relationship.

Your Impact:

• Design and deliver people projects and initiatives aligned to our organisational objectives
• Collaborate cross functionally to provide a people focussed lens across a range of projects and activities
• Maintaining a continuous improvement focus across all people practices and engaging with relevant stakeholders to create stronger solutions together
• Work collaboratively with the broader P & C team to identify, develop and implement key organisational culture and engagement initiatives and strategies.
• Facilitate group-based forums in support of initiatives that influence and involve stakeholders in forming solutions
• Use effective project management skills to ensure activities are delivered effectively
• Use effective change management practices to implement new or improved people frameworks and tools with our leaders, at scale
• Stepping in to cover leave for Business Partners state based clients

What Goodstart can offer you:

• Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs
• Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
• Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
• Exclusive discounts on travel, Apple and Dell products, and more.
• Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
• Be a part of a team and work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging, inclusion and purpose
• Development of skills through intentional work placement and mentoring by senior business partners
• Security and stability - as Australia’s largest provider of early learning and care and a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia’s children and their families

You’ll bring to the table:

• Have a bachelor’s degree in a HR/Business or relevant discipline
• Projects experience, being involved in and leading elements of HR projects
• You may have a background in case management and are ready for the next step in your career
• Demonstrated change management experience in analysing, planning and managing people change
• Being organised and being able to manage to timelines
• Developing your generalist experience across all elements of the employee lifecycle
• Developing business acumen skills, using your understanding to connect people strategy to the achievement of business outcomes
• Leveraging your proven partnering skills to drive amazing employee experiences
• Have a systems lens, able to see how the separate elements fit together within HR and across the wider organisation and work effectively as a member of virtual functional and cross-functional teams.
• Be able to focus on priorities, using sound judgement to determine where to apply your efforts for greatest impact.
• Be adaptable and able to work in an environment that has periods of high activity (fast paced) and competing demands.

How to apply

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We review applications as they are submitted. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible for your best chance to progress to the next stage of the process.

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all positions.

If you would like to discuss the opportunity or require further information about the role please contact Mel Bevan on 0428 871 418 for a confidential discussion.

Agencies: Whilst we appreciate your interest, we are confident we can find a great candidate without external support

Supporting our people and protecting our children

We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.

Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.

Posting Notes: ALEXANDRIA, SYDNEY || NSW || Australia (AU) || | || No Early Childhood Qualification || Full-Time