Senior People & Culture Business Partner

About Us

At Development Victoria, we’re passionate about making Victoria a great place to be. We create vibrant places across our state, through diverse and strategic property development and urban renewal projects.

As the Victorian Government’s development arm, we revitalise iconic public buildings, create important cultural and recreational facilities and repurpose public land, for all Victorians. We also build great homes and communities where people and business can thrive, catering for different budgets, lifestyles, and people - designed to be sustainable and affordable.

We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to making employment related decisions without bias or discrimination. We actively encourage sharing of knowledge and best practice across our teams. We respect and value every individual’s unique talent and contribution and harness these strengths to collectively achieve the kind of results we can all be proud of.

We help create a better Victoria

Reporting the Senior Manager, P&C Business Partnering, this position will partner with Executive Team members and their Leadership teams to provide operational and strategic advice, support and guidance to our people leaders and employees.  This is an internal consultancy role that focuses on identifying opportunities to support DV teams deliver on our strategic objectives.

Core Accountabilities: 

• Provide effective strategic advice, guidance, support and coaching to the Executive team, Senior Leaders and people leaders to support the achievement of the DV priorities.
• Broker solutions to solve people and performance challenges that impact business outcomes.
• Support a range of organisational realignment activities ensuring agreed organisational design and change management principles are being followed by the business.
• In collaboration with the business, identify gaps and determine, prioritise, evaluate and recommend appropriate solutions aligned with strategic objectives.
• Provide appropriate advice and guidance on employee and industrial relations to mitigate risk and demonstrate balanced advocacy
• Manage ER cases end to end  within designated functions referring to Senior Manager P&C Operations and external legal advice to escalate as needed.
• Contribute to a range of strategic and operational HR initiatives in line with DV’s Strategic People Roadmap
• Contribute to key policy and procedure decisions and support the development of key resources/materials to support the HR employee lifecycle and to meet legal obligations
• Consult with business leaders and others across the organisation to address employee engagement matters and support the formulation of proactive and targeted solutions.
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of talent within the business and partner with business leaders to stay abreast of employees’ aims to support their readiness for career progression.
• Leverage P&C metrics and analysis to support management decision making in allocated areas
• Support and contribute to the development and delivery of other HR programs, initiatives and cyclical activities including succession planning, development and performance planning, and the annual remuneration review.
• Working across the P&C team and leveraging the Centers of Excellence, this is a key role in the implementation and delivery of a full range of high-quality HR services.

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Organisational Psychology or Business discipline preferred
• Experience in HR Generalist and senior Business Partnering roles with exposure to all aspects of the employee lifecycle
• Significant experience working with complex employee related matters and managing own case load end to end
• Demonstrated experience in coaching and supporting managers
• Contribution to development and implementation of HR Strategic plans
• Experience in organisational change

Employee Benefits

• We drive strong collaboration and support our teams to work virtually and flexibly.
• Professional development opportunities available including; 
  • Study support
  • Mentoring programs
  • Opportunity to participate in cross functional working groups that drive diversity and inclusion and sustainability initiatives.
• Novated leasing
• Purchase leave
• Paid parental leave
• Technology salary sacrifice
• Employee referral bonuses 
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives such as EAP and mental health and wellbeing leave
• Access to group life & group salary continuance insurance
• Modern onsite facilities

Application Process

• Please apply via our careers page linked to this advertisement, applications will not be accepted via email. 
• Applications may close prior to the closure date if a high volume of applications is received so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
• Please note: The preferred candidate will be required to complete a national police record check prior to an offer of employment being made.
• At Development Victoria, we work flexibly and value diversity, and we invite you to talk to us about any preferences or adjustments you may value or require to either our recruitment process or the role itself. If you identify as a person with disability, please let us know how we can provide additional support to your application.
• We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to making employment related decisions without bias or discrimination. We actively encourage sharing of knowledge and best practice across our teams. We respect and value every individual’s unique talent and contribution and harness these strengths to collectively achieve the kind of results we can all be proud of.

We respectfully request no agency approaches. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes being sent to anyone here in our business.