Newly created senior role | National scope | High-growth professional services environment | 4 days onsite.

We are partnering exclusively with a national professional services organisation to appoint a senior HR Business Partner based in Melbourne. This newly created position sits at the heart of a business undergoing significant growth, integration and transformation, offering the opportunity to partner closely with senior leaders and shape people strategy during a pivotal period.

The Opportunity:

Following recent acquisitions and continued expansion, our client is strengthening its HR capability and establishing a dedicated senior HR presence in Melbourne. This is a true partnering role suited to a commercially astute HRBP who is confident operating at leadership level, enjoys working in complex, evolving environments, and wants to influence outcomes at both a strategic and operational level.

You will support a diverse national client group across corporate and operational teams, acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders while helping embed consistent people practices across a growing organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with senior leaders to translate business priorities into forward-thinking people strategies across workforce planning, organisational design, change and capability uplift;

• Provide high-level coaching and guidance to leaders on performance, talent and succession, underperformance management and building high-performing teams;

• Support leaders through ongoing integration activity, driving consistency, alignment and strong employee engagement during periods of transformation;

• Bring structure and maturity to processes, reporting and data integrity, identifying opportunities to improve systems, insights and ways of working in a developing environment;

• Partner on strategic recruitment activity, role design and hiring decisions for key and senior positions;

• Provide commercial advice on salary positioning, promotions, retention strategies and contribute to remuneration review activity; and

• Lead complex ER matters, investigations and performance processes with sound judgement, ensuring compliance and consistency across the business.

About You:

• 7+ years’ experience in HR business partnering or senior generalist roles within professional services, consulting, legal, financial services or similarly fast-paced corporate environments;

• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing decision-making at a strategic level;

• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to connect people strategy to business outcomes;

• Experience across organisational design, workforce planning, change and integration, talent development and complex employee relations;

• Comfortable working in a growth environment where you can build, shape and improve people practices;

• High energy, proactive and solutions-focused, with the confidence to challenge, influence and lead from the front; and

• Tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or a related discipline.

How to Apply:

For more information or a confidential discussion please call Kimberley Kenneth at u&u on 03 9437 4817 quoting reference number 43714.

At u&u Recruitment Partners, we value diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.

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