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Employee and Industrial Relations; People and Culture; Corporate Services; Brisbane
The Manager, Business Partnerships, is responsible for leading the Business Partnerships team and assisting the Director, Employee and Industrial Relations, with brokering cross-team partnerships and consultation to deliver timely, quality and seamless people services to the organisation’s leaders and clients.
Additionally, the Manager, Business Partnerships, oversees the provision of expert employment relations services including human resources advice, complex case management, and workforce education to client groups within the department.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | HR & Industrial Relations |
| Classification | AO8 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City |
| Job ad reference | QLD/682147/26 |
| Closing date | 26-Mar-2026 |
| Job duration | |
| Contact person | Kylie Walden |
| Contact details | Phone: 0730975755 Access the National Relay Service |
Business Partners have both strategic and operational functions with the corporate purpose of contributing to protecting vulnerable Queenslanders.
Business Partners provide strategic and operational human resource consultancy, advice, and services to the department's leaders. The services provided through the Business Partner model are met through co-location at regional centres and brokering services from the department's central office.
The Manager, Business Partnerships, is responsible for leading the Business Partnerships team and assisting the Director, Employee and Industrial Relations, with brokering cross-team partnerships and consultation to deliver timely, quality and seamless people services to the organisation's leaders and clients.
Additionally, the Manager, Business Partnerships, oversees the provision of expert employment relations services including human resources advice, complex case management, and workforce education to client groups within the department.
As a Manager you will:
• Work collaboratively with the Director, Employee and Industrial Relations, to maintain the business partnering model of service, delivering client focused outcomes that support our leaders and clients.
• Lead specialist Business Partnerships practitioners who engage with the business, delivering integrated fit-for-purpose solutions which add value to the organisation and clients.
• Provide leadership and direction to the Business Partnerships team by promoting and maintaining a culture of continuous improvement, peer review and knowledge sharing.
• Provide specialist oversight and leadership to Business Partnerships in the provision of contemporary, best practice HR/ER services, including:
o Complex employment relations matters;
o Support on organisational change initiatives;
o A focus on continuous improvement in relation to innovative strategies addressing critical people and workplace issues.
• Maintain best practice knowledge and understanding of contemporary people management practices, policies, instruments and legislation, and their application to systems and processes that support the delivery of a contemporary business partnerships service.
• Provide and/or oversee the provision of professional, authoritative and timely strategic advice to the Director-General, Senior Executive delegates on sensitive and complex issues pertaining to employee related misconduct and corrupt conduct.
• Ensure effective management of human, financial and physical resources.
• Promote an accountable, fair and safe work environment through the implementation of management practices, policies and procedures, including achievement planning and equal employment/anti-discrimination.
• From time-to-time you may be required to lead projects, for example: organisational change; service innovation and business improvement initiatives; strategic workforce planning; employment and industrial relations strategy; and policy updates.
• It is a requirement of all employees to maintain cultural capability, commit to self-directed learning regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to contribute to a culturally safe and inclusive workplace.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Further information
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