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Senior HR Business Partner


Employee and Industrial Relations; People and Culture; Corporate Services; Brisbane

As a Senior Business Partner, you will develop and deliver sustainable, and evidence-based HR solutions through partnering with relevant leaders, analysing data, and remaining abreast of legislative or regulatory changes. Additionally, you will provide tailored HR services to support business needs while ensuring all workforce related activities are compliant with policies, practices, procedures, and relevant legislation.

• Use your HR business partnering and high-level interpersonal skills to support stakeholders and business units.
• Experience a fantastic team culture with opportunities to develop.

As a Business Partner in the Employee Relations team, you will provide employment and legislative advice and manage complex employee relations matters.

Job details

Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group HR & Industrial Relations
Classification AO6
Workplace Location Brisbane Inner City
Job ad reference QLD/684321/26
Closing date 17-Apr-2026
Job duration
Contact person Kate Mackinnon
Contact details Phone: 4255 7041
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As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will:

  • Build professional client relationships to create working partnerships and a high level of understanding of client needs to facilitate quality human resource management practices throughout the department.
  • Foster and build relationships across the organisation to become a trusted business partner, including brokering services from the wider People and Culture teams by working collaboratively across all areas of People and Culture to build internal capability and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Identify educational needs of the workforce and develop and deliver tailored training to build HR capability.
  • Utilise workforce analytics to identify trends and provide strategic and tactical HR advice to leaders regarding how to address identified issues.
  • Provide coaching, training and advice to leaders to increase capability and to manage people issues, including performance management, discipline, complaints, recruitment and selection and organisational change. Your advice should identify any industrial and employee relations risks and encompass prevention strategies to mitigate future risks (performance and conduct).
  • Prepare correspondence and support leaders in connection with performance and conduct management processes.
  • Maintain a sound knowledge of contemporary HR management practices and provide subject matter expertise in relevant legislation, enterprise agreements, modern awards, policies and directives, in relation to contemporary human resource practice, particularly within the Queensland Public Sector, and ensure that practices within the department are consistent.
  • Prepare written submissions, executive briefs and associated correspondence on significant human resource issues and support the department at meetings, conferences and tribunals including the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission.
  • Actively contribute to and maintain records, case and file management systems (including iDOCS and SharePoint). Contribute to and/or prepare data reports as required.
  • Share knowledge and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and learning within Business Partnerships, to enable maximum reach of HR solutions and initiatives.
  • 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

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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Last updated
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