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Manager, Human Resource Advisory
West End
Join the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) and take on this broad, career defining HR leadership role during a pivotal and exiting time of organisational change with a new Commissioner, upcoming CBD relocation, and a clear mandate for cultural uplift and digital transformation.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Flexible full-time |
| Occupational group | HR & Industrial Relations |
| Classification | AO8 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City |
| Job ad reference | QLD/637458 |
| Closing date | 29-May-2025 |
| Job duration | Permanent |
| Contact person | Donna Bliss |
| Contact details | d.bliss@ontalent.com.au Access the National Relay Service |
About the Role
Reporting to the Deputy Chief HR Officer, this role leads a multidisciplinary team of HR Business Partners, Recruitment Specialists and an HR Adviser, and is pivotal in strengthening workforce capability, enhancing the employee experience, and positioning HR as a trusted business partner across QBCC.
This is a key leadership role in a time of significant transformation for QBCC, including the implementation of ServiceNow, along with other HR projects and embedding a more strategic HR business partnering model. Your ability to balance operational demands with a clear strategic lens will be essential as you lead the team in navigating change, uplifting service delivery, and embedding customer-focused, data-informed HR practices.
Key Accountabilities include:
- Lead and mentor a high-performing HR team in delivering end-to-end HR advisory, recruitment and business partnering services that support QBCC's evolving needs.
- Drive the transformation of HR service delivery by embedding the business partner model, reducing reliance on transactional support, and uplifting capability across the team.
- Oversee implementation of key change initiatives including ServiceNow and other key HR inititatives ensuring stakeholder engagement and a clear focus on people and process impacts.
- Provide expert guidance on complex and sensitive matters relating to industrial relations, performance management, organisational change and employee grievances within a public sector context.
- Utilise data analysis and workforce planning to inform strategic HR decisions and guide proactive workforce solutions aligned to business needs.
About You
You are a forward-thinking HR leader with demonstrated success leading stable, diverse HR teams in complex and fast-paced environments. You have a calm, pragmatic yet strategic mindset that can cut through ambiguity and prioritise competing demands whilst effectively influencing change. Your
background includes deep knowledge of industrial relations instruments, and employment legislation, with demonstrable experience in leading significant HR projects and change programs and a data-driven approach to elevating HR's role as a strategic partner.
Please contact Donna Bliss on 07 3305 5818 for a confidential discussion.
To apply, please submit a 1-2 page cover letter with your resume answering the below question:
- Please summarise your capability (including relevant example/s) of your HR project experience?
Close date for applications is 11.59pm, Thursday 29 May 2025.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Applications may be used to employ applicants in identical or similar vacancies for a period of up to 12 months from the closing date of this vacancy.
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