Manager| Strategic HR Projects

The Organisation
Ranking amongst the top universities worldwide, this university prides itself on offering a welcoming environment for all, integrating social justice considerations into their core activities of student learning and teaching, research and service. With several campuses across Australia and more than 200 partner universities globally, they continue to grow and rapidly develop their offering as leaders in their field.

The Role
As Manager, Strategic HR Projects you will work closely with the CPO, P&C leadership team and executives across the university, collaborating and advising on a broad range of HR initiatives to enable strategic direction and enhance employee experience.

Key focuses:
Build and maintain strong working relationships based on credibility and open communication with key internal and external stakeholders, to enable collaboration and drive desired outcomes;
Identify and lead a variety of projects, directly linked to university opportunities and challenges and aligned with strategic goals; collaborating with and engaging stakeholders to continuously enhance culture, capability and systems;
Manage complex people matters (including high risk and sensitive case management), coaching and guiding leaders to arrive at outcomes that are both commercial and people focused;
Lead and motivate your team (one direct report), whilst indirectly leading across the P&C team, identifying opportunities to leverage strengths and build capability.
About You
A motivated and experienced HR leader, you thrive in an environment where you can take ownership and truly add value.
Highly developed interpersonal and relationship management skills, supporting your ability to effectively advise, consult and inspire stakeholders at all levels;
Extensive experience in providing strategic and tactical advice relating to a broad range of people matters across an industrialised landscape, effectively diagnosing and triaging matters to reach solutions that are both compliant and commercially viable;
Demonstrated success in proactively leading the delivery of projects across the full employee life cycle, utilising contemporary HR practices and effectively engaging your audience, to drive positive change;
Excellent written skills and an analytical approach, able to develop compelling business cases, policies and reports to inform and enable the workforce;
Relevant Tertiary qualification.
About Culture & Benefits
This permanent position comes with a range of benefits including:
Make a real impact, opportunity to lead meaningful pieces of work and projects;
Numerous staff benefits, extra paid leave days, paid parental leave, valuable professional development schemes and the list goes on!
Apply online now if the above sounds like you! Or for more specific questions, contact Michelle Nugara at The Next Step on mnugara@thenextstep.com.au. Please submit applications online only, not to this email address.
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