Human Resources Business Partner in Geraldton

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Role highlights:

• Play a visible role in a globally significant science collaboration, shaping the people experience behind SKA-Low's success.
• Partner with purpose-driven leaders at the forefront of discovery, helping build inclusive, capable and high-performing teams.
• Enjoy a role with real variety, connection and impact, across Perth, Geraldton and the SKA-Low sites.

About CSIRO:

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

The opportunity:

CSIRO is seeking a Human Resources Business Partner to support the SKA-Low Telescope collaboration in Australia. In this pivotal role, you will partner with leaders and employees to provide practical HR advice, shape an inclusive employee experience, and support the people matters that underpin the success of the SKA-Low Collaboration team.

Your high-level duties will include:

• Coordinate and deliver operational HR services across recruitment, workforce planning, performance management, learning and development, team and culture initiatives, change management, reporting, and coaching for leaders and employees.
• Partner with SKA-Low leaders and the SKAO HR Business Partner to deliver the HR plan, including workforce and capability planning, career development, inclusive team practices, and promotion of CSIRO and SKAO values and a One Team culture.
• Provide trusted advice, coaching and mentoring to CSIRO-employed leaders and employees on complex HR and organisational matters, engaging People teams and Centres of Excellence where specialist support is required.
• Support culturally safe employment practices, Indigenous career pathways, inclusion and belonging across the SKA-Low Collaboration.
• Identify opportunities to improve HR services, provide feedback through governance forums, and collaborate across teams to deliver a responsive, consistent and high-quality employee experience.

Location and office arrangements: Perth or Geraldton, Western Australia, with preference given to Geraldton. Regular travel to Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory on Wajarri Yamaji Country, will be required.

As the successful candidate, you will bring:

• Relevant tertiary qualification, or equivalent experience, in Human Resource Management, Business Management or a related discipline, together with extensive experience providing operational HR advice across the employment lifecycle, including complex employee relations and organisational issues.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with, coach and influence senior leaders to identify business needs, develop effective people solutions, and constructively challenge decision-making to achieve organisational outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience leading organisational change and managing complex people issues, with the ability to assess risk, balance competing priorities, exercise sound judgement and deliver practical, high-quality outcomes.
• Highly developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to build trusted relationships, influence diverse stakeholders, negotiate outcomes and deliver a high standard of customer service.
• Demonstrated commitment to collaboration, professionalism and respectful behaviours, with the ability to work effectively across teams while maintaining confidentiality and acting with integrity.
• Experience supporting geographically dispersed or remote workforces, including Indigenous employment, capability or workforce initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders within a complex organisational environment.
• Experience working in a large, complex, matrixed organisation or within a multi-partner collaboration, supporting strategic workforce and organisational objectives.

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents only. CSIRO is an Equal Opportunity employer working hard to recruit world-class talent that represents the diversity across our society.