Human Resource Business Partner in Brisbane

Bring your HR partnering expertise to a business where the workforce impact is real and visible. At BlueCare, you will work alongside leaders responsible for services that support people and communities across Queensland. Your advice will help build capable, engaged teams and turn workforce priorities into practical action.

As an HR Business Partner, you will provide strategic and tactical support to senior leaders while connecting BlueCare with the broader People and Culture function. You will bring insight, constructive challenge and sound judgement to workforce planning, change, leadership capability and complex people matters.

Please note, this is a six-month fixed-term position. Flexibility is important to us, and we know it is to you too. This role supports hybrid working by agreement.

Your part in our UnitingCare team:

• Partner with fellow HR Business Partners and People & Culture colleagues to deliver key organisational priorities, including leadership capability initiatives, workforce planning, organisational effectiveness and strategic workforce programs.
• Support leaders to embed the significant change delivered through transformational programs of work, helping teams adopt new ways of working and realise the intended benefits of change.
• Use workforce data and trends to provide insight, identify risk and support evidence-based decisions.
• Contribute to major workforce and industrial relations priorities, including Enterprise Agreement bargaining, organisational change initiatives and business-led projects across BlueCare.
• Provide practical, hands-on HR partnering support across a broad range of people matters, balancing strategic thinking with operational delivery.
• Work collaboratively as part of a high-performing People & Culture team, responding to emerging business needs and helping deliver outcomes that strengthen capability, engagement and performance across BlueCare.

What makes a difference for us?

• A tertiary qualification in Human Resources or a relevant field or relevant experience.
• Significant experience in a comparable HR partnering role, providing strategic and tactical advice to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated experience implementing HR initiatives and programs and supporting complex change.
• Strong business acumen, critical thinking and the ability to work through complex workforce issues.
• Excellent stakeholder management, coaching, written and verbal communication skills.
• Sound knowledge of end-to-end HR processes, employment legislation, policy and internal controls.
• Confidence to satisfy relevant probity checks, including a Nationally Coordinated Police Check and evidence of Right to Work in Australia.

What makes a difference for you?

• The opportunity to be part of the second-largest Queensland employer who has been leading by example for more than 100 years.
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Access to salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits- up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits.
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs.
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months' service, in addition to the government scheme.
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options for those who may celebrate significant cultural events.
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference.
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others.

Child safe, Child friendly:

• UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children.
• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services and appropriately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur.
• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Our approach is simple - everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our mission and values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace:

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support.

Commitment to Safeguarding:

We are committed to creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.