Partner, People Services (12-month Full Time, Fixed Term Contract)

Partner, People Services (12-month Full Time, Fixed Term Contract) Reporting to the Senior Manager, People Services, you will actively contribute to a high‑performing People team partnering on employment matters, policies and procedures supporting our people in an efficient and timely manner. You will lead on various projects across industrial relations, governance and continuous improvement across Workday, Korn Ferry job architecture and other critical people processes. Specific duties are outlined below.

Responsibilities

Execute all employee lifecycle processes, including probation, contract variations through to offboarding activities in partnership with team members and People Leaders

Lead and support projects across industrial relations, governance, Workday optimisation, Korn Ferry job architecture, and other critical people processes

Maintain all employee records in Workday with a high level of accuracy, ensuring compliance and consistency, and generating reports and data metrics as required

Provide day‑to‑day people advice on employment matters, policies, procedures and employee life cycle queries, with support where required

Partner on WGEA reporting and actions as well as Family Friendly accreditation actions, engagement action plan actions and other cross‑functional initiatives such as wellbeing and DEI

Coordinate and triage all incoming employee and leader requests for the people services team

Work closely and collaboratively with the payroll team to ensure all terminations and employee variations are captured accurately and timely

Serve as the Workday superuser, ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and confidentiality across all systems

Support special projects and annual activities for the people team e.g. performance reviews, annual remuneration reviews, succession planning and high‑potential talent identification

Apply a continuous improvement mindset to all processes to enhance efficiency and maintain process integrity

Support on mobility including immigration and relocation as needed

Maintain strict confidentiality and ensure compliance with all policies, procedures and governance requirements

Partner with internal stakeholders across Legal, Operations, Internal Communications, Capability and Sustainability to deliver governance, continuous improvement and enterprise people initiatives

Qualifications

A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a generalist HR role together with a tertiary qualification in a relevant field is highly regarded

Experience with Workday is essential

Experience with Korn Ferry job architecture (including job analysis and evaluation experience to determine job classification and compensation) or a similar job evaluation and classification framework

Experience in Gallup Clifton Strengths and Culture Amp is highly regarded

WEGA experience and DEI knowledge highly desired

Intermediate to advanced skills with MS Office Suite including Outlook, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships

Confident in handling sensitive and confidential information with discretion

Ability to work actively as part of a team, matrixed organisation as well as ability to work autonomously with independence

Demonstrated interest in current and emerging people & culture trends that promote strengths‑based leadership, empower people and people leaders to confidently lead their own people matters, deliver a human‑centred employee experience, and maintain disciplined, compliance‑focused governance

Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type Full‑time

Job Function Other

Industries Non‑profit Organizations

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Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia Salary: A$60,000.00–A$65,000.00

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