People & Culture Adviser

We’re BDO, a global professional services firm connected to local markets. Our people work together to provide specialist expertise, helping businesses achieve their goals.

We inspire others, to go further. We create together, to reach higher. We build trust, to lead purposefully.

Whether you're building your future or starting your career with us, you won’t do it alone. From creating solutions for our clients to building careers for our people, we shape what matters, and that’s where you come in.

We're looking for a People & Culture Adviser to join our growing Brisbane team. This is an exciting opportunity for an HR professional who enjoys partnering closely with leaders, supporting people initiatives, and making a genuine impact on employee experience.

Working alongside experienced People & Culture Business Partners, you'll support a diverse stakeholder portfolio across the business, helping leaders navigate people matters, policies, employee relations, engagement initiatives, talent development, and workforce planning. You'll play a key role in building trusted relationships, providing practical advice, and contributing to a positive and high-performing workplace culture.

In this varied role, you will:

• Build strong relationships with leaders and employees across your stakeholder groups.
• Provide advice and support on people policies, processes, employee relations matters and day-to-day HR queries.
• Support employee engagement, retention, career development and performance initiatives.
• Assist with remuneration reviews, talent programs, graduate recruitment activities and onboarding.
• Contribute to change projects, diversity and inclusion initiatives, wellbeing programs and broader People & Culture priorities.
• Work closely with Business Partners to deliver strategic people outcomes aligned to business objectives.

This role offers genuine growth opportunities, exposure to a broad range of HR disciplines, and the chance to develop your business partnering capability within a collaborative and supportive team environment.

About You:

You are a confident and proactive HR professional who enjoys building relationships and partnering with stakeholders to deliver practical people solutions.

You may currently be working as an HR Coordinator, People & Culture Coordinator, or HR Adviser and are ready to take the next step in your career. We're open to candidates from a variety of industries and backgrounds who can bring fresh perspectives and a strong customer-service mindset. 
 

To succeed in this role, you'll bring:

• 2+ years' experience in a Human Resources or People & Culture role.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to influence and advise at all levels.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and sound judgement.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel.
• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Psychology or a related discipline (desirable).
• Experience with Workday or a similar HRIS will be highly regarded.

Most importantly, you'll be collaborative, adaptable, commercially minded and passionate about creating great experiences for employees and leaders alike.

Why BDO?

Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.

Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.

Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.

We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.

Participate in fitness challenges or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym memberships and wellness facilities via our BWell program. Access benefits such as travel perks, retail discounts, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.

Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include enhanced family support, cultural and religious leave, and options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program.

With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience.

Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).

We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a  2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]