Senior Manager, HR Partnering

• Full time fixed term opportunity until February 2027
• Utilise your expertise to provide strategic guidance across a portfolio of clients
• Offering a competitive remuneration package including 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

The HR Partnering function is in a period of significant development, striving to achieve an integrated service offering aligned with the University’s ambitious workforce strategy and organisational design objectives.

To support continuity of client service over a period of internal movements within the HR Partnering team, we are seeking an experienced Senior Manager, HR Partnering to provide strategic guidance across their client portfolios; this role will be supporting the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Science across key aspects that relate to the University and HR strategy. As a leader within the HR Partnering function, the incumbent will champion exemplary people management strategies and practices, both directly and indirectly through a team of HR Partners.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• lead the development and implementation of strategies and plans for the HR Service Delivery to defined portfolio groups to support the achievement of business objectives
• pro-actively managing an integrated and outwardly focused stakeholder engagement strategy to ensure sound understanding of objectives and the discrete HR Partnering team are developing and maintaining trusted relationships with senior stakeholders
• deploying strategies to implement best practice HR tools, methodologies and frameworks to develop and implement across defined client groups
• collaboration with HR Partners, in leading the development of annual client people plans and projects that reference overarching university strategy and the university’s workforce plan
• proactively engaging and collaborating with peers and the HR Centres of Expertise to present client solutions that are robust, consistent with other areas of the University and work towards common goals
• collaboration with the Associate Director, HR Partnering to develop strategies and operational solutions which are measurable and effective implementation of initiatives to pro-actively demonstrate the teams return on investment
• lead and manage a team of HR Partners in providing support to a portfolio group by providing effective guidance and support, by ensuring effective collaboration and teamwork takes place within the team, between the team and other groups within Human Resources.

About you

• tertiary qualifications in a relevant field of an equivalent combination of training and experience
• previous experience leading a team of HR professionals
• extensive experience in HR Partnering coupled with an understanding of industry best practice, with the capability to deliver integrated, commercially sound HR solutions
• demonstrated highly developed strategic relationship and senior stakeholder management skills, together with the demonstrated ability to influence outcomes
• delivery of operational excellence and experience developing fit for purpose HR solutions that meet the needs of the organisational goals and customers
• previous experience gained in large, complex, matrixed organisations
• prior experience in a ‘business partnering’ environment and an ability to build individuals and team capabilities and deliver collaborative achievements and shared goals.

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment

Pre-employment checks and declarations 

 Your employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all pre-employment or background checks required for the role in terms satisfactory to the University.  Also, to meet the University’s obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Eliminate Gender-Based Violence you will be asked to declare if you have been investigated for, or found to engaged in, sexual harm or gender-based violence in the course of previous employment or in a legal process. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

EEO statement 

At the University of Sydney, our shared values are trust, accountability and excellence and we strive to be a place where everyone can thrive. We are committed to creating a University community that thrives through diversity and reflects the wider community that we serve. We deliver on this through our commitment to diversity and inclusion, evidenced by our people and culture programs, as well as key strategies to increase participation and support the careers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people living with a disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and those who identify as LGBTQIA+. We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. 

We are proud to be recognised as an Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Platinum Employer. Find out more about our work on diversity and inclusion. 

How to apply

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