We’re partnering with a premium professional services firm seeking an experienced, commercially minded HR Business Partner to join their People Team in Sydney. This initial 12-month parental leave fixed-term contract offers a high-profile opportunity to operate as a trusted advisor to Partners and business leaders. It is a highly visible role designed for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to play a key role in supporting strategic people initiatives and shaping a high-performing culture.
The RoleReporting to senior HR leadership, you will balance high-level stakeholder management with hands-on delivery across your designated business units. Your primary focus will include:
- Leadership & Culture Coaching: Partnering closely with Partners and business leaders to coach them on leadership effectiveness, engagement strategies, talent development, and embedding an inclusive, high-performing culture.
- Employee Relations & Compliance: Providing expert technical and commercial advice on a broad range of people matters, including employment rights and obligations, performance management, probations, and complex terminations.
- Annual People Processes: Driving key annual initiatives across the firm, including remuneration reviews, talent mapping, promotion cycles, and workforce planning.
- People Operations & Lifecycle Management: Overseeing day-to-day people operations for your business units, collaborating with HR Coordinators to ensure seamless and accurate employee lifecycle execution.
- Strategic Initiatives: Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), employee wellbeing programs, learning and development (L&D), and collaborative continuous improvement projects across the wider People team.
You are a seasoned HR professional who brings strong business partnering capability and a sophisticated approach to managing complex stakeholder environments. Experience within a fast-paced professional services firm or a corporate environment is highly regarded. You possess exceptional communication skills, sound employment relations expertise, sharp commercial judgment, and the absolute discretion required to handle sensitive situations with confidence.
If you're interested in hearing more, please get in touch for a confidential conversation with me at cprior@hrpartners.com.au. Alternatively, you can apply via the advert.
At HR Partners by Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
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